Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay

Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay
DVD cover for Sad and Painful Search- Office Lady Essay (2000)
Directed by	Tarō Araki
Written by	Yumi Yoshiyuki
Starring	Emi Kawana Yumi Yoshiyuki
Cinematography	Shōji Shimizu
Edited by	Shōji Sakai
Distributed by	OP Eiga
Release date	June 22, 2000
Running time	61 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay (せつなく求めて　ＯＬ編, Setsunaku motomete: OL hen) is a 2000 Japanese Pink film directed by Tarō Araki. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony. Tomohiro Okada was given the Best Actor award and cinematographer Shōji Shimizu was also awarded for his work on the film at the ceremony.

Writer-actress, Yumi Yoshiyuki wrote and directed a sequel to the film released in July of the same year, Sad and Painful Search II: Housewife Essay (せつなく求めてII　人妻編, Setsunaku motomete II: hitozuma hen). Yoshiyuki starred in the sequel which included AV idol Yumika Hayashi.