Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting
2025 · TMDB 7.0 · しあわせは食べて寝て待て
Directed by Ryohei Nakano, Kenji Tanaka, Takashi Uchida
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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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...
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- Runtime
- 45 min
- Released
- 2025-04-01
- Studio
- NHK
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB score
- 7.0
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Ryohei Nakano
Director
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Kenji Tanaka
Director
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Takashi Uchida
Director
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Ryoko Kuwahara
Writer
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Saeki Nejime
Writer
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Yuki Sakurai
Mugimaki Satoko
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Mariko Kaga
Miyama Suzu
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Hio Miyazawa
Hajiro Tsukasa
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Seiji Fukushi
To Keiichiro
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Tomoko Tabata
Aoba Otome
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Kie Kitano
Sorihashi Riku
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Jun Nishiyama
Yatsugashira Hitoshi