Naitara Akande Tsutenkaku
Set in Shinsekai, Osaka, the film focuses on the current Kansai region, and the cast and staff are all from the Kansai region. The main character, Chiko, is played by Haruka Kiminami, a native of Toyonaka City, Osaka, who is rapidly gaining popularity and recognition for her roles in the films "20th Century Boys" and "Yusha Yoshihiko and the Key of Evil Spirits. The father, Genco, is played by Ren Osugi, a Japan Academy Award-winning actor who hails from Tokushima Prefecture but usually speaks in the Kansai dialect. The other cast members are also cast on the premise that they can speak native Osaka dialect. This drama commemorates the 55th anniversary of Yomiuri TV. The film was entered in the 5th Okinawa International Movie Festival. --Chiko, an office worker, is the only daughter of Ajiyoshi, a ramen shop in the downtown shopping arcade in Shinsekai, Osaka, overlooked by Tsutenkaku Tower. Her father, Genco, has taken over the ramen shop that her late mother used to run, but the ramen he makes tastes terrible and the store is deserted. Chiko, the strong-willed woman who supports the store behind the scenes, is also troubled by the fact that she is having an affair with her boss and cannot tell anyone about it. The clumsy and straightforward love between father and daughter, the strong-minded daughter and the soft-hearted father. The nosy people of the downtown area who surround the two are also somewhat traumatized by restructuring, adultery, child abuse, and so on, but they still manage to live their lives with a smile on their faces. This is a family drama from Kansai that will make you laugh and cry.
Released: 2013
Genres: ["Drama"]
Country: Japan
Status: Complete