Hatsu koi no Tsubomi: Koko kara saki wa dame yo (2014)
Tachibana Joji, who works part-time as an English conversation teacher and translator, is a popular man. His date for the day is Misato, a stay-at-home mom and student at his English conversation school. The two head to Joji's house, where Joji enjoys a delicious meal of Misato's one-of-a-kind cuisine. However, afterward, Misato tells him she's getting divorced, which makes Joji panic...
Director:
Mototsugu Watanabe
Writer:
Kôji Yamazaki
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Tsubomi as Naomi Amamiya |
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Sakura Tachibana as Misato Shiina |
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Mari Yamaguchi as Koharu Amamiya |
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Atsushi Tsuda as Jôji Tachibana |
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Sousuke Yamamoto as Takeshi Amemiya |
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Maria Asakura as Jôji's Woman A |
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Yuuno Hoshi as Jôji's Woman B |
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Ami Natsui as Student A |
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Takashi Nishito as Student B |
| Directing | Mototsugu Watanabe | Director |
| Writing | Kôji Yamazaki | Screenplay |
| Camera | Masahide Iioka | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Masahide Iioka | Gaffer |
| Editing | Shōji Sakai | Editor |
| Directing | Takuji Nagai | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ichiro Tsuda | Still Photographer |