Lunchbox
(2004)
★ 4.5 IMDb · 15 votes
Year: 2004
Runtime: 65 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 今岡信治
Cast: 林由美香, 吉岡睦雄, 華沢レモン, 伊藤清美, 川瀬陽太, 田尻裕司, 伊藤猛, Kazunori Sakurai, 佐藤宏
Plot
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.