Lunchbox

Overview

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.

Cast

Yumika Hayashi

Fukui Aiko

Mutsuo Yoshioka

Kawada Yoshio

Lemon Hanazawa

Kato Ikumi

Kiyomi Itō

Chiba Keiko

Yohta Kawase

Arima

Yūji Tajiri

Takeshi Itō

Ishimoto

N/A

Kazunori Sakurai

Matsuo

N/A

Hiroshi Sato

Bowling king