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Tamako in Moratorium

Tamako in Moratorium

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Tamako in Moratorium

2013

1h 18m

6.0(42 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons of the year.

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King Records

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Atsuko Maeda

Atsuko Maeda

Tamako Sakai

Suon Kan

Suon Kan

Yoshitsugu Sakai

Seiya Ito

Jin

Keiichi Suzuki

Keiichi Suzuki

Keisuke Sakai

Kumi Nakamura

Kumi Nakamura

Yoshiko Sakai

Yasuko Tomita

Yasuko Tomita

Yoko

Miu Naraki

Miu Naraki

Jin's Friend

Rie Hagiwara

Aunt Next Door

Shoko Fujimura

Shoko Fujimura

Yûko Hosoe

Creative team

Directed by: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Written by: Kosuke Mukai
Produced by: Toshihisa Ishii
Hiroyuki Negishi

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