Fantastic Girls (2015)

5.8/10 119 min Comedy Drama

Overview

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Cast

Rika Adachi

Takemi Akimoto (young)

Mio Yuki

Ayuko Sasaoka (young)

Yuri Shirahane

Ayuko Sasaoka (adult)

Aran Kei

Takemi Akimoto (adult)

Kenta Suga

Jun Suzuki

Masato Yano

Hideho

Toshie Negishi

Masahiro Komoto

Tomoya Maeno

Mitsuko Oka

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