22 Sep 2007
Glasses
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Udon
Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.
Top Billed Cast
中山裕介 Kosuke Matsui
Manami Konishi Kyoko Miyagawa
トータス松本 Shosuke Suzuki
Kyoka Suzuki Mari Fujimoto
升毅 Masanori Otani
片桐仁 Kenjiro Mishima
要潤 Kazuya Aoki
小日向文世 Ryoichi Fujimoto
木場勝己 Takutomi Matsui
江守徹 
Sayoko Ninomiya Mayumi Myosei 
森崎博之 
中野英樹 
永野宗典 
田中要次 Biker police
真木よう子
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