Kasumi Sawaki (Honami Suzuki) works for a top-ranked newspaper publishing company as a capable economic reporter. Speaking six languages fluently, she vigorously performs research and interviews. Her fiance, Ishii (Shingo Tsurumi) is an elite in the same company. Although her work and love seem to go very well, she is suddenly relegated to the minor Sports Department which is full of strange colleagues.
Acting
Honami Suzuki carries every scene with effortless intelligence.
Writing
Sharp observation of corporate Japan's rigid hierarchies.
Director
Michio Mitsuno
Honami Suzuki
Kasumi Sawaki
Hiroyuki Sanada
Jinta Todoroki
Issei Ishida
Hoshino
Yumi Adachi
Tamako Todoroki
Tetsuya Takeda
Manager Kajiwara
Yosuke Eguchi
Catcher Mizushima
Masato Hagiwara
Pilot
Goro Kishitani
Pitcher Goto
Shinji Takeda
Miura
Tsutomu Sekine
Yamamoto
Yasufumi Terawaki
Photographer Kuwata
Kei Yamamoto
Editor Ogata
Shingo Tsurumi
Toshio Ishii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Hiroyuki Sanada's rare comedic turns before his Hollywood action era—he's basically unrecognizable as the goofy Jinta.
The film satirizes Japan's rigid 'salaryman' culture and the stigma of department transfers, which could end careers in the 1990s bubble economy.
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