The Washing Machine

Movie·1999·1h 42m

The Washing Machine

Directed By

Tetsuo Shinohara

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 洗濯機は俺にまかせろ

Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works part-time as a store keeper and repairman. One day, a woman comes to the store drenched from the rain. She is Setsuko, the only daughter of the store's president and a returnee. Since then, Setsuko often comes to the store. Kizaki becomes concerned about Setsuko, but Setsuko has something to do with Oshi, a senior who used to work at the store...

Written By

Shusaku Matsuoka

Cinematography

Shogo Ueno

Themes

based on novel or booktokyo, japan

Audience Score

70%

1 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

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Cast

Michitaka Tsutsui

Michitaka Tsutsui

Toshiro Kizaki

Yasuko Tomita

Yasuko Tomita

Setsuko Katagiri

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Taiji Ogami

Isao Hashimoto

Isao Hashimoto

Takashi Katagiri

Wakaba Irie

Wakaba Irie

Chieko Katagiri

Hineki Mito

Kaya Hirasawa

Kaya Hirasawa

Wife about to be divorced

Ayano Momose

Hideko Kogure

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Kenichiro Tanabe

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Masahiro Kiyota

Masahiro Kiyota

// crew

Crew

Tetsuo Shinohara

Tetsuo Shinohara

Director

Shusaku Matsuoka

Writer

Shogo Ueno

Director of Photography

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