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Struggling Man (2021)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 54M

Director : Toshio Lee

Synopsis

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??

Actors

Ken Yasuda
Ken Yasuda
Haruo Izawa
Eiko Koike
Eiko Koike
Ritsuko Izawa
Harutomo Koyama
Harutomo Koyama
Ryota Izawa
Yui Okada
Yui Okada
Koume Izawa
Shuhei Nogae
Shuhei Nogae
Umegaki
Daichi Kaneko
Daichi Kaneko
Kaneko
First Summer Uika
First Summer Uika
Takai
Hikaru Ijūin
Hikaru Ijūin
[store manager]
Kazuko Shirakawa
Kazuko Shirakawa
Toru Kugasawa
Toru Kugasawa
Ryosuke Takei
Ryosuke Takei

Crews

Toshio Lee
Toshio Lee
Director
Fumi Tsubota
Fumi Tsubota
Writer

Trailers and other movies

映画『私はいったい、何と闘っているのか』予告編【2021年12月17日公開】

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