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Sawako Decides

5.720101h 52mMovieDramaComedy

After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill, she has to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.

DirectorYuya Ishii
WriterYuya Ishii
ProducersMayumi Amano·Ryuhei Chiba

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Sawako Decides isn't on any streaming service in United States right now, but it's available in Japan. Streaming rights are licensed per country.

Cast · Directed by Yuya Ishii

HMHikari Mitsushima
Hikari Mitsushima
Sawako
MEMasashi Endô
Masashi Endô
Kenichi
KSKotaro Shiga
Kotaro Shiga
Tadao
RIRyo Iwamatsu
Ryo Iwamatsu
Nobuo
KA
Kira Aihara
Kayoko
RMRyu Morioka
Ryu Morioka
Yoshio
MI
Miyoko Inagawa
Toshiko
MMMaki Meguro
Maki Meguro
Intestinal Cleaning Staff
MA
Makiko Amuro
Sugiyama
TIToshiaki Inomata
Toshiaki Inomata
Junzo
YY
Yoshiko Yoshino
Eguchi
SNShirô Namiki
Shirô Namiki
Masaki

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