Behind every successful woman is a disgruntled man insisting that she never would have gotten to where she is without the help of you-know-who.
In Keisuke Yoshida’s “Kami wa Mikaeri o Motomeru” (literally “God expects something in return”), that man is Naoki Tamogami (Tsuyoshi Muro), a mild, middle-aged event worker who starts helping an aspiring YouTuber, only to be cast aside as soon as she gets her first taste of success.
When he first meets Yuri (Yukino Kishii), she’s a hapless wannabe dreaming of the viral video that will rescue her from the drudgery of her call-center job. Naoki doesn’t have much to offer besides some rudimentary video editing skills and a generous supply of goodwill, but she’s grateful for any help she can get.