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Vanitas
Vanitas

Vanitas

Genres

Drama

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What is life like at a Japanese university? Four "friends" drift in and out of their friendships and face boredom, uncertainty and disengagement. And something more dangerous.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

21 April 2017

Country

Japan

Cast

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Yohta Kawase

Yohta Kawase

Gaku Hosokawa

Gaku Hosokawa

Kaoru Iida

Kaoru Iida

Soichiro Tanaka

Soichiro Tanaka

Daichi Nogawa

Daichi Nogawa

YASU

YASU

Kouichi Ito

Kouichi Ito

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