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Embracing Love: A Cicada in Winter

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 33 mins

  • Director: Yoshihisa Matsumoto
  • Writer: Mutsumi Nakano, Youka Nitta

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It is the late Tokugawa period and tensions between the Bakufu and Choshu clan are arguing trying of how to deal with foreigner in Japan. Touma Kusaka, a member of the Choshu clan wants good positive relations with foreign nations and tries to learn English without letting the clan know. Keiichirou Akizuki has become Kusaka's teacher and their relationship grows stronger even though Akizuki is working for Kusaka's clan, the Tokugawa Bakafu.


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Cast & Characters

Shin'ichirô Miki (as Touma Kusaka (unknown episodes))
Toshiyuki Morikawa (as Keiichirou Akizuki (unknown episodes))
Shôtarô Morikubo (as Seinoshin Aizawa (unknown episodes))