Kamome Diner (かもめ食堂) 18 years old

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Kamome Diner

On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her, and meets Masako, a formal and ethereal middle-aged woman whose luggage has gone missing. The three women work in the diner, interact, and serve customers. A somewhat brusque man teaches Sachie to make delicious coffee, then he returns under other circumstances. Three neighborhood women inspect the empty diner every day; will anything bring them inside? We learn why Sachie serves rice balls; but why Finland?

Credits

Kamome Diner Cast

Name Character
Satomi Kobayashi She was 41, now 59 years old as Sachie
Jarkko Niemi He was 22, now 40 years old as Tommi Hiltunen
Markku Peltola He was 49, 51 years old when he died as Matti
Hairi Katagiri She was 43, now 61 years old as Midori
Masako Motai She was 53, now 72 years old as Masako

Kamome Diner Crew

Name Department
Naoko Ogigami as Director. She was 34 (now 52) years old Directing
Naoko Ogigami as Screenplay. She was 34 (now 52) years old Writing
Kamome Diner poster
Kamome Diner (18 years)

Where are we welcome?

  • Release day: Sunday, June 11, 2006
  • Runtime: 102 minutes