Free and Easy 9

Free and Easy 9

Part of Free and Easy Collection

1997•1h 55m•7.3/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.3/10(3)

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” but is unable to confess his true feelings until Hama-chan comes to his rescue.

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Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Densuke Hamazaki

Miyoko Asada

Miyoko Asada

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Akane

Akira Onodera

Akira Onodera

Ken Nakamoto

Ken Nakamoto

Fumie Hosokawa

Fumie Hosokawa

Umenosuke Nakamura

Umenosuke Nakamura

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Raita Ryu

Raita Ryu

Takuzo Kadono

Takuzo Kadono

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Kei Tani

Kei Tani

Sasaki

Nenji Kobayashi

Nenji Kobayashi

Tsunetaro Baba

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Ichinosuke Suzuki

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