Chigasaki Story

Whimsical film in which students and teachers come together during a weekend for a wedding. The film flutters back and forth between the various characters and their feelings until the wedding starts. Shot in the old beach hotel where the great Ozu wrote his screenplays. © iffr.com

Cast

Ena Koshino

as Karin

Kiki Sugino

as Maki

Natsuko Hori

Haya Nakazaki

as Tomoharu

Juri Fukushima

as Ayako

Shuna Iijima

as Kaori Takahashi

Satoshi Nikaido

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