Shijukara (Japanese Movie)
- Drama: Shijukara
- Romaji: Shijukara
- Japanese: シジュウカラ
- Director: Akiko Ohku, Tomoichi Naruse, Jin Ueda
- Writer: Eri Sakai (manga), Mari Kai
- Network: TV Tokyo
- Episodes:
- Release Date: January 7, 2022 —
- Runtime: Friday 24:12
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
PLOT
Shinobu Watanuki (Sayaka Yamaguchi) has been married to her husband Yohei for 15 years. She is forty-years-old and has a middle student elderly son. She has spent over twenty years as a manga writer’s assistant, but now works as unpopular manga author. Her days are regular and unsatisfying. because the remaining risk for her fledgling manga creator career, she makes a decision to write down a brand new manga. For her new venture, she recruits an assistant. one of the candidates is a 22-12 months-old man named Chiaki Tachibana.
Cast
- Sayaka Yamaguchi – Shinobu Watanuki
- Rihito Itagaki – Chiaki Tachibana
- Tomu Miyazaki – Yohei Watanuki
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi – Katsumi Okano
- Wakana Sakai – Fuyuko Tachibana
- Noriko Iriyama – Mari
- Misa Wada – Ryoko Mikoshiba