Hiru no Sento Zake 

42-year-old Utsumi Takayuki works for Second Division of Hinode Advertising's Planning and Sales Department. He was transferred from the General Affairs Department one year ago, but he ... See full summary »

Stars:

Shigeyuki Totsugi, Akiko Yagi, Tokio Emoto

Cast

Series cast summary:
Shigeyuki Totsugi		12 episodes, 2016
Akiko Yagi		12 episodes, 2016
Tokio Emoto		12 episodes, 2016
Aika Hirota		12 episodes, 2016
Daichi Kaneko		12 episodes, 2016
Seiji Shioyama		12 episodes, 2016
Unshô Ishizuka	...	Narration 12 episodes, 2016

Storyline

42-year-old Utsumi Takayuki works for Second Division of Hinode Advertising's Planning and Sales Department. He was transferred from the General Affairs Department one year ago, but he keeps delivering the worst sales performance. Utsumi is not eloquent, poor at dealing with things and is a pushover too. He always gets reprimanded by his boss Dozono Shoko. His only pleasure is skipping work, going to the public bath in the day on a weekday and gulping a beer down his dry throat after that. Utsumi cannot resist the temptation when he sees a public bath during working hours despite his sense of guilt. On this day too, he calls his company with the excuse that he has urgent business and walks through the door of a public bath in high spirits. When he pays the fee, takes off his suit and enters the bath, the best moment awaits him.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Comedy

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User Reviews

'Steamy' Fun

This is cheesy fun. Basically, Utsumi Takayuki is a useless salesman who keeps dodging work in the afternoon to go to bath house, which is then followed by a beer and a scoff afterwards. It's quite interesting to see the different types of bath houses in Tokyo. They look pretty cool to be honest. It also seems that Japanese men have no problem getting their kit out and hanging out naked together - so expect to see lots of male butts in this! It's also nice to see different areas of Tokyo as well. This is a bit cheesy and it is a bit overdone in places, but overall, it's an enjoyable watch. And man I could murder a cold beer now! :) 6.5 / 10

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 April 2016 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Sunshine Sento-Sake

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kyodo Television, TV Tokyo

Technical Specs

Color:

Color