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Only 5 Grams (1988)

Only 5 Grams poster
Original title
ほんの5g
Directed by
Kei Ota
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets caught up in a series of comic events involving pachinko balls. The story follows her interactions with a man who makes his acting debut.

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What happens

『ほんの5g』(ほんの5グラム)は、1988年11月26日公開の日本映画。監督は太田圭で、富田靖子主演映画として企画され、福山雅治が相手役として俳優デビューとなった。「きみの四角い心がタマに傷」がキャッチコピー。タイトルの“5g”とは、パチンコ玉1個の重さのこと。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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