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Akiba (2006)

Akiba poster
Directed by
Yūichi Onuma
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
1.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who works at a maid cafe in Akihabara reunites with her childhood friend Kanako, who has an intellectual disability and bruising on her smile. Their meeting sets off a somber tale about two girls who were bullied together in elementary school.

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What happens

『AKIBA』( Maid in AKIBA )は、2006年に製作された日本映画。 秋葉原で生まれ育った主人公ミナノは、メイドカフェで働くメイド嬢。ある朝、JR秋葉原駅のホームで幼馴染みのカナコと再会する。知的障害で特殊学級へ編入していったカナコ、その笑顔には青い痣があった。小学校の頃いじめにあっていた二人の再会は切ない物語の始まりだった…。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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