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Tamako in Moratorium (2013)

Tamako in Moratorium poster
Original title
もらとりあむタマ子
Directed by
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
G
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 42 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Tamako has finished college but cannot find direction. She moves back home with her father and spends her days sleeping in and hanging out with her old school friends. The film follows her aimless time as she slowly figures out what to do with her life.

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What happens

Tamako in Moratorium (もらとりあむタマ子, Moratoriamu Tamako) is a 2013 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. It stars the former AKB48 member Atsuko Maeda as Tamako, an unemployed graduate who lives with her father. It premiered at the 2013 Busan International Film Festival and was released in Japan on 23 November 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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