When You Wish Upon a Star
2019, Japanese. Directed by Katsumi Sasaki.
There is no room for dreams in a world formed by male violence. The young sex worker Eve's everyday life is slowly breaking her apart. Trapped in a maelstrom of loathing, drugs, and blind rage, she tumbles towards her impending doom. One night she meets the naive Kimi at a bar, who got into the clutches of a group of unscrupulous pimps. A fatal concatenation of events ensues and Eve has to learn that you can't smite memories with spades.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 23 August 2019
- Original title
- 星に願いを
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Katsumi Sasaki
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When You Wish Upon a Star runs 118 minutes (1h 58m).
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When You Wish Upon a Star isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 August 2019. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like When You Wish Upon a Star?
If you liked When You Wish Upon a Star, try The Transfiguration, The Surrender, Savaged.
Who directed When You Wish Upon a Star?
When You Wish Upon a Star (2019) was directed by Katsumi Sasaki and stars Ibuki Kaneda, Masaya Mimura, Yoji Yamada.