Convenience Store Woman

Keiko Furukura has been working part-time at a convenience store—a Japanese mini-market—for eighteen years. She is reserved and does not resemble her peers: she lives alone, does not date anyone, and has no desire to create a family or find a permanent job. Her entire life is dedicated to the routines of the convenience store, where she knows every product and every shelf by heart. However, those around Keiko find her strange. She is constantly subjected to sidelong glances and keeps hearing from friends: “You should find yourself a man…” But one day a new employee arrives at the convenience store, who by chance turns Keiko's life upside down…