Yawara! Atlanta Special

Genres

RomanceComedyDramaAnimation

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Yawara Inokuma competes for Japan in the Atlanta Olympic Games as she meets with several familiar faces throughout the tournament.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

19 July 1996

Country

Japan

Cast

Yuko Minaguchi

Ichiro Nagai

Toshihiko Seki

Chiyoko Kawashima

Masashi Sugawara

Chafurin

Akira Kamiya

Yoshino Takamori

Ryuji Nakagi

Satomi Korogi

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