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茜さんのお弁当

茜さんのお弁当 poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
Japan

How it feels

A woman runs a lunchbox shop and suddenly loses several workers. A former employee brings in four troublemakers from a juvenile detention center who need jobs. They clash with the staff but slowly learn to understand each other.

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What happens

『茜さんのお弁当』(あかねさんのおべんとう)は、TBS系列で1981年10月21日 - 12月30日、毎週水曜日21時00分 - 21時55分(「水曜劇場」枠)に放送されたテレビドラマである。 茜の経営する仕出し弁当屋「あかね弁当」から突然、従業員が相次いで辞めてしまい、深刻な人手不足に陥ってしまう。困りかねた茜を見かねた従業員の渉は、少年院で知り合った、職もなくくすぶっているツッパリ4人を連れてくるが、4人とも曲者揃い。様々なトラブルを引き起こしながらも、茜ら従業員とぶつかり合いながら徐々に分かり合い打ち解けていく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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