# Where to watch A Permanent Part-Timer in Distress (2009) in the UK

> A Permanent Part-Timer in Distress (2009) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 9 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

**Type:** Film  
**Year:** 2009  
**Runtime:** 69 minutes  
**Genres:** Documentary  
**Region:** United Kingdom (GB)  
**Last verified:** 9 May 2026 (2026-05-09T15:01:22.599Z)  

## Synopsis

The director, twenty-three-year-old Iwabuchi Hiroki, is a permanent part-timer who on weekdays does menial work at a factory for 1,250 yen an hour, and on weekends takes on casual temporary work in Tokyo, a city he is fascinated with. He joins a demonstration demanding rights for permanent part-timers, and is featured on TV as "a poor, unhappy temporary worker." Despite having made his own choice to live as a permanent part-timer, he says that "the days feel like drowning in shallow water." But during the diary-like documentation of his life, something changes...

## Streaming options in the United Kingdom

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**Where can I watch A Permanent Part-Timer in Distress in the UK?**

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