Mar 16, 2001
92 min
Full-HD

Harmful Insect (2001)

13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation TBS Sony PCL

Aoi Miyazaki

Sachiko Kita

Yu Aoi

Natsuko Yamaoka

Ryo

Toshiko Kita

Seiichi Tanabe

Ogata

Yuria Haga

Rumi

Yûsuke Iseya

Cofeeshop Guy

Eihi Shiina

Music Teacher

Tetsu Sawaki

Takao

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