The Girl in Glass (1988)
Genre: Romance
Director: Masanobu Deme
Actors: Eisaku Yoshida, Kumiko Goto, LaSalle Ishii, Miki Fujitani, Toru Minegishi, Yōko Asaji
Country: Japan
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