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The Wedding Announcement

It's hard to tell someone you're getting married to their mother.
May 31, 2025 · 1h 8m
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Atsuya (30) is going to get married to Chigusa (50), who happens to be the mother of his longtime best friend Tamura (30). Atsuya has invited Tamura to a bar to announce his marriage and ask for his approval. However, after hearing that Atsuya is getting married, Tamura doesn't want him to tell the identity of his bride yet, because he wants to guess her identity himself. As Tamura keeps asking increasingly inappropriate questions, Atsuya finds it harder and harder to tell him they are actually talking about his own mother. In the neighboring table Makishima (37), Atsuya's acquaintance who he told he's marrying the mother of his friend, is watching the conversation with amusement. Makishima is also in the bar to tell about his upcoming new marriage to his ex-wife Naomi (33), who he wants to ask to make a speech at his wedding. When Naomi arrives, it turns out that she's actually Tamura's cousin, so she also knows Chigusa. However...

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CAST

Rio Takahashi
Atsuya Nakazaki
Chihiro Okamoto
Tomohito Tamura
Tomohiko Ichihara
Tsutomu Makishima
Yoshino Imamura
Naomi Sakaguchi
Kana Yamada
Barmaid
Yu-Ki Koga
Bartender
Directed by Takehito Sakamoto

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
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Country
JP
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