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Sayonara Midori-chan (2005)
Directed by Tomoyuki Furumaya
Overview
Naive office girl Yuko supports her blithe big city lifestyle with a part-time job at a neighborhood cafe. Attracted to her manager there, the shallow but charming Yutaka, she willingly succumbs to his lascivious advances only to discover afterward that he already has a girlfriend by the name of Midori. Even so, Yuko’s feelings for Yutaka continue to grow regardless of his aloofness. Before long she finds herself reluctantly cajoled into working as a hostess in a small karaoke bar. Fatalistically accepting his dalliances with flames old and new, she perseveres not so much in hope of a more substantial relationship, but rather out of fear of losing him. There are other men out there waiting for her—kinder, more considerate and eagerly available. But for Yuko, there is only the non-committal, yet torridly magnetic Yutaka. Why him? Not even Yuko seems to know the answer.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Sayuri Oyamada | Hidetoshi Nishijima | Mari Hoshino | Mayuko Iwasa | Toshinobu Matsuo | Taigo Fujisawa | Tetsuya Chiba | Taro Suwa | Aimi Nakamura | Tsutomu Niwa | Hajime Okayama | Sumie Sasaki | Jiro Sato | Masahiro Toda