Sugar & Spice: Fûmi zekka (2006)

Director
Isamu Nakae

Main cast
Yuya Yagira; Erika Sawajiri; Gaku Hamada; Kaoru Okunuki; Sousuke Takaoka

Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Description
Recently graduated from high school, 17-year-old Shiro (Yagira Yuya) decides to put off college and work at a gas station instead. Shy and introspective, Shiro understands he is at a turning point of his life, but is unsure of what lies ahead. Though his parents disapprove of his decision, he has the support of his flower child grandmother (Natsuki Mari) who declares that a gas station is a romantic place for life's drifters. Surely enough, soon a new co-worker, college student Noriko (Erika Sawajiri), drifts into Shiro's life. He falls headfirst into a bittersweet first love that ushers him into the world of adulthood.


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