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Happy Dining Table

Happy Dining Table

20076.01h 48m

Overview

On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother (Ishida Yuriko, Miracle in Four Days) moving out and her studious older brother (Hiaraoka Yuta, Be With You) giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura (Katusji Ryo, Aegis). But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry.

Directed by Takashi Komatsu
Written by Yasuo Hasegawa, Maiko Seo
Produced by Akira Moriya
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Top Cast

Kie Kitano

Kie Kitano

Sawako Nakahara

Yuta Hiraoka

Yuta Hiraoka

Nao Nakahara

Ryo Katsuji

Ryo Katsuji

Bengaku Oura

Yuichi Haba

Yuichi Haba

Hiroshi Nakahara

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Nakahara

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About Happy Dining Table

Happy Dining Table is a drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Takashi Komatsu, it stars Kie Kitano, Yuta Hiraoka, Ryo Katsuji. On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother (Ishida Yuriko, Miracle in Four Days) moving out and her studious older brother (Hiaraoka Yuta, Be With You) giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura (Katusji Ryo, Aegis). But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry.

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