Oh Lucy!
2017 · Movie · NR · 95 min · ★ 6.7 · 84% critics
A lonely office worker in Tokyo signs up for English lessons and becomes drawn to her unconventional teacher and the bolder persona the class encourages. When he suddenly vanishes, she leaves her routine behind and sets off on a searching journey that mixes dark humor with raw, messy emotions.
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Details
- Original title
- オー・ルーシー！
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2018-01-31
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (103 votes)
About
If you enjoy dark comedies that blend awkward laughs with aching loneliness and culture-clash moments, this may click, especially if you liked 100 Yen Love; Not for you if you want light, tidy romance.
Pros: dark humor throughout; heartfelt emotional swings; strong performances | Cons: heavy melancholy themes; messy choices frustrate; uneven tone shifts
Themes
- california
- tattoo
- suicide attempt
- tokyo, japan
- english teacher
Cast & crew
Shinobu Terajima
as Setsuko Kawashima / Lucy
Soseki Yamatoya
as Suicide Man
Miyu Yagyu
as Young Office Lady 1
Kayano Masuyama
as Young Office Lady 2
- MY
Miyoko Yamaguchi
as Yoshiko
Hajime Inoue
as Boss
Suzuka Ohgo
as Sakura
Shioli Kutsuna
as Mika
Stefanie Arianne
as Receptionist
- TS
Takaaki Satô
as Red Leather
Directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi