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Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 67GoodWatch 74
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 59 min
Longer than most comedies, +19 min on the typical 100
typical 100119Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
2010
October 2, 2010
16 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
17 of 17
Maki SakaiRui
Takahiro NishijimaKosuke
Tatsuya FujiTony Tanaka
Mariko KagaToba-chan
Sawa SuzukiNanako
Sei HiraizumiGou Inoue
Masato HagiwaraDoctor Mizutani
Ryosei Tayamashop owner
Kimiko YoYasuko Tanaka
Sansei Shiomilibrary director
Reiko KusamuraMrs. Katsuragi
Kyusaku ShimadaEditor Kuraki
Daikichi SugawaraProfessor Ishibashi
Tōru Shinagawabus dispatcher- STSaburo Tamuraprofessor Ootani
Yoshiyuki MorishitaSasajima
Wakaba IrieSasajima's mother
Directing · 2
- Tomoyuki Takimoto Director
- Chizuru Yamashita Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Kenji Aoki Screenplay
- Sawako Agawa Novel
Production · 6
- Takeo Hisamatsu Executive Producer
- Kazuko Inoue Executive Producer
- Shunji Kido Producer
- Hiroko Shinohara Producer
- Masaaki Usui Producer
- Yumiko Kuga Casting
Camera · 1
- Takahide Shibanushi Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Nobuyuki Takahashi Editor
Sound · 3
- Hibiki Inamoto Original Music Composer
- Tetsuo Segawa Sound
- Kazunori Fujimaru Sound Mixer
Art · 2
- Takaichi Wakamatsu Art Direction, Production Design
- Katsuya Imai Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Masae Miyamoto Costume Designer
Other crew · 1
- Kenny Kusaka Post Production Supervisor
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