Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting

7.0 (3 votes)• 2025• 45m•Ended

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A 38 years-old single woman Mugimaki Satoko’s life has completely changed after being diagnosed with a "lifelong" illness. She is forced to quit her job and finds an old housing complex with a monthly rent of 50,000 yen. With her landlord living next door and a sketchy cook, Satoko encounters "medicinal cuisine," a way of eating seasonal food to maintain bodily functions. A story that will warm you from the bottom of your stomach, just like a bowl of rice porridge, is about to begin!

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Languages: Japanese

Director: Ryohei Nakano, Kenji Tanaka, Takashi Uchida

Starring Cast: Yuki Sakurai, Mariko Kaga, Hio Miyazawa, Seiji Fukushi, Tomoko Tabata, Kie Kitano

Cast

Yuki Sakurai

Mugimaki Satoko

Mariko Kaga

Miyama Suzu

Hio Miyazawa

Hajiro Tsukasa

Seiji Fukushi

To Keiichiro

Tomoko Tabata

Aoba Otome

Kie Kitano

Sorihashi Riku

Jun Nishiyama

Yatsugashira Hitoshi

Shiori Doi

Koma Natsuki

Hinano Nakayama

Mejiro Yumi

Mayumi Asaka

Mugimaki Keiko

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