Happy Dining Table
7.4
On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother (Ishida Yuriko, Miracle in Four Days) moving out and her studious older brother (Hiaraoka Yuta, Be With You) giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura (Katusji Ryo, Aegis). But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry.
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Cast
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Kie Kitano
Sawako Nakahara
Known for
Burn the House Down
Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Yuta Hiraoka
Nao Nakahara
Known for
Swing Girls
Be with You
Ryo Katsuji
Bengaku Oura
Known for
Origin: Spirits of the Past
The Case of Hana & Alice
Yuichi Haba
Hiroshi Nakahara
Also in
Life as a Girl
Good Doctor
Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Nakahara
Known for
Princess Mononoke
From Up on Poppy Hill
Takashi Komatsu Director · Yasuo Hasegawa Screenplay Maiko Seo Author
First release January 27, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Production Dentsu Ad-Gear, Destiny
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Dentsu Ad-Gear
Production
Destiny
Production
Geneon Entertainment
Production
IMAGICA
Production
Shochiku Eizo Co., Ltd.
Production
dentsu
Production
LDH Pictures
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Ad Gear K.K.
Production
LDH
Production
Japan
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Original title
幸福な食卓
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 27, 2007
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