We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.
Casts & Crew
Kiichi Nakai
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Ryoko Hirosue
Tomochika
Aoi Morikawa
Toshio Sakata
Tomoya Maeno
Houka Kinoshita
Shôhei Uno
Muga Tsukaji
Jakujaku Katsura
Masaya Kato
Raita Ryu
Yuki Yamada
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Tadashi Sakata
Ami Tomite
Masato Yamada
Tomiyuki Kunihiro
Also Directed by Masaharu Take
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