Struggling Man (2021)

Plot Summary

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??

Full Cast & Characters

Ken Yasuda

Haruo Izawa

Eiko Koike

Ritsuko Izawa

Harutomo Koyama

Ryota Izawa

Yui Okada

Koume Izawa

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Umegaki

Daichi Kaneko

Kaneko

First Summer Uika

Takai

Hikaru Ijūin

[store manager]

Kazuko Shirakawa

Toru Kugasawa

Ryosuke Takei

Hinako Kikuchi

Director & Crew

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