The Swallows Don't Come Back

7.0 (1 votes)• 2024• 45m•Ended

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Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by donating her eggs. However, after taking the interview, she realizes it’s not for egg donation but for surrogacy. A former ballet dancer, Kusaoke Motoi, and his wife, Yuko, are looking for a surrogate mother to bear their child in exchange for high rewards.

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Languages: Japanese

Director: Kenji Tanaka, Yuki Yamato, Takashi Kitano

Starring Cast: Shizuka Ishibashi, Goro Inagaki, Yuki Uchida, Hitomi Kuroki, Win Morisaki, Marika Ito

Cast

Shizuka Ishibashi

Goro Inagaki

Yuki Uchida

Hitomi Kuroki

Win Morisaki

Marika Ito

Romi Park

Yasuko Tomita

Shigeyuki Totsugi

Yuko Nakamura

Yoshi Sakō

Michiko Ameku

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Seikō Itō

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