Soup Opera (2010)

Comedy

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

Rui
Maki Sakai
Kosuke
Takahiro Nishijima
Mrs. Katsuragi
Reiko Kusamura
Editor Kuraki
Kyūsaku Shimada
Professor Ishibashi
Daikichi Sugawara
bus dispatcher
Tōru Shinagawa
professor Ootani
S Saburo Tamura
Sasajima
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Sasajima's mother
Wakaba Irie
Tony Tanaka
Tatsuya Fuji
Toba-chan
Mariko Kaga
Nanako
Sawa Suzuki
Gou Inoue
Sei Hiraizumi
Doctor Mizutani
Masato Hagiwara
shop owner
Ryosei Tayama
Yasuko Tanaka
Kimiko Yo
library director
Sansei Shiomi

Crew

Director
Tomoyuki Takimoto
Novel
Sawako Agawa
Screenplay
K Kenji Aoki
Producer
M Masaaki Usui
Original Music Composer
Hibiki Inamoto
Editor
N Nobuyuki Takahashi
Director of Photography
T Takahide Shibanushi
Executive Producer
T Takero Hisamatsu
Executive Producer
K Kazuko Inoue
Casting
Y Yumiko Kûkan
Art Direction
T Takaichi Wakamatsu
Post Production Supervisor
K Kenny Kusaka
Assistant Art Director
K Katsuya Imai
Script Supervisor
C Chizuru Yamashita
Producer
H Hiroko Shinohara
Producer
S Shunji Kido
Production Design
T Takaichi Wakamatsu
Sound Mixer
K Kazunori Fujimaru
Sound
Tetsuo Segawa
Costume Designer
M Masae Miyamoto