Jigyaku no Uta

Jigyaku no Uta
自虐の詩
Manga
Written by	Yoshiie Gouda
Published by	Kobunsha; Takeshobo
Magazine	Weekly Hōseki
Original run	1985 – 1990
Volumes	5
Live-action film
Happily Ever After
Directed by	Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Released	October 27, 2007

Jigyaku no Uta (自虐の詩, lit. "Self-torture Song") is a Japanese manga series by Yoshiie Gouda. The series was adapted by Yukihiko Tsutsumi into a film, known in Japan under the same title and in the United States as Happily Ever After. Viz Pictures licensed the film for release in the United States.

The series follows husband and wife Isao Hayama (葉山イサオ, Hayama Isao) and Yukie Morita (森田幸江, Morita Yukie). Yukie works at a noodle shop for long hours while Isao is a lazy gangster. Yukie's friends ask her to leave her husband, but Yukie feels an obligation to him because Isao had initially saved her from misery.

The film aired in a selection of theaters in the United States.^[1]^[2]

Principal cast

Miki Nakatani as Yukie
Hiroshi Abe as Isao
Toshiyuki Nishida as Yukie's father

References

^ "Happily Ever After." VIZ Pictures. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.
^ "Happily Ever After To Screen In Select U.S. Cities Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine." Animation World Network. August 11, 2008. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.

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[1] "Happily Ever After." VIZ Pictures. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.

[2] "Happily Ever After To Screen In Select U.S. Cities Archived 2009-06-21 at the Wayback Machine." Animation World Network. August 11, 2008. Retrieved on June 26, 2009.

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