losing a job

8 movies and shows

Tokyo Sonata

Sat, 27 Sep 2008

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

Holiday Rush

Thu, 28 Nov 2019

After his sudden firing, a popular radio DJ moves in with his aunt, bringing along his four spoiled children, and a plan to return to the airwaves.

No Place to Go

Sat, 08 Oct 2022

Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There are no new jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diners and internet cafes are closed. Michiko is at her wits' end, but there in front of her is a bus stop that stands slightly brightly in the darkness, illuminated only by the streetlights.

The Life of an Office Worker

Fri, 25 Oct 1929

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a lost film.

Forest Giant

Fri, 11 Sep 2020

Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.

A Quiet Man

Mon, 08 Feb 2021

From the 17th floor of an office building, Pierre is staring out a colleague that is here for hours.

Laukaus tehtaalla

Sat, 24 Feb 1973

The events surrounding a factory in a small town are gone through in documentary style.