The Couch Critic Logo
The Couch CriticCouch Critic
TrendingMoviesTV ShowsListsReviewsWhat to Watch
LogoThe Couch Critic

Menu

TrendingMoviesTV ShowsListsReviewsWhat to Watch

© 2026 The Couch Critic

The Couch Critic Logo

The Couch Critic

Your go-to destination for honest movie and TV show reviews from a passionate community of critics. Join the conversation today.

X

Explore

  • Trending
  • Movies
  • TV Shows
  • Reviews
  • Lists
  • Games
  • About Us

Categories

  • Popular Movies
  • Trending Now
  • Upcoming
  • Airing Today
  • Movie Genres
  • TV Genres

Community

  • Guides
  • What to Watch

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Cookie Policy
  • RSS Feed
© 2026 The Couch Critic.•Built by Hayden Thorn
Cookie Settings
The Movie Database

This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Happy Ending
Happy Ending
  1. Movies
  2. Happy Ending

Happy Ending

Original Title: 幸福な結末

2022
1h 53m
Fantasy
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2022

Runtime

1h 53m

Storyline

Kirihara's life was full of lies and loneliness. He was a picture book writer with a brilliant past that his first book hit a bestseller, but one day allegations of plagiarism of his first book emerged. The truth of the case was about to be revealed by a reporter who relentlessly chased after him. Around that time, he reunited with his mother, who had abandoned himself at an early age, but she was hospitalized unconscious. Despaired by his life, Kirihara jumps off the roof of the building and tries to commit suicide without improving his divorced relationship with his wife and son. A girl appears there to help him. The moment he thought "Who?!", Kirihara became the girl! Kirihara, who became the girl, witnesses him falling. Immediately after that, something even more mysterious happens. The time was back five days ago. This is how the mysterious five days of "Two Kirihara", a girl and a picture book writer, begins...

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 53m
Nov 1, 2022
Languages
Japanese
Director
Akira Iwamatsu
Production
Mikawa Eiga
Mikawa Eiga
Production Countries
Japan
Official Website

Top Cast

27 Cast Members

Hideyuki Inoue

Kaoru Kirihara

Kana Shimizu

The girl

Tsuneyoshi Sasaki

Tatsuya Isino

Rie Saiki

Chiaki Ishino

Yukimi Sôma

Yukimi Sôma

Nachan

Yumi Kashihara

Kirihara's mother (recollection period)

Ryusei Matsuo

Kirihara (recollection period)

Sadayuki Ueda

Chief editor

Kengo Showa

Mikawa Nippo Reporter

Toshihiro Wakita

Senior reporter

Takanari Murakami

Doctor

Fumiyasu Takeyama

Satomi

Hiroshi Kondo

Picture book class instructor

Kan Ozawa

Kirihara's uncle

Ken Kurahashi

City hall official

Amu Ikeno

Friend of Picture Book Classes

Kaisyun Sugiyama

Friend of Picture Book Classes

Makoto Naito

Friend of Picture Book Classes

Kentaro Sugiyama

Friend of Picture Book Classes

Lenshi Fukuyama

Senior detective

Recommended Movies