Just the Way We Are
The story is about an unlikely friendship between two women. This intimate look at two lives chronicles their struggle with love, loyalty, and fulfillment. Two women with seemingly different outlooks on life come together against all odds in a fragile attempt to seek out the best of what they have to offer each other and themselves. Can their unexpected friendship survive affairs of the heart? An honest tale of two women unfolds with an end as uncertain as the friendship which drew them together.
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Shingo Tsurumi
as Yoshihiko Ichimura
Mikihisa Azuma
as Kazuya Murakami
Akina Nakamori
as Kanna Tsukishima
Narumi Yasuda
as Yumiko Kosaka
Shinobu Tsuruta
as Kaji
Kazuyuki Matsuzawa
as Ryuichi Sakaki
Minako Osanai
as Ayako Sasaki
Koji Matoba
as Takuro Sawada
Akiko Hoshino
as Masako Ichimura
Michiko Ameku
as Asako Takagi
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