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Star Reformer

Star Reformer

20067.32h 11m

Overview

Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".

Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani
Written by Nozomi Katsura, Shinsuke Sato
Produced by Hirotsugu Usui, Minami Ichikawa
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Top Cast

Yuji Oda

Yuji Oda

Satoshi Nomura

Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki

Aki Ninomiya

Bengal

Bengal

Kazuyoshi Kurusu

Gaku Hamada

Gaku Hamada

Manabu Aki

H

Hisashi Igawa

Kanji Shimizu

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Hitoshi Koga

Mahiru Konno

Mahiru Konno

Takako Shinozaki

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Takao Asano

Jin Nakayama

Jin Nakayama

Taketsugu Shinozaki

Kaoru Okunuki

Kaoru Okunuki

Hiromi Sato

Themes & Keywords

japancivil servant

About Star Reformer

Star Reformer is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 2006 exploring themes of japan, civil servant. Directed by Hiroshi Nishitani, it stars Yuji Oda, Ko Shibasaki, Bengal. Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".

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