Movie: Free and Easy 9

Top 10 Billed Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida
西田敏行

Densuke Hamazaki

Miyoko Asada
浅田美代子

Jun Fubuki
風吹ジュン

Akane

Akira Onodera
小野寺昭

Ken Nakamoto
中本賢

Fumie Hosokawa
細川ふみえ

Umenosuke Nakamura
四代目 中村梅之助

Tomoko Naraoka
奈良岡朋子

Kazuo Kitamura
北村和夫

Raita Ryu
竜雷太

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    Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” but is unable to confess his true feelings until Hama-chan comes to his rescue.

  • Release Date

    1997-09-06

  • Average

    7.3

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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