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