A Japanese woman waits in a crowded platform for her train, she seems lonely and sad. Suddenly she feels someone behind her, it's a guy that just jump into the coming train. This is just the beginning of the film Oh Lucy!
Director Atsuko Hirayanagi developed the story of Oh Lucy! from a short film after winning several awards, so she decided to tell the story of Setsuko Kawashima as a full feature film
Setsuko Kawashima (Shinobu Terajima) is a lonely woman who works in a government, she is constantly bullying by her boss and coworkers, her life empty. One day, her niece Nika a young girl who has a troubled relationship with her mom Ayako (Kaho Minami) Setsuko sister, ask her to take over an English class that Nika is attending. If she leaves the course she will have to pay it back, that's why she needs her aunt to help her. Setsuko agrees to take the classes, but this experience will change her life forever.
The English instructor is John (Josh Hartnett) an American guy who rented an space in Japan to teach English in a place that looks like a brothel or a strippers club. John's method is to have casual English conversations and call his students with an American name. This is when Setsuko becomes Lucy, as part of the ritual Setsuko/Lucy will wear a blonde wig and her transformation will begin.
The story becomes complicated when Lucy meets another student name Takeshi/Tom and she is falling in love with John, but John is in love with Nika and they run away to Los Angeles.
Later that night Ayako, Nika's mom is looking for her after she discovers that Setsuko is helping her with the English class. After a long argument between Ayako and Setsuko (Family problems they had in the past), they decided to embark on a trip to Los Angeles in the search for Nika and John.
Oh Lucy! is a powerful film about the search for love, with a very bizarre story. The audience discovers a woman who is so lonely on the inside and the outside looking for love in the wrong place at the wrong time. The ending will be fulfilling to the audiences who hopes Setsuko have a better life.