Soup Opera (2010)
Original title: スープ・オペラ
Soup Opera is a 2010 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto, with a running time of 1h 59m. It stars Maki Sakai, Takahiro Nishijima and Tatsuya Fuji.
Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Cast
- Maki Sakai as Rui
- Takahiro Nishijima as Kosuke
- Tatsuya Fuji as Tony Tanaka
- Mariko Kaga as Toba-chan
- Sawa Suzuki as Nanako
- Sei Hiraizumi as Gou Inoue
- Masato Hagiwara as Doctor Mizutani
- Ryosei Tayama as shop owner
- Kimiko Yo as Yasuko Tanaka
- Sansei Shiomi as library director
- Reiko Kusamura as Mrs. Katsuragi
- Kyusaku Shimada as Editor Kuraki