Movie: Tracing Her Shadow

Top 4 Billed Cast

Wu Yanshu
吳彥姝

Jun Kunimura
國村隼

Ying Ze
英泽

Masatoshi Nagase
永瀬正敏

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    An old Chinese woman visits Japan to find her missing daughter whom she adopted in post-WWII China. Her granddaughter and a retired Japanese policeman join her search.

  • Release Date

    2021-03-19

  • Average

    6.8

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語普通话

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