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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

1961

89 minutes

Comedy

Overview

Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...

Top Cast

Hisaya Morishige headshot

Hisaya Morishige

Kintaro

Junzaburō Ban headshot

Junzaburō Ban

Magosaku

Chikage Awashima headshot

Chikage Awashima

Keiko

Frankie Sakai headshot

Frankie Sakai

Ichiro

Keiko Awaji headshot

Keiko Awaji

Kyū Sakamoto headshot

Kyū Sakamoto

Achako Hanabishi headshot

Achako Hanabishi

Kingorō Yanagiya headshot

Kingorō Yanagiya

Daisuke Katō headshot

Daisuke Katō

Yōko Mihara headshot

Yōko Mihara

Tomoko Watanabe headshot

Tomoko Watanabe

Takeshi Sakamoto headshot

Takeshi Sakamoto

Fumie Noguchi headshot

Fumie Noguchi

Bin Amatsu headshot

Bin Amatsu

Tatsuo Matsumura headshot

Tatsuo Matsumura

Hikaru Mayuzumi headshot

Hikaru Mayuzumi

Noriko Sengoku headshot

Noriko Sengoku

Michino Yokoyama headshot

Michino Yokoyama

Hiroshi Tachihara headshot

Hiroshi Tachihara

Akira Tatsuoka headshot

Akira Tatsuoka

Isao Tsuzuki headshot

Isao Tsuzuki

朝香優子 headshot

朝香優子

Shiho Matsunami headshot

Shiho Matsunami

Shunsuke Omi headshot

Shunsuke Omi