Lunch Box (2004)
Original title: 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.
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Yumika HayashiFukui Aiko
Mutsuo YoshiokaKawada Yoshio
Lemon HanazawaKato Ikumi
Kiyomi ItōChiba Keiko
Yohta KawaseArima
Yūji Tajiri
Takeshi ItōIshimotoKazunori SakuraiMatsuoHiroshi SatoBowling kingKeywords
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What is Lunch Box about?
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.
How long is Lunch Box?
Lunch Box has a runtime of 65 minutes.