
Free and Easy 9
1997-09-06 · 115 min · ★ 7.5
Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” but is unable to confess his true feelings until Hama-chan comes to his rescue.
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- Directors
- Tomio Kuriyama
- Production companies
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- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
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Toshiyuki NishidaDensuke Hamazaki
Rentaro MikuniIchinosuke Suzuki
Miyoko Asada
Jun FubukiAkane
Akira Onodera
Ken Nakamoto
Fumie Hosokawa
Umenosuke Nakamura
Tomoko Naraoka
Kazuo Kitamura
Raita Ryu
Takuzo Kadono
Takashi Sasano
Kei TaniSasaki
Nenji KobayashiTsunetaro BabaTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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