The Limit of Sleeping Beauty (2017)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 29M
Director : Ken Ninomiya
Writer : Ken Ninomiya
Synopsis
Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.
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