After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill she have to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.
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| Hikari Mitsushima | ... | Sawako | |
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Kôtarô Shiga | ... | Tadao |
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Ryô Iwamatsu | ... | Nobuo |
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Kira Aihara | ... | Kayoko |
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Masashi Endô | ... | Kenichi |
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Makiko Amuro | ||
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Kurt Chiba | ||
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Katsuki Emura | ||
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Yumi Hirose | ||
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Miyoko Inagawa | ||
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Toshiaki Inomata | ||
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Tsubasa Itô | ||
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Tsubasa Kikuchi | ||
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Tomiko Kudô | ||
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Emi Makino | ||
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After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill she have to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.
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(See the previous review for a very good plot synopsis)
I went to see this movie in Tokyo because Pia Magazine (the leading Japanese language entertainment magazine in Tokyo) had done theater exit polls for several movies and this one had scored best with 50+ respondents giving it an average of >90/100 points. Clearly Japanese audiences liked it.
I liked it too, in general. There were parts that were quietly funny and pleasantly quirky. There were scenes that were very funny. The performance of the leading lady, however, was somewhat mixed. She was very convincing in some scenes, less convincing in others. Also, the overall pace of the movie was a little slow. It probably could have been edited down by about 10 minutes with beneficial effect.