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Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special ~Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition~
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special ~Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition~

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special ~Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition~

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DramaTV Movie

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First business trip away from Tokyo in a while

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

47 mins

Rating

9/10

Release Date

01 January 2016

Country

Japan

Cast

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Inogashira Goro

Yoshiko Tokoshima

Yoshiko Tokoshima

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Aki Nishihara

Aki Nishihara

Sakichi Sato

Sakichi Sato

Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

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