Movie · 114 min · G · cmy
Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??
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Cast
Ken Yasuda, Eiko Koike, Harutomo Koyama, Yui Okada, SWAY, Daichi Kaneko, First Summer Uika, Hikaru Ijūin, Kazuko Shirakawa, Toru Kugasawa, Ryosuke Takei, Hinako Kikuchi, Ryotaro Sakaguchi
Crew
Fumi Tsubota (writer), Toshio Lee (director), Satoshi Sawamura (producer), Yasushi Utagawa (producer), Kenichi Yoshida (producer)