Sawako Decides (川の底からこんにちは) [Japan] - 2010

Country: Japan
Production Company: Avex Entertainment/ Imagica/ PIA/ Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)/ Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co./ USEN Corporation
Genre: Drama
Director: Yuya Ishii
Starring: Hikari Mitsushima, Masashi Endo, Kotaro Shiga, Ryo Iwamatsu, Kira Aihara, Makiko Amuro, Kurt Chiba, Katsuki Emura, Yumi Hirose, Miyoko Inakawa, Toshiaki Inomata, Tsubasa Ito
Length: 112 mins
Date of release: 1st May, 2010

Synopsis

Kimura Sawako (Hikari Mitsushima) has been working for five years in Tokyo since finishing her high school. She is dating with her colleague, Arai Kenichi (Masashi Endo) who is divorced with a four year old daughter, Kayoko (Kira Aihara).

Kenichi wants to get married with Sawako but she turns him down as he is just an average guy and she dislikes children. One day Sawako receives news that her father (Kotaro Shiga) is suffering from liver cancer and she is needed to return home to take care of the family's business as she is the sole heir.

Her father owns a clam processing company called Kimura Fisheries and the company is in the brink of bankruptcy. At the same time Kenichi loses his job and persuades Sawako to return to her hometown to help her father. At first she refuses but later changes her mind and they also bring Kayoko along.

Being a new owner is challenging for Sawako as she not only deal with the employees but also Kenichi and Kayoko. Another thing to adapt is the company's culture which she is not familiar with. Against all odds Sawako must ensure the company survives before her father dies. Can she succeed?


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