Looking Up at the Half-Moon

Two 17 year old teens are hospitalized for different reasons. Ezaki suffers from Hepatitis A, while Akiba is due to a weak heart. The relationship between these two hospital patients soon blossoms into romance.

Cast

Sosuke Ikematsu

as Yuichi Ezaki

Shioli Kutsuna

as Rika Akiba

Yo Oizumi

as Dr. Natsume

Mari Hamada

as Nurse Akiko

Koki Kato

as Yuichi Ezaki's friend

Ryosuke Kawamura

as Tsukasa

Yurie Midori

as Miyuki

Naoyuki Morita

as boyfriend of girl in hospital with heart disease

Yui Miura

as girl in hospital with heart disease

Kumi Nakamura

as Rika Akiba's mother

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