Struggling Man (2021)
Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??
Director: Toshio Lee
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Ken Yasuda as Haruo Izawa |
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Eiko Koike as Ritsuko Izawa |
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Harutomo Koyama as Ryota Izawa |
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Yui Okada as Koume Izawa |
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SWAY as Umegaki |
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Daichi Kaneko as Kaneko |
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First Summer Uika as Takai |
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Hikaru Ijūin as [store manager] |
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Kazuko Shirakawa as |
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Toru Kugasawa as |
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Ryosuke Takei as |
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Hinako Kikuchi as |
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Ryotaro Sakaguchi as Motohashi Kazuya |
| Directing | Toshio Lee | Director |
| Writing | Fumi Tsubota | Writer |
| Production | Yasutaka Fuke | Executive Producer |
| Production | Satoshi Sawamura | Producer |
| Production | Yoshiharu Arai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ichiro Goto | Production Manager |
| Production | Yume Minamidani | Casting |
| Production | Yasushi Utagawa | Producer |
| Production | Yoichi Hamamatsu | Line Producer |
| Sound | Takaaki Yamamoto | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Sakura Katsumata | Sound Effects |
| Editing | Yūichi Iwakiri | Editor |
| Sound | Ren Adachi | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nami Shinozuka | Costumer |
| Art | TERAO JUN | Production Design |
| Lighting | Kazushi Maruyama | Gaffer |
| Production | Kenichi Yoshida | Producer |
