Struggling Man

Struggling Man — Plot

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??

• Release date
• December 17, 2021
• Runtime
• 114 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Toshio Lee

Struggling Man — Cast

Ken Yasuda Haruo Izawa Eiko Koike Ritsuko Izawa Harutomo Koyama Ryota Izawa Yui Okada Koume Izawa SWAY Umegaki Daichi Kaneko Kaneko First Summer Uika Takai Hikaru Ijūin [store manager]