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Supermarket Woman is a film of genre Drama directed by Jūzō Itami with Nobuko Miyamoto
Supermarket Woman (1996)
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Add to a movie listSupermarket Woman (スーパーの女, Sūpā no onna) is a 1996 Japanese comedy romance film written and directed by Juzo Itami.
The film stars Juzo's wife and regular leading-lady Nobuko Miyamoto as a woman who is hired by a failing supermarket to help it compete against an aggressive local rival. Another frequent star of Juzo's films, Masahiko Tsugawa, plays her boss and later romantic interest.
Supermarket Woman was nominated for six Japanese Academy Awards in 1997, including Best Film, Director and Actress, but did not win in any categories.
^ Richie, Donald (June 14, 1996). "THE MOVIE GUIDE : Supermarket Woman". The New York Times.
Synopsis
A new supermarket 'Bargains Galore' opens, and threatens the longer-established 'Honest Goro' with its aggressive price cutting. The owner of 'Honest Goro' (Goro, played by Masahiko Tsugawa) inspects the new store, and bumps into an old classmate he hasn't seen for years (Hanako, played by Nobuko Miyamoto). She uses her 'housewife's know-how' to show him why his supermarket is performing so badly. He resolves to make his supermarket the best in Japan, and gives her a job as head cashier.Actors
Nobuko Miyamoto
(Hanako Inoue)
Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦)
(Kobayashi Goro)
Akiko Matsumoto
(Ikuyo)
Kunitarō Sawamura
(Goro's Father's Portrait)
Tomiko Ishii
(Auntie)
Fumika Shimizu
(Nurse)
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