Hidetaka Yoshioka
Ryunosuke Chagawa
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...
Release Date | 2012-01-21 |
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Runtime | 2h 22m |
Directors | Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Kōzō Shibazaki |
Producers | Shoichi Takeuchi, Minami Ichikawa, Masaki Koide, Osamu Kamei, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Fumihiro Hirai, Takaaki Kada, Shuji Abe, Seiji Okuda |
Writers | Ryota Kosawa, Takashi Yamazaki |