Shinji IMAOKA
A Lunch Box
Nippon Cinema ª
Aiko never speaks. At her job at a post office she falls in love with a colleague, Yoshio, who at first seems to share her feelings – but gradually her devotion becomes too intense for him and he becomes more and more detached. A talking bowling ball may hold the solution...
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A Lunch Box (NC 2004)
Japan 2004
92 minutes
Production
Kokuei
World sales
Stance Company
Cast
Yumika HAYASHI, Mutsuo YOSHIOKA, Ryo KURIHARA, Lemon HANAZAWA
About Shinji IMAOKA
Born in Osaka in 1965, Shinji IMAOKA attended Yokohama City University, but dropped out and entered Pink Film company Shishi Production in 1990. There he assisted directors like Takahisa ZEZE and Hisayasu SATO. In 1995, he realized his first feature film WAITING FOR THE COMET. IMAOKA belongs to the famous collective of pink film directors known as the “Seven Lucky Gods of Pink”.