First-class service skills meet economy-class chaos. What could go wrong?
Aizawa Miharu (Takeuchi Yuko) receives an order to work for Cherry's Airlines from major airline. Cherry's Airlines is a low cost, budget carrier. The concept for Cherry's Airlines is to provide little to no service, all for the lowest cost to the passenger. Miharu struggles with her new job, because she is trained to provide excellant service from her previous company. Miharu begins to feel gloomy from struggling with her amateur colleagues and against the low cost policy of her company. Nevertheless, Miharu works hard for Cherry's Airlines first flight.
Acting
Takeuchi Yuko's perfect comedic timing and exasperated micro-expressions.
Writing
Sharp jabs at budget airline hell we all know too well.
Director
Satoru Nakajima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's budget airline boom, it satirized real carriers like Peach Aviation that were disrupting JAL and ANA's service-obsessed culture.
Takeuchi Yuko, a massive star, reportedly took a pay cut to support this mid-budget comedy—her commitment to 'cheap' apparently extended off-screen.
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