Impasse

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Impasse

1967

1h 41m

6.4(14 votes)

Drama

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Shingo and Ritsuko have a baby: Takashi. They happen to be a happy couple, but soon Ritsuko wants to know who is the true father of Takashi, born by artificial insemination.

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岡田茉莉子

Tatsuko Ibuki

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木村功

Shingo, Ibuki

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小川眞由美

Shina Sakaguchi

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日下武史

Ken Sakaguchi

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北村和夫

Fujikida

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細川俊之

Man

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Sachiko Matsushita

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金内喜久夫

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Kyôko Seki

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中島葵

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