Lunchbox (2004)
たまもの
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.
- Date of release
- 2004-11-20
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (15)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Shinji Imaoka
Casting
- Yumika Hayashi — Fukui Aiko
- Mutsuo Yoshioka — Kawada Yoshio
- Lemon Hanazawa — Kato Ikumi
- Kiyomi Itō — Chiba Keiko
- Yohta Kawase — Arima
- Yūji Tajiri
- Takeshi Itō — Ishimoto
- Kazunori Sakurai — Matsuo
- Hiroshi Sato — Bowling king
Interesting facts
Lunch Box aka Bowling Ball is a 2004 Japanese pink film directed by Shinji Imaoka. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.
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