Movies Similar to Irresponsible Age of Japan

Shall We Dance?(1996)

A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Movie(2024)

Compilation film for 30-sai made Doutei dato Mahoutsukai ni Nareru Rashii and will depict episodes not shown in the TV anime.

You Can Succeed, Too(1964)

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

Salaryman Senka(1995)

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

Japanese Salaryman NEO(2011)

Shinjo is a new employee at NEO Beer, which is currently ranked fifth in the industry. When NEO’s president demands that they figure out a way to capture the top market share, Sales division chief Nakanishi and his team are struggling to come up with ideas when Shinjo suggests “sexy” as a possible marketing buzzword.

おっさんずラブ(2016)

Soichi Haruta is unpopular among women due to his poor social skills. However, he accidentally finds out his middle-aged boss and his room-mate have a crush on him. But they are both men.

Cherry Magic! THE MOVIE(2022)

Still able to read minds, Adachi's blissful new relationship with his dreamy colleague faces a major challenge when they're forced to go long-distance.

Free and Easy 9(1997)

Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” but is unable to confess his true feelings until Hama-chan comes to his rescue.

Free and Easy 17(2006)

Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting married, but a dark shadow now seems to loom over her.

Free and Easy 4(1991)

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.

Free and Easy 5(1992)

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

Free and Easy Special(1994)

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, begins to question his boss's relationship with Michiko.

Free and Easy 7(1994)

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.

Free and Easy 10(1998)

Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surroundings on his first assignment at a new job.

Free and Easy 11(2000)

Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-san remains in low spirits over business matters.

Le Bleu(2023)

Inuyashiki(2018)

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai(1963)

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

The Pit of Death(1968)

Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the company president. He is engaged to an employee named Nishino Etsuko, but he used her for his own career advancement and kills her so that he can marry the company president's daughter. When Kuramoto returns from his honeymoon with his new wife, Etsuko's brother shows up in search of the whereabouts of his missing sister.

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf(1979)

A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day.