Soup Opera (2010)
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.
Director:
Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writer:
Kenji Aoki
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Maki Sakai as Rui |
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Takahiro Nishijima as Kosuke |
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Tatsuya Fuji as Tony Tanaka |
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Mariko Kaga as Toba-chan |
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Sawa Suzuki as Nanako |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Gou Inoue |
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Masato Hagiwara as Doctor Mizutani |
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Ryosei Tayama as shop owner |
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Kimiko Yo as Yasuko Tanaka |
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Sansei Shiomi as library director |
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Reiko Kusamura as Mrs. Katsuragi |
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Kyusaku Shimada as Editor Kuraki |
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Daikichi Sugawara as Professor Ishibashi |
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Tōru Shinagawa as bus dispatcher |
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Saburo Tamura as professor Ootani |
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Yoshiyuki Morishita as Sasajima |
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Wakaba Irie as Sasajima's mother |
| Sound | Hibiki Inamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kenji Aoki | Screenplay |
| Production | Masaaki Usui | Producer |
| Writing | Sawako Agawa | Novel |
| Directing | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Director |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Takahashi | Editor |
| Camera | Takahide Shibanushi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kazuko Inoue | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kazunori Fujimaru | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tetsuo Segawa | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Miyamoto | Costume Designer |
| Crew | Kenny Kusaka | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Yumiko Kuga | Casting |
| Art | Takaichi Wakamatsu | Art Direction |
| Art | Katsuya Imai | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Takaichi Wakamatsu | Production Design |
| Production | Shunji Kido | Producer |
| Directing | Chizuru Yamashita | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Takeo Hisamatsu | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hiroko Shinohara | Producer |
