MOVIE
The Cactus in the Bed
MOVIE
2023
30 min Episode(s): 1
english
Japanese
[Short Movie]
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Yoshinori Yanagida, who turns 35 this year, aspires to be a movie actor. Because of the lack of opportunities, he has resigned himself to spending much of his professional life working as a stand-in for other actors and TV personalities. After a chat over drinks with popular actor Ryo Ogawa, who he did work with in a commercial, Yanagida decides to audition for a role in a student movie.
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