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Lunchbox (2004)
Directed by Shinji Imaoka
Romance, Drama · 1h 05m
The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally.
Cast
Yumika Hayashi
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Lemon Hanazawa
Kiyomi Itō
Yohta Kawase
Yūji Tajiri
Takeshi Itō
Crew
- Director
- Shinji Imaoka
- Screenplay
- Shinji Imaoka
- Director of Photography
- Kazuhiro Suzuki
- Producer
- Keiko Satô
Details
- Original title
- たまもの
- Release date
- 2004-11-20
- Runtime
- 1h 05m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Kokuei Company
- Budget
- $35,000