Higashino

The film is adapted from the best-selling book of the same name by Francis Lello. In the film, Simon Pegg plays Hector, a psychologist who has long been the emotional trash can for his patients. Sometimes he even wonders if happiness and joy really exist. So, he decided to go out to look for happiness and also for himself

Shirakawa Momono (played by Hiroie Ihara), who works in business affairs, is always "I am who I am, lovely and strong!" A "strong beauty" who lives for her motto. Shirakawa's colleague Machida has no confidence in his figure and keeps his head down every day. Meimoto, who was indifferent to Shirakawa who had everything, felt self-loathing. Furthermore, North Korea

Fujino Masaharu (played by Ken Takakura), an upright and kind-hearted man, left the Hakoya Shipyard where he had worked for many years due to a disagreement with his boss. After that, he and his wife Mokako (played by Nobuko Kato) became self-supported and opened a small tavern. Back then, friends from the factory such as Iwashita (played by Kunie Tanaka) and Akamoto (played by Masao Komatsu)