Lunch Box
MovieTitle | たまもの |
User score | 3.9 |
Release date | Nov 20, 2004 |
Genre | Romance, Drama |
Director | Shinji Imaoka |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Kokuei Company |
Budget | $35,000 |
Run time | 65 min. |
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.