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Ruri's Island

Ruri's Island

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Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Ended

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

mins

Rating

9/10

Release Date

30 August 2025

Country

Japan

Cast

Riko Narumi

Riko Narumi

Ruri Fujisawa

Yutaka Takenouchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Tatsuya Kawashima / Makoto Takahara

Ken Ogata

Ken Ogata

Yuzo Nakama

Mitsuko Baisho

Mitsuko Baisho

Nakama Megumi

Manami Konishi

Manami Konishi

Sanae Shimabukuro

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yonemori Shomei

Sei Hiraizumi

Sei Hiraizumi

Aragaki Jiei

Yoshie Ichige

Yoshie Ichige

Aragaki Yoshie

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Miyazono Sohei

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Kishibe Ittoku

さくら

さくら

Kawashima Mihoko

Taeko Yoshida

Taeko Yoshida

Granny Kamado

Toshiki Kashû

Toshiki Kashû

Saito Shigeru

Haruka Igawa

Haruka Igawa

Nakajima / Saito Mizuki

Masanobu Katsumura

Masanobu Katsumura

Matsukuma Koji

Mayuko Nishiyama

Mayuko Nishiyama

Matsukuma Natsumi

Naomi Nishida

Naomi Nishida

Nao Fujisawa

Risa Junna

Risa Junna

Nakama Takako

Noboru Kaneko

Noboru Kaneko

Kawashima Tatsuya

Anzu Nagai

Anzu Nagai

Arikawa Izumi

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