Struggling Man

The story

Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??

Cast & crew

Ken YasudaHaruo Izawa

Eiko KoikeRitsuko Izawa

Harutomo KoyamaRyota Izawa

Yui OkadaKoume Izawa

SWAYUmegaki

Daichi KanekoKaneko

First Summer UikaTakai

Hikaru Ijūin[store manager]

Kazuko ShirakawaCast

Toru Kugasawa

Toru KugasawaCast

Ryosuke TakeiCast

Hinako KikuchiCast