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The Most Beautiful Night In The World (2008)

Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, and her ace fisherman/folk-singer dad. Or the overbearing and unpleasant local Shinto priest, a former Christian cultist. Or Endo, Kazuya's new colleague, a bitter drunk after his son's suicide. Or Kin, a former terrorist, now a hermit on his boat engaging in secret "research." Or perhaps most importantly Teruko, the hypnotically beautiful bar owner, the focus of all manner of innuendo and intrigue. Something mysterious, even mystical, is going on Kaname, and hapless Kazuya is about to be thrown into the middle of it.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Tomorowo TaguchiTomorowo TaguchiKazuya Mizuno
  • Photo of Sarara TsukifuneSarara TsukifuneTeruko Hinohara
  • Photo of Haruki IchikawaHaruki IchikawaMidori
  • Photo of Shunsuke MatsuokaShunsuke MatsuokaIshizuka
  • Photo of MichiéMichiéShineko
  • Photo of Ayumu SaitoAyumu SaitoKenji Onizuka
  • Photo of Noriko EguchiNoriko EguchiTeresa
  • Photo of Akira EmotoAkira EmotoJournalist
  • Photo of Kan MikamiKan MikamiGonza
  • Photo of Ryo IshibashiRyo IshibashiKinichi Nihei

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