At the End of Desire (2024)
Maki finds out that she is pregnant. She enjoys a gentle pregnancy, but one day, as the due date approaches, Maki is hospitalized. She undergoes a prenatal diagnosis to confirm the safety of her child and the results are negative. Maki is relieved, but when the time comes to give birth, the baby is born with an incurable disease.
Director: An Arita
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An Arita as Maki Yamamoto |
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Tatsuhiro Yamaoka as Yoshiki Yamamoto |
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Yuko Kii as Kanae Shimizu |
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Noriko Kohara as Satomi Takenaka |
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Sakurako Mizuki as Sakura Shirai |
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Haruo Kobayashi as Miki Todo |
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Hiroshi Oyama as Hiroshi Takenaka |
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Amir Ito as Mickel Todo |
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Masashi Nijo as Takashi Nakanishi |
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Nagiko Tsuji as Nagisa Takeda |
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Akiko as Rika Saeki |
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Ryo Matsumoto as Ryu Ishii |
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Koji Seki as Kenji Sato |
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Myunghwa as Yoko Takeda |
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Shuji Okui as Kanji Takeda |
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Kensuke Uchida as Koji Mizuno |
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Mado Karasumori as Momo Sakuraba |
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Chihiro Hirokawa as Ryuko Akiyama |
| Directing | An Arita | Director |
| Writing | An Arita | Writer |
| Writing | An Arita | Original Story |
| Editing | Ken Higurashi | Editor |
| Sound | Yukihiro Tada | Music |
| Crew | Yasuyuki Asano | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yayoi Sasaki | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toshimoto Gohara | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Sakie Fujiwara | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Miki Fukase | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Wataru Kudo | Assistant Director |
| Production | Chihiro Hirokawa | Producer |
| Production | Kokoro Suzuki | Producer |
| Production | Nagae Oda | Producer |
| Camera | Naoya Ogawa | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Katsushi Kiyuna | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hideaki Nishiyama | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Kazu Osaki | Lighting Design |
| Lighting | Hayato Otsuka | Lighting Design |