A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

Cast

Haru Kuroki

as Nanami Minagawa

Go Ayano

as Yukimasu Amuro

Cocco

as Mashiro Satonaka

Hideko Hara

as Kayako

Go Jibiki

as Tetsuya

Soko Wada

as Yuto Takashima

Tomoko Mariya

as Harumi Minagawa

Yugo Saso

as Katsu

Nana Natsume

as Saeko

Akio Kaneda

as Hironori

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