ZOKKI

Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters' daily (and in one eerie case, nightly) encounters.

Cast

Riho Yoshioka

as Maejima Ryoko

Fuku Suzuki

as Ito

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

as

Yurina Yanagi

as

Sara Minami

as

Masanobu Ando

as

Pierre Taki

as

Yusako Mori

as Makita

Mai Kiryu

as

Chara

as

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