Name: INFLUENCE
Genre: Thriller & Suspense, Drama
Released: 2021-03-20
Rating: 9.3
Cast: Hashimoto Kanna, Aoi Wakana, Ai Yoshikawa, Suzuki Honami, Nene Otsuka

Hashimoto Kanna is a Japanese actress and singer who was born on February 3, 1999, in Fukuoka, Japan. She made her entertainment industry debut as a member of the all-female pop group Rev from DL in 2011. She left the group in 2017. She also made her acting debut in 2011, appearing in the movie “I Wish.” Her drama series credits include “One Page Love” (2019) and “Influence” (2021).

Hashimoto Kanna

Aoi Wakana is a Japanese&nbsp;actress&nbsp;and singer who was born on June 30, 1998, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She debuted as an actress in 2009, starring in “Samurai High School.” In 2012, she joined the pop group&nbsp;Otome Shinto, departing in 2014 to further her acting career. She starred in the film&nbsp;Samurai Pirates in 2014, following up with a role in “Survival Family” (2017). In 2018, she starred in “Black Pean,” for which she was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category at the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix awards later the same year. She also starred in the 2020 drama series “May December Couple.”

Aoi Wakana

Ai Yoshikawa, formerly known by the stage name, Riko Yoshida, is a Japanese actress. She was born on October 28, 1999, in Tokyo, Japan, and made her acting debut in 2006. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “INFLUENCE” (2021).

Ai Yoshikawa

Suzuki Honami is a Japanese actress who was born on August 14, 1966, in Tokyo, Japan. Aged just 19, she debuted in the drama series “Asobi Ja Nai No Yo, Kono Koi Wa” (1986). She made her breakthrough in the 1991 live-action version of the hit manga title “Tokyo Love Story.” she has since gone on to star in a number of hit films and dramas, such as the 2018-2020 series “Suits” and the films and “Perfect Strangers” and “Detective Chinatown 3” (both 2021).

Suzuki Honami

Nene Otsuka is a veteran Japanese actress. Born on June 14, 1968, she made her acting debut in 1988 and has appeared in many popular films and television series since. Some of her recent credits include the television drama “Disappointing Husband” (2015) and the film “Trumpet on the Cliff” (2016). Nene Otsuka is married to actor Seiichi Tanabe.

Nene Otsuka

Jin Shirasu is a Japanese actor who was born on November 1, 1992, in Aomori, Japan. He first rose to prominence when he took part in fashion magazine Junon’s Super Boy Contest in 2010, making the top 30. The year after, he made his musical debut in a performance of “The Prince of Tennis 2.” He went on to make his drama bow in the 2013 series “Biblia Used Bookstore Casebook,” going on to star in “Happy Marriage” (2016) and – more recently – the 2019 Japanese remake of Taiwanese drama “In Time With You.”

Jin Shirasu

WOWOW

In high school, Yuri Totsuka (Kanna Hashimoto) was just another teenage girl. Experiencing all the ups and downs that come with high school, Yuri’s struggles weren’t any different than every other girl her age. Living on her own, in a quiet apartment complex in a peaceful province, Yuri should have had a largely uneventful teenage life. But one terrifying event would change not only her life, but the lives of two of her classmates, forever.

Once a friend of Yuri’s, Satoko Hino (Ai Yoshikawa) had given up on their friendship after the two had a falling out. Now more a stranger than a friend, Satoko suffers through her miserable life alone. Alongside her, transfer student Maho Sakazaki (Wakana Aoi) seems doomed to spend her high school years as a loner; but living in the same apartment complex as Yuri, the two soon become close friends. With a new friend by her side, Yuri might have forgotten all about Satoko, had Fate not decided to intervene in a truly cruel and horrifying way.

When Maho is attacked by a violent assailant, Yuri steps in, desperate to save her friend; but her frantic attempt to help ends in murder. Only adding to the horror of it all, Satoko is arrested the very next day. Now caught in a tangled web of lies and murders, the three girls desperately search for a way out. But is escape even an option when you’re in this deep?&nbsp;

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Fumie Kondo, “INFLUENCE” is a 2021 suspense drama directed by Naruhide Mizuta and Paul Young.

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