Wait and See

1h 40m
Drama
6.8

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

Cast

Koichi Sato
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Yuki Saito
Mizuho
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sasaichi
Shiho Fujimura
Mizuho's Mother
Sumiko Fuji
Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
Tomokazu Miura
Hiroshi's Brother
Kimiko Yo
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Shinya Tsukamoto
Doctor
Tsurube Shofukutei
Shinto Priest
Takehiro Murata
Sawachika, Hiroshi's Partner
Minori Terada
Truck Driver
Chisako Hara
Mizuho's Aunt
Michiko Kawai
Nurse
Houka Kinoshita
Drunk Man
Kyōko Mitsubayashi
Yaeko Togashi, Sasaichi's Wife
Keita Okada
Mitsuru, Hiroshi's Son
Makoto Kakeda
Office Worker

Crew

Shinji Sōmai
Director
Takehiro Nakajima
Screenplay
Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Editor
Mutsuo Naganuma
Director of Photography
Shigehiro Nakagawa
Executive Producer
Nozomi Enoki
Producer
Takashi Yajima
Producer
Fumio Ogawa
Production Design
Michiko Kitamura
Costume Designer
Hideo Kumagai
Lighting Director
Yoshihide Otomo
Music
Haruko Imamura
Script Supervisor
Hidetoshi Nonaka
Recording Supervision
Masahiko Murakami
Original Story

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