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 |
| Directing | Tomoyuki Takimoto | Director |
| Writing | Sawako Agawa | Novel |
| Writing | Kenji Aoki | Screenplay |
| Production | Masaaki Usui | Producer |
| Sound | Hibiki Inamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Nobuyuki Takahashi | Editor |
| Camera | Takahide Shibanushi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Takeo Hisamatsu | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kazuko Inoue | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yumiko Kuga | Casting |
| Art | Takaichi Wakamatsu | Art Direction |
| Crew | Kenny Kusaka | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Katsuya Imai | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Chizuru Yamashita | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Hiroko Shinohara | Producer |
| Production | Shunji Kido | Producer |
| Art | Takaichi Wakamatsu | Production Design |
| Sound | Kazunori Fujimaru | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tetsuo Segawa | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Miyamoto | Costume Designer |
