# Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)

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**Original title**: *ストロベリーショートケイクス*
**Runtime**: 127 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Hitoshi Yazaki
**Written by**: Kiriko Nananan, Kyoko Inukai
**Starring**: Chizuru Ikewaki, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yuko Nakamura, Kiriko Nananan, Ryo Kase, Masanobu Ando

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Train journeys and boudoir chats frame four Tokyo girls trading crushes and dead-end jobs while waiting for something to bloom. Their messy downtown lives crash against silent expectations. A decade-old cast still feels like roommates you’d borrow 100 yen from.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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