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Whale-shaped Dream(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-10-12
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1 Votes
Time: 1h 56m
Overview:
Kujirai Taichi has been selected to be the leader of the staff at the Taiji Municipal Whale Museum. Despite enlisting the aid of Shiraishi Yui who came from a Tokyo aquarium, and the museum curator Mashiba Nozomi, Taichi and the staff are perplexed by the low turnout of visitors. Then Taichi hits upon the idea to hold a staff created "whale festival" in order to generate hype for the museum. One day however, the "whale festival" is in danger of being cancelled as the opening quickly approaches.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Movie: Whale-shaped Dream
Top 8 Billed Cast
矢野聖人
Taichi Kujirai
武田梨奈
Yui Shiraishi
岡本玲
Nozomi Mashiba
Hiroaki Nerio
松永有紗
近藤芳正
鶴見辰吾
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Overview
Kujirai Taichi has been selected to be the leader of the staff at the Taiji Municipal Whale Museum. Despite enlisting the aid of Shiraishi Yui who came from a Tokyo aquarium, and the museum curator Mashiba Nozomi, Taichi and the staff are perplexed by the low turnout of visitors. Then Taichi hits upon the idea to hold a staff created "whale festival" in order to generate hype for the museum. One day however, the "whale festival" is in danger of being cancelled as the opening quickly approaches.
Release Date
2018-10-12
Average
7
Rating:
3.5 startsTagline
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Languages:
日本語
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