Call Me Chihiro

(2023)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 148 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2023

Runtime: 131 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 今泉力哉

Cast: 有村架純, 豊嶋花, 若葉竜也, 佐久間由衣, Van, Лили Фрэнки, Дзюн Фубуки, 平田満, 根岸季衣, 長澤樹

Plot

An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.

Chihiro (Kasumi Arimura) used to work as a prostitute. She happened to stop by a seaside town and have a bento meal there, which she loved so much that she decided to settle down in the seaside town and work at the bento shop. She now greets customers with a smile at the bento shop and makes small talk with them. She doesn't even hide her past. She talks with customers about various problems and, through their conversations, they are comforted by her. Chihiro herself suffers from loneliness, which started with her family when she was little. By meeting her customers, she also faces, and slowly overcomes, her loneliness.