

Downfall
2023-03-17 · 128 min · ★ 8.0
Kaoru Fukazawa is a manga artist. His manga series was published for eight years, but has now finished. He doesn't have any ideas for his next work. His situation seems bleak, with his editor seeming to not care about him anymore and his relationship with his wife Nozomi Machida being troubled. He spends his days in despair and darkness. Kaoru visits a business that provides sexual services and meets a prostitute named Chifuyu, who attracts him. They decide to head to Chifuyu's hometown together.
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- Directors
- Naoto Takenaka
- Production companies
- Nikkatsu Corporation, Happinet Phantom Studios, Django Film, Shogakukan
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Takumi SaitohKaoru Fukazawa
ShuriChifuyu
MEGUMINozomi Machida
Tina Tamashiro
Yumi AdachiKari Makiura
Rio YamashitaNao Tomita
Kazunari TosaKondō
You NobueYunbo
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Eiji Sugawara
Daisuke Kuroda
Shiho Sasaki
Junpei Yasui
Ryohei Shima
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