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People Who Don’t Work

2020 · 1 season

A quiet, reflective look at office life and personal dreams, with a gentle mix of melancholy and dry humor.

Created by
Udo Yoshifumi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Elaiza Ikeda, Gaku Hamada, Yuki Furukawa
Overview
Hajime works in the I.T. department of a newspaper company. He has worked there for 7 years. He often neglects his work and he is more interested in writing manga. His colleague at the newspaper company is Yutaka. He insists to Hajime that he values life more than his job, but he doesn't look happy to Hajime. Looking at his colleague Yutaka, Hajime suddenly wonders if his life is okay like this or will he become a person who does his job well.

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Created by
Udo Yoshifumi
Genres
Drama
Starring
Elaiza Ikeda, Gaku Hamada, Yuki Furukawa
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • identity
  • ambition
  • friendship
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Udo Yoshifumi
Written by
Udo Yoshifumi, Nishioka to Neil
Starring
Elaiza Ikeda, Gaku Hamada, Yuki Furukawa, Shunta Sono
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
TV Tokyo, Paravi
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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