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CLEARNESS
CLEARNESS
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CLEARNESS

Original Title: クリアネス

2008
1h 52m
Romance

Status

Released

Release

2008

Runtime

1h 52m

Storyline

Sakura is a 20-year-old college student who has sex for money to fund her shopping addiction. After her customers leave her apartment, she spends her time spying on Leo, a young, beautiful, and (dyed) blond-haired boy, who works at a male escort service across the street. One day, Leo pays her a visit, and so starts an unlikely friendship. But Leo has a troubled past. He is the son of a prostitute who worked for his current pimp and died before she could repay money that she owed. He himself entered the business when he graduated from junior high school. Though Leo refuses to make love to Sakura (he has a policy of not having sex outside of work), the two fall in love and become inseparable until Leo gets into a fight with Sakura's boyfriend and gets him into a car accident. Leo turns himself in, and Sakura moves to Okinawa to wait for him at their dream destination.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 52m
Feb 16, 2008
Languages
Japanese
Director
Tetsuo Shinohara
Tetsuo Shinohara
Production Countries
Japan

Top Cast

10 Cast Members

Kiki Sugino

Kiki Sugino

Sakura

Yoshihiko Hosoda

Yoshihiko Hosoda

Leo

Kumiko Ito

Kumiko Ito

Mika

Show Aikawa

Show Aikawa

Naruse

Yu Koyanagi

Yu Koyanagi

Kōtarō

Yoshinobu Yamada

Akira

Chigusa Takaku

Chigusa Takaku

Eriko

Yuko Miyamoto

Yuko Miyamoto

Mayumi

Takumi Saitoh

Takumi Saitoh

Ryō

Junji Takada

Okinawa Customer

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