Film

Free and Easy

1988 · 1h 33m · Drama

IMDb

7.0

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.

Toshiyuki Nishida

Densuke Hamazaki

Eri Ishida

Michiko Hamazaki

Mami Yamase

Jun Togawa

Ken Nakamoto

Hiromitsu Suzuki

Kei Tani

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Akira Nagoya

Takashi Sasano

Yasuhisa Sonoda

Nekohachi Edoya

Takehiko Maeda

Rentaro Mikuni

Ichinosuke Suzuki

• Tomio KuriyamaDirector
• Yoji YamadaWriter
• Akira MomoiWriter
• Kosuke YasudaDirector of Photography
• Bingo MikiOriginal Music Composer
• Masukazu TsurutaEditor

Release date

December 24, 1988

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Drama

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