Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay

{{Infobox film

| name = Sad and Painful Search: Office Lady Essay

| image = Sad and Painful Search- Office Lady Essay.jpg

| caption = DVD cover for Sad and Painful Search- Office Lady Essay (2000)

| director = Tarō ArakiInfobox data from {{cite web |url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/data/2000/000506/000506.htm|title=New Movie: 2000.5～6; せつなく求めて ＯＬ編|access-date=2009-05-29|language=Japanese|publisher=P.G. Web Site}}

| producer =

| writer = Yumi Yoshiyuki

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Emi Kawana|Yumi Yoshiyuki|Korii Sumisu}}

| music =

| cinematography = Shōji Shimizu

| editing = Shōji Sakai

| distributor = OP Eiga

| released = {{Film date|2000|06|22}}

| runtime = 61 min.

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{nihongo|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.{{cite web |url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2000.htm|title=Best Ten of 2000 (２０００年度ベストテン)|access-date=January 18, 2009|publisher=P.G. Web Site|language=Japanese}}

Writer-actress, Yumi Yoshiyuki wrote and directed a sequel to the film released in July of the same year, {{nihongo|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.{{cite web |url= http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hp/mastervision/archive2000p.html|title= pinkArchives 2000 |access-date=2009-05-28|language=Japanese}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=163077|script-title=ja:せつなく求めて 人妻編(2000)|access-date=2009-05-28|language=Japanese|publisher= www.allcinema.net}}