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    Harmful Insect

    92'

    2002-03-16

    6.8

    Drama

    Overview:

    13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.

    WritingKiyono YayoiDirectingAkihiko Shiota

    Cast

    2

    Sachiko Kita

    Aoi Miyazaki

    4

    Natsuko Yamaoka

    Yu Aoi

    2

    Toshiko Kita

    Ryo

    1

    Ogata

    Seiichi Tanabe

    2

    Rumi

    Yuria Haga

    1

    Cofeeshop Guy

    Yusuke Iseya

    2

    Music Teacher

    Eihi Shiina

    1

    Takao

    Tetsu Sawaki

    1

    Kyuzo

    Koji Ishikawa

    2

    Man with Cell Phone

    Ken Mitsuishi

    1

    Kazumi

    Takayo Mimura

    2

    Middle-Aged Man in Convenience Store

    Kenjirou Ishimaru

    1

    Truck Driver

    Houka Kinoshita

    2

    Man at Love Hotel

    Nao Omori

    3

    Male Teacher

    Susumu Terajima

    1

    Ogata's Colleague

    Masahiro Toda

    1

    Hanasaka

    Yusaku Suzuki

    1

    Vagrant

    Mamoru Watanabe

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
      2. French
    • List of companies:
      1. Nikkatsu Corporation
      2. TBS
      3. Sony PCL
    • Vote Count: 29
    • Popularity: 0.7756
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:害虫

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