Solanin

Solanin

126 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | April 3, 2010

Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.

Solanin

126 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | April 3, 2010

Solanin
Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Asmik Ace, Sony Music Entertainmant, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, IMJ Entertainment, Yahoo Japan, Shogakukan, tv asahi, Parco Co. Ltd., WOWOW
Original title ソラニン
Directors Hajime Gonno, Takahiro Miki
Writers Inio Asano, Izumi Takahashi

Cast

Aoi Miyazaki

as Meiko Inoue

Kengo Kora

as Naruo Taneda

Kenta Kiritani

as Jiro "Billy" Yamada

Yoichi Kondo

as Kenichi Kato

Ayumi Ito

as Ai Kotani

Arata Iura

as Rikutaro Saeki

Kento Nagayama

as Ohashi

Sayuri Iwata

as Ritsuko Ayukawa

Jun Miho

as Meiko's Mother

Kazuo Zaitsu

as Naruo's Father

Natsuki Okamoto

as Meiko's Colleague

Yua Saito

as Hanamura Hitomi

Taro Suwa

as Billy's Father

Toru Nomaguchi

as Meiko's Boss

Ryotaro Yonemura

as Naruo's Colleague

Tamae Ando

as Receptionist of Live House Music Studio

Hiroaki Murakami

as Policeman

Jukiya Kageyama

as Junior High School Student