When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty (2023)
24-year-old Nozomi quit her job at an ad agency and now works part-time at a convenience store. Her ordinary days are enlivened by funny and kind co-workers but her heart is troubled because she cannot tell her parents about her situation and she is haunted by her failure to meet the excessive demands at her previous workplace. One day, her former junior high school classmate Kanako appears and Nozomi begins to articulate how she feels.
Director:
Yuho Ishibashi
Writer:
Yuho Ishibashi
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Erika Karata as Nozomi Iizuka |
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Haruka Imou as Kanako Otomo |
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Kazuma Ishibashi as Shunsuke Moriguchi |
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Oto Abe as Ayano Saito |
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Yuto Nakayama as Keisuke Tabuchi |
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Michiyo Ishimoto as Ritsuko Otsuka |
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Ganz Morita as Shoichi Yasaka |
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Toshihiro Yashiba as Minoru Sugimoto |
| Directing | Yuho Ishibashi | Director |
| Writing | Yuho Ishibashi | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | AKAI Mizuki | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Asako Senda | Line Producer |
| Directing | Tomoki Uchida | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Rei Hirano | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sachihiko Tanaka | Producer |
| Editing | Fu Ogasawara | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mei Komiyama | Costumer |
| Art | Kaede Fujimoto | Production Design |
| Sound | Kosuke Yanagida | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Tomoya Hatake | Production Design |