Lunch Box (2004)

  • NR
  • 04/17/2004 (DE)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 5m

Overview

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.

Shinji Imaoka

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Yumika Hayashi's headshot

Yumika Hayashi

Fukui Aiko
Mutsuo Yoshioka's headshot

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Kawada Yoshio
Lemon Hanazawa's headshot

Lemon Hanazawa

Kato Ikumi
Kiyomi Itō's headshot

Kiyomi Itō

Chiba Keiko
Yohta Kawase's headshot

Yohta Kawase

Arima
Yūji Tajiri's headshot

Yūji Tajiri

Takeshi Itō's headshot

Takeshi Itō

Ishimoto
Kazunori Sakurai's headshot

Kazunori Sakurai

Matsuo

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