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Oh Lucy!
is a 2017 comedy-drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Atsuko Hirayanagi, based on her 2014 short film. The film stars Shinobu Terajima, Kaho Minami, Shioli Kutsuna, Kōji Yakusho, and Josh Hartnett. It follows a lonely, middle-aged office drudge (Terajima) living in Tokyo who develops a crush on her English teacher (Hartnett) and decides to follow him to Los Angeles when he disappears. However, she ends up in the United States with her sister (Minami) and her niece (Kutsuna), as well as her English teacher.
Plot
Setsuko Kawashima is a lonely, middle-aged office worker in Tokyo who is aloof from her co-workers, lives in a cluttered studio apartment and is estranged from her sister, Ayako. One day, she meets with her niece Mika, who tells Setsuko that she signed up for a year of English classes but can no longer afford to attend, as she needs to save money and keep working. Mika persuades Setsuko to buy her out and sends her to the school for a free first class.
More details
| author | Atsuko Hirayanagi Boris Frumin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | California |
| director | Atsuko Hirayanagi |
| editor | Kate Hickey |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | cheer discover english class estranged wife first class how to jump kill kiss laugh los angeles lose morning san diego steal strained relationship subway station suicide attempt tattoo parlor wait |
| musicBy | Erik Friedlander |
| producer | Atsuko Hirayanagi Han West Jessica Elbaum Yukie Kito |
| productionCompany | Gloria Sanchez Productions Matchgirl Pictures Meridian Content NHK |
| publisher | Film Movement Phantom Film |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | independent japanese short |