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Life in Overtime

Life in Overtime

Retirement is like holding your own funeral while you’re still alive...

20187.82h 5mNR

Overview

After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.

Directed by Hideo Nakata
Written by Nonji Nemoto, Makiko Uchidate
Produced by Tomoyuki Akaishi, Masanori SAKAI, Masatake Kondo
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Top Cast

Hiroshi Tachi

Hiroshi Tachi

Sosuke Tashiro

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Chigusa Tashiro

Hirosue Ryoko

Hirosue Ryoko

Kuri Hamada

Asami Usuda

Asami Usuda

Michiko Yamazaki

Tomorowo Taguchi

Tomorowo Taguchi

Toshihiko Aoyama

Tsubasa Imai

Tsubasa Imai

Michiko Shimizu

Michiko Shimizu

Yoichi Nukumizu

Yoichi Nukumizu

Joey Iwanaga

Joey Iwanaga

Tashiro Sosuke

Bengal

Bengal

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Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookself-discoveryagingencounterturning pointコメディーお笑い

About Life in Overtime

Life in Overtime is a drama, comedy film released in 2018 exploring themes of based on novel or book, self-discovery, aging, encounter, turning point, コメディー. Directed by Hideo Nakata, it stars Hiroshi Tachi, Hitomi Kuroki, Hirosue Ryoko. After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a subsidiary company, where he finds himself at a loos as he reaches retirement age.

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