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The Match Girl

The Match Girl

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Fantasy

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Rin (Sumire Sato) is a girl who sells matches. The buyers of the matches can fulfill their dreams by lighting the match, but they are also playing with fire. Based on manga series "Match Shoujo" by Sanami Suzuki (first published 2014 in monthly seinen manga magazine Young Ace). "Match Shoujo" is motivated by the short story “The Little Match Girl” written by Hans Christian Andersen and published in 1845.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

28 May 2016

Country

Japan

Cast

Sumire Sato

Sumire Sato

Rin

Yutaka Kobayashi

Yutaka Kobayashi

Isami Naito

Honda Takafumi

Honda Takafumi

Osamu Ujiie

Kensho Ono

Kensho Ono

Kanato Kishida

Karen Miyama

Karen Miyama

Kanoko Tanaka

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