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Hirugao (2017)

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Original title
昼顔
Directed by
Hiroshi Nishitani
Genre
romance film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in an unhappy marriage begins a secret affair with a married biology teacher. They meet in the afternoons and develop a quiet, forbidden connection.

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What happens

평일 오후 3시의 연인(일본어: 昼顔)은 2017년 개봉한 일본의 드라마 로맨스 영화이다.니시타니 히로시가 감독을 이노우에 유미코가 각본을 맡았다. 일본은 2017년 6월 10일에 영국은 2019년 3월 22일에 대한민국은 2019년 6월 13일에 개봉되었다. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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