# Akko's Secret (2012)

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**Original title**: *ひみつのアッコちゃん*
**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Taisuke Kawamura
**Written by**: Mika Ohmori, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Masahiro Fukuma
**Starring**: Haruka Ayase, Masaki Okada, Takeshi Kaga, Masako Motai, Muga Tsukaji, Shosuke Tanihara

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A fifth-grader with a mirror that grants shape-shifting powers decides adulthood—and beauty—await at a cosmetics firm, where she juggles homework, makeovers, and crushes with the grace of a toddler handling fireworks.  

Her compact, a clunky artifact of wishful thinking, buzzes with near-magical reliability whenever deadlines or blush shades threaten to spill her secret.  

Turns out faking confidence isn’t harder than blending foundation—just slightly less forgiving.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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