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The Stars Converge
The Stars Converge

The Stars Converge

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Drama

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Chirusoku Summer, the film set in the sister cities of Pusan, South Korea and the city of Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi. During the Summer of 2003, four girls from Shimonoseki-shi, Yamaguchi travels to Pusan, South Korea for a sports festival and one of them fall in love...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

7.7/10

Release Date

17 April 2004

Country

Japan

Cast

Juri Ueno

Juri Ueno

Mari Sugiyama

Yuri Mizutani

Yuri Mizutani

Ikuko Endo

Asami Katsura

Asami Katsura

Tomoe Fujimura

Yasuyo Mimura

Yasuyo Mimura

Reiko Kigawa

Junpei Suzuki

Junpei Suzuki

(as Junpei)

Joji Yamamoto

Joji Yamamoto

Ikuko's father

Takayo Mimura

Takayo Mimura

Ikuko Kigawa

Mio Takaki

Mio Takaki

Ikuko, 26 years later

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