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Star Reformer
Star Reformer

Star Reformer

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Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

131 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

25 February 2006

Country

Japan

Cast

Yuji Oda

Yuji Oda

Satoshi Nomura

Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki

Aki Ninomiya

Bengal

Bengal

Kazuyoshi Kurusu

Gaku Hamada

Gaku Hamada

Manabu Aki

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Kanji Shimizu

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Hitoshi Koga

Mahiru Konno

Mahiru Konno

Takako Shinozaki

Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Takao Asano

Jin Nakayama

Jin Nakayama

Taketsugu Shinozaki

Kaoru Okunuki

Kaoru Okunuki

Hiromi Sato

Wakako Sakai

Wakako Sakai

Yuriko Ogura

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Keita Sakurai

Soko Wada

Soko Wada

Kyoichi Hamaoka

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Yajima

Yasuo Kitamura

Sayaka Yamaguchi

Sayaka Yamaguchi

Mika Tabata

Yasukiyo Umeno

Yasukiyo Umeno

Tatsuhito Okuda

Tatsuhito Okuda

Yoshiki Arizono

Yoshiki Arizono

Hiroo Ôtaka

Hiroo Ôtaka

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