A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

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...

Director: Seiji Hisamatsu

Cast: Hisaya Morishige, Junzaburō Ban, Chikage Awashima, Frankie Sakai, Keiko Awaji, Kyū Sakamoto, Achako Hanabishi, Kingorō Yanagiya

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.