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17才 〜旅立ちのふたり〜 (2003)

17才 〜旅立ちのふたり〜 poster
Directed by
Shinichiro Sawai
Genre
teen film
Country
Japan

How it feels

Two teenage girls in Japan form a genuine friendship through a boy who becomes a foster child. One girl lost her mother at age three and was separated from her father at age four, while the other lives with her mother who runs a small restaurant.

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What happens

『17才 〜旅立ちのふたり〜』(じゅうななさい たびだちのふたり)は2003年9月に公開された日本映画。東映配給。『青春ばかちん料理塾』と同時上映。 3歳で母を亡くし、4歳で父と生き別れた過去を持つ真衣子と、小料理屋を切り盛りする母と暮らす理沙。真衣子が暮らす家に里子に来た少年・耕太を通じて知り合いになった二人の間には、お互いを思いやる本物の友情が芽生えていた…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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