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The Story of PuPu (1998)
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Add to a movie listThe Story of PuPu (プープーの物語, PūPū no monogatari) is a 1998 Japanese film written and directed by Kensaku Watanabe and starring Sakura Uehara and Reiko Matsuo. The story follows two anarchistic girls on a road trip to visit the grave of a piglet named PuPu. It is Watanabe's directorial debut. Cult film director Seijun Suzuki appears in a small role.
Actors
Seijun Suzuki
(Old Man)
Yoshio Harada
(Joji)
Jun Kunimura
(Kijima)
Joe Yamanaka
(Man in photograph)
Tatsushi Ōmori
Kanji Tsuda
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