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Pure Japanese (2022)

Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is being harassed consistently by Chinese brokers and the local yakuza. He decides to protect her from them. However, after this incident, he comes to develop a mindset of seeing violence as a way to gain the affirmation and approval of others thus gradually loses himself and behaves in an extreme manner.

  • Action
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Dean FujiokaDean FujiokaTateishi Daisuke
  • Photo of Aju MakitaAju MakitaAyumi
  • Photo of Tetsuya BesshoTetsuya Bessho
  • Photo of Tetsu WatanabeTetsu Watanabe
  • Photo of Jun MurakamiJun Murakami
  • Photo of Daichi KanekoDaichi Kaneko
  • Photo of Ryutaro NinomiyaRyutaro Ninomiya
  • Photo of Ron MizumaRon Mizuma
  • Photo of Bob SuzukiBob Suzuki
  • Photo of Kyūsaku ShimadaKyūsaku Shimada

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