First Penguin!
The "first penguin" is the courageous first penguin that dives into the sea filled with enemies. Iwasaki Nodoka is a young single mother with no money, no house, and no work. While Nodoka decides that she will do anything to eat, she meets a fisherman who offers her "10,000 yen to rebuild the coast". Thus, Nodoka now carries the dreams of the local fishermen whose lives are on her shoulders. Despite her limited knowledge of the fishing industry, Nodoka does her best working with the stubborn sea men, breaks through the old common sense and customs with her boldness, and creates a revolution in the industry.
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10 unique people credited
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Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
as Chuji Nakagawa
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
as Takashi Isoda
Shin Ichi Tsutsumi
as Hiroshi Kataoka
Nao Honda
as Nodoka Iwasaki
Wakana Matsumoto
as Shizuka Mizoguchi
Rikuto Ishizuka
as Susumu Iwasaki
Miou Tanaka
as Taizo Oshima
Nobuyuki Suzuki
as Kazuki Nagasawa
Daichi Watanabe
as Yusuke Kotohira
Uika First Summer
as Rinka Shigemori
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