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I Just Want to Be Wanted
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I Just Want to Be Wanted

2024-07-21 · 21 min · Not rated

Crime · Thriller

After being suddenly struck with amnesia, an old man is brought to a dilapidated house and ordered to harvest corn by a man who claims to be his son.

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Directors
Kaiwen Li
Production companies
Homework Productions
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Released

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Tieren ZhaoOld Man
Lu CongLiu Deqing
Lu XiutingSister

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