Lunchbox (2004)
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.
Director:
Shinji Imaoka
Writer:
Shinji Imaoka
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Yumika Hayashi as Fukui Aiko |
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Mutsuo Yoshioka as Kawada Yoshio |
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Lemon Hanazawa as Kato Ikumi |
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Kiyomi Itō as Chiba Keiko |
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Yohta Kawase as Arima |
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Yūji Tajiri as |
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Takeshi Itō as Ishimoto |
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Kazunori Sakurai as Matsuo |
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Hiroshi Sato as Bowling king |
| Directing | Shinji Imaoka | Director |
| Writing | Shinji Imaoka | Screenplay |
| Crew | Tetsuro Shimauchi | Translator |
| Crew | Rosemary Dean | Translator |
| Production | Keiko Satô | Producer |
| Camera | Kazuhiro Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ippei Itou | Assistant Director |