Malu

Mysterious poetic story of long-lasting discord between beautiful sisters unfolds in Malaysia and Japan.

Cast

Sherlyn Seo

as Lan

Mayjune Tan

as Hong

Masatoshi Nagase

Kiko Mizuhara

Debbie Loo

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