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Pinch Runner (2000)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 47M

Director : Hiroyuki Nasu

Synopsis

Minugishi Ayumi (Abe) is a student of Asahina High School, and the lone member of its Track and Field club. She seems hard to speak to, and despite being a good, quiet student, not many people care to know much about her. One day, a fire breaks out in the place that houses all the track and field supplies, and Ayumi is unable to get out. An aspiring member of the club, Hasegawa Sanae, cries out for someone to save her, but Ayumi cannot remember the face of whomever it was who took her out of the fire. The events that follow the fire unknowingly change Ayumi's solitary life, and she will find herself leading Sanae, Michiko, Tomoko, Maho, Reiko and Ikue into a race where the goal is much more than just getting past the line in first place.

Actors

Yuko Nakazawa
Yuko Nakazawa
Masuda Ikue
Iida Kaori
Iida Kaori
Sendou Reiko
Abe Natsumi
Abe Natsumi
Minugishi Ayumi
Yasuda Kei
Yasuda Kei
Matsumoto Michiko
Yaguchi Mari
Yaguchi Mari
Kanzaki Tomoko
Ichii Sayaka
Ichii Sayaka
Hayashibara Maho
Goto Maki
Goto Maki
Hasegawa Sanae
Matsuzaka Keiko
Matsuzaka Keiko
Ayumi's Mother
Yousuke Saito
Yousuke Saito
Maho's Father
Manabu Oshio
Manabu Oshio

Crews

Hiroyuki Nasu
Hiroyuki Nasu
Director
Ayako Hagiwara
Ayako Hagiwara
Original Story
Yôko Saitô
Yôko Saitô
Writer
Tomomi Masukawa
Tomomi Masukawa
Writer

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