Lunchbox

Directed by Shinji Imaoka
2004    65mDrama, Romance
5.94.5
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.

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  • Yumika HayashiFukui Aiko
  • Mutsuo YoshiokaKawada Yoshio
  • Lemon HanazawaKato Ikumi
  • Kiyomi ItōChiba Keiko
  • Yohta KawaseArima
  • Yūji Tajiri
  • Takeshi ItōIshimoto
  • Kazunori SakuraiMatsuo
  • Hiroshi SatoBowling king
  • Shinji ImaokaDirector / Screenplay
  • Keiko SatôProducer
  • Kazuhiro SuzukiDirector Of Photography
  • Ippei ItouAssistant Director

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