Hadaka no Juuyaku
Movie
裸の重役 1964/07/01
Character count21,900
Word count9,021
Unique words1,762
Unique words used once932
Unique kanji769
Unique kanji used once296
Difficulty beta Moderate

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.

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