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.

Jigyaku no Uta
自虐の詩
Manga
Written byYoshiie Gouda
Published byKobunsha
Takeshobo
MagazineWeekly Hōseki
Original run19851990
Volumes5
Live-action film
Happily Ever After
Directed byYukihiko Tsutsumi
ReleasedOctober 27, 2007

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

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References

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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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