Toshio and Masato live like a married couple and jointly run the gay bar "Crystal". One day, Toshio receives a letter asking him to live with his son, Shinji, who he hasn't seen for over 15 years since he broke up with his wife, and is moving from the countryside to Tokyo to enter a talent school.
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Kenji Kogi
Masato Kudo
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Kinya Ogawa
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Kazuhiko Aoki
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Hitomi Kazama
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Katsurō Sakai
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Kinya Ogawa Director · Takasuke Ikebukuro Screenplay Shōji Sakai Editor
First release May 1, 1989 · Produced in Japan · Production Ogawa Kikaku
Production
Okura Pictures
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Ogawa Kikaku
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Japan
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Original title
光る少年
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 1, 1989
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