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Status
Released
Release
2002
Runtime
30m
"In a culture where giving is tradition, she could only take."
It is Christmas in Japan and Karen, an American exchange student, is miserably homesick, in spite of the kindness of the Japanese couple she lives with.
13 Cast Members
Emily Harrison
Karen
Tohoru Masamune
Mr. Tomori
Takayo Fischer
Mrs. Ishikawa
Toshi Toda
Mr. Ishikawa
Kei Ogawa
Ayumi
Noriko Iwasaki
Mia
Yukari Black
Waitress
Sachiyo K
Love Hotel Clerk
Sachi Kikuchi
Nanako
Karen McMullin
Voice of Karen's Mother
Junichi Yanagita
Mr. Satoh
Hitoshi Yajima
Teacher at Gate
Robert Shinso
Man in Restaurant
