Soup Opera
2010Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Acted in
Maki Sakai
as Rui
Takahiro Nishijima
as Kosuke
Tatsuya Fuji
as Tony Tanaka
Mariko Kaga
as Toba-chan
Sawa Suzuki
as Nanako
Sei Hiraizumi
as Gou Inoue
Masato Hagiwara
as Doctor Mizutani
Ryosei Tayama
as shop owner
Kimiko Yo
as Yasuko Tanaka
Sansei Shiomi
as library director
Reiko Kusamura
as Mrs. Katsuragi
Kyūsaku Shimada
as Editor Kuraki
Daikichi Sugawara
as Professor Ishibashi
Tōru Shinagawa
as bus dispatcher
Saburo Tamura
as professor Ootani
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Sasajima
Wakaba Irie
as Sasajima's mother