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Maria Watches Over Us (2010)

Yumi Fukuzawa is an ordinary first year student at Lillian Girls' Academy. By chance Yumi meets second year student Sachiko Ogasawara, who is a candidate to become a Red Rose. Sachiko later offers her rosary to Yumi Fukuzawa which signifies she will become an older sister to Yumi. Meanwhile, Yumi, who already looks up to popular Sachiko, is perplexed why she is picked. A festival named "Cinderella" then approaches, which is run by the Yamayuri Council. Conflicts between the older and younger sisters soon begins ...

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Drama
Romance

Top billed cast

HaruSachiko Ogasawara
Honoka YahagiYumi Fukuzawa
Kaoru HirataYouko Mizuno
Karen TakizawaSei Satou
Eri AkiyamaEriko Torii
Rikako SakataRei Hasekura
Hitomi MiyakeYoshino Shimazu
Alice HiroseTsutako Takeshima
Riho TakadaShimako Toudou
Masahiro UsuiYu Kashiwagi

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