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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox poster

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961)

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...

Release: 1961-12-24
Runtime: 89 min
Rating: 8 / 10
Cast
Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige
Kintaro
Junzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban
Magosaku
Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima
Keiko
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai
Ichiro
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Kyū Sakamoto
Kyū Sakamoto
Achako Hanabishi
Achako Hanabishi
Kingorō Yanagiya
Kingorō Yanagiya
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Yōko Mihara
Yōko Mihara
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Tomoko Watanabe
Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
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Fumie Noguchi
Bin Amatsu
Bin Amatsu
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura
Hikaru Mayuzumi
Hikaru Mayuzumi
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
Michino Yokoyama
Michino Yokoyama