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Lovely Complex
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Lovely Complex

2006-07-12 · 99 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy · Romance

Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa, a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani, a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. Obviously these two would make the oddest of couples and would never be a good match for each other right?

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Directors
Kitaji Ishikawa
Production companies
Shochiku, TFC, Shueisha, TV Asahi, Burning Production
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ema FujisawaEma FujisawaRisa Koizumi
Teppei KoikeTeppei KoikeAtsushi Otani
Nami TamakiNami TamakiNobuko Ishihara
Risa KudoRisa KudoChiharu Tanaka
Susumu TerajimaSusumu TerajimaUmibozu
Shizuyo YamasakiShizuyo YamasakiRie Koizumi
Yusuke YamazakiHeikichi Nakao
Hiro MizushimaHiro MizushimaRyoji Suzuki
Shosuke TaniharaShosuke Tanihara
Shugo OshinariShugo Oshinari
Yoji TanakaYoji Tanaka

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