Butterfly Sleep
May 12, 2018 | IMDB 6.1
111 min Watch NowDrama, Romance
Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university. She meets a young Korean man in his 20's. They become attracted to each other.
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