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Hospitality Department

2013-05-11 · 123 min · ★ 5.7

Comedy · Drama · Romance

The hospitality division in Kochi Prefecture can't promote the beautiful nature in the area due to a strict rule by the prefecture government. Popular writer and Kochi area native Kyosuke Yoshikado is appointed as a special envoy for tourism in the area. He then receives a recommendation to meet Seien, a former employee of Kochi Prefecture, who once hatched an unusual idea to promote tourism. Seien pushed forward a project to import pandas into the area, but lost his job because of that project. Meanwhile, hospitality division employees Fumitaka and Taki visits the tourist house which is run by Seien and his daughter. When they arrive, the daughter throws a bucket of water at them, still angry for the way her father was dismissed from his job. From there, a plan for the hospitality division is born.

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Directors
Yoshishige Miyake
Production companies
TOHO, Toho Pictures, KADOKAWA Shoten, Kansai Television, Tokai Television Broadcasting, J Storm, Horipro, Television Shin-Hiroshima System, Okayama Broadcasting, Ehime Broadcasting, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, Television Nishinippon Corporation
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ryo NishikidoRyo NishikidoFumitaka Kakemizu
Maki HorikitaMaki HorikitaTaki Myojin
Eiichiro FunakoshiEiichiro FunakoshiKazumasa Kiyoto
Megumi SekiMegumi SekiSawa Kiyoto
Kengo KoraKengo KoraKyosuke Yoshikado
Masahiro KomotoMasahiro KomotoKunihiro Shimomoto
Satoru MatsuoSatoru MatsuoChikamori

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