Struggling Man (2021)

  • G
  • 12/17/2021 (JP)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 54m

Overview

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??

Fumi Tsubota

Writer

Toshio Lee

Director

Cast

Ken Yasuda's headshot

Ken Yasuda

Haruo Izawa
Eiko Koike's headshot

Eiko Koike

Ritsuko Izawa
Harutomo Koyama's headshot

Harutomo Koyama

Ryota Izawa
Yui Okada's headshot

Yui Okada

Koume Izawa
Shuhei Nogae's headshot

Shuhei Nogae

Umegaki
Daichi Kaneko's headshot

Daichi Kaneko

Kaneko
First Summer Uika's headshot

First Summer Uika

Takai
Hikaru Ijūin's headshot

Hikaru Ijūin

[store manager]

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