100 Yen Love
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A tender, character-driven romance about two damaged people finding connection and purpose through boxing and mutual care, grounded in the mundane struggles of precarious work and family estrangement.
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
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