Watashi wa Ittai, Nani to Tatakatteiru no ka

Synopsis

Father of three children and husband to Ritsuko (Koike Eiko), forty-five year old Izawa Haruo (Yasuda Ken) works as the floor chief at the local grocery store Umeya, having served the Ohara branch for twenty-five years. Although he claims he’s unfit to become a store manager himself, Izawa is a highly trusted employee concerned about human resources and career advancement, cherishing store manager Ueda’s “command center” for the accomplishments it represents.

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?

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