Waiting for Good News

General store manager Akio (Tetsuji Tamayama) lives a carefree live in Okinawa with his dog, Kafu. One day he receives a strange letter from a woman named Sachi, but that’s not any person he’s familiar with. It turns out that the letter was a response to a joke wish he hung up at a Shinto shrine months earlier. Then one day, Sachi (Maiko) shows up and the two begin a relationship.

Director: Yu Nakai

Cast: Tetsuji Tamayama, Maiko, Ryo Katsuji, Shogen, Miyagawa Daisuke, Miho Shiraishi, Saki Takaoka, Ikki Sawamura

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