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A hero to the world but shunned in her own country.

Genres

Drama

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Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than Japan, and the embarrassment of getting captured but not killed, as things of which to be brutally ashamed.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

82 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

03 June 2006

Country

Japan

Cast

Fusako Urabe

Fusako Urabe

Yuko

Ryuzo Tanaka

Ryuzo Tanaka

Father

Nene Otsuka

Nene Otsuka

Stepmother

Kikujiro Honda

Kikujiro Honda

Boss

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Hotel Manager

Takayuki Katô

Takayuki Katô

Koibito

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