Happy Retirement (2015)
Shintaro, an Assistant Bank Division Chief at the Financial Services Agency, had been working like a dog for 33 years. But just five years before he is due for retirement, his boss framed him for accepting bribes. Shintaro was forced to retire immediately and was parachuted into a public organization, JAMS (Japan Association of Medium and Small Enterprises). Instead of a happy retirement that he had dreamt of, his out-of-the-blue retirement triggers a complete family breakup. To everyone’s surprise, his job is “to do nothing” for an annual salary of ten million yen!
Director:
Jun Akiyama
Writer:
Takaya Okamoto
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Koichi Sato as Shintaro Higuchi |
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Ken Ishiguro as Tsutomu Otomo |
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Yuriko Ishida as Aoi Tachibana |
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Satoshi Jinbo as Nagata |
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Norito Yashima as Sumihiko Yajima |
| Writing | Takaya Okamoto | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jun Akiyama | Director |
| Writing | Jiro Asada | Original Story |
| Sound | Hidekuni Satou | Sound Effects |
| Production | Motoko Kimura | Producer |
| Production | Tsutomu Jintsu | Producer |
| Production | Noboru Sugiyama | Producer |
| Sound | Kyō Nakanishi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kazuyuki Ishii | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Hiroshi Adachi | Editor |