My Life is not Sweet
Yamano Aoi, a seventeen year old high school girl, decides to take on her mentally ill father’s sushi restaurant. Adults around her are startled by her decision and tell her it is impossible for a woman to be a sushi chef. She then reunites with her old baseball coach Shoukichi Umeda. On one snowy night, Aoi challenges Shoukichi to a baseball match. This match shines a light of hope to Aoi’s “wasabi” like life.
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Bunji Sotoyama
- Cast: Kyoko Yoshine, Yasuko Tomita, Atom Shimojo, Ryoji Sugimoto
- Country: Japan