A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

1961 · 89 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

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...

Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu · Written by Kihan Nagase

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