Wait and See

6.8

1998

1h 40m

Drama

A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

Key Crew

Director

Shinji Sōmai

Producers

Nozomi Enoki

Takashi Yajima

Writers

Takehiro Nakajima

Cinematography

Mutsuo Naganuma

Cast (17)

Koichi Sato

Hiroshi Nirasaki

Yuki Saito

Mizuho

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Director

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Cast (17)

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