“The word ‘no’ doesn’t exist in a concierge’s dictionary.” That’s just one of the demanding rules that Akino must abide by in her new job as a saleswoman at the elegant and expansive Hokkyoku Department Store. It’s a very special store — the customers are all animals, and the most valued among them are of extinct species. Sea minks, laughing owls, Japanese wolves, even an enormous mammoth — that’s Mr. Woolly, the celebrated sculptor whose works are showcased at the store. It’s still a luxury retail space, though, and anxious Akino finds her hands full with the customers’ challenging requests. These range from hard-to-find merchandise to more complicated matters of the heart. Can the inexperienced Akino fulfill their whims and meet their expectations? If she wants to keep her job, she’ll have to succeed while under constant observation by the fussy floor manager Mr. Toudou, a creepy consultant eager to downsize the staff, and the store’s enigmatic president (who is not a penguin, by the way!). (Source: Fantasia International Film Festival, edited)

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Cast

Akino

Natsumi Kawaida

Elulu

Takeo Ootsuka

Toudou

Nobuo Tobita

Mori

Megumi Han

Iwase

Natsumi Fujiwara

Kyuujichou

Jun Fukuyama

Maruki

Eiji Yoshitoshi

Tokiwa

Yuuichi Nakamura

Warai Fukurou Otto

Danshun Tatekawa

Warai Fukurou Tsuma

Sumi Shimamoto

Osukujaku

Hiroki Nanami

Mesukujaku

Maria Kano