MOVIE

I Don't Want to be Like You
MOVIE
2020
30 min Episode(s): 1
english
Japanese
[Short Movie]
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Megumi is a 28-year-old office worker who doesn’t have a boyfriend. Driven by her worries of being alone for the rest of her life, she signs up for a matchmaking service. One day, Megumi is shocked at being mistaken by her boss for her single 42-year-old coworker Satoko Koyama. Impatient to get married, Megumi continues her search for Mr. Right in earnest but realizes she doesn’t even know herself that well and soon tires of meeting countless men. Then, as if by chance, she is invited to Satoko’s place and learns something about her coworker, whom she thought to be lonely, that surprises her.
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