When fourteen-year-old Yo is hospitalized she gradually develops feelings for Yayoi who is a nurse tending her. However, Yayoi leaves the nursing profession in favour of prostitution. Yo is disappointed, but turns to the older woman after she is the subject of unrequited love from her mother's man. The two grow closer and Yo is about to find out what motivates Yayoi.
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Yuki Sakurai
Yayoi
Known for
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Tag
Miku Komatsu
Yô
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Mitsuko and the Space Bump
Katsuya Maiguma
Kengo
Known for
Alice in Borderland
An Incurable Case of Love
Ryuju Kobayashi
Masahiro
Known for
Guilty of Romance
Yuki Ohara
Daisuke
Also in
The Reluctant Preacher
Hakone Ekiden: Our Story
Maki Nishiyama
Eriko
Known for
Wife of a Spy
Asako I & II
Haruo Nakamura
Wataru Ohshige
Also in
Heaven? ~My Restaurant, My Life~
Norwegian Wood
Chika Kuboyama
Also in
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
Knife
Ruka Wakabayashi
Known for
Flying Colors
No Longer Heroine
Aya Igashi Director · Shu Hagiwara Cinematographer Miyu Kobayashi Editor
First release December 1, 2018 · Produced in Japan · Original title 真っ赤な星
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Japan
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Original title
真っ赤な星
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 1, 2018
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