Lunch Box (たまもの) 20 years old

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.

Credits

Yumika Hayashi as Fukui Aiko

Mutsuo Yoshioka as Kawada Yoshio

Lemon Hanazawa as Kato Ikumi

Takeshi Ito as Ishimoto

Yôta Kawase as Arima

Kiyomi Itō as Chiba Keiko

Lunch Box Cast

Name	Character
Yumika Hayashi She was 34, 35 years old when she died	as Fukui Aiko
Mutsuo Yoshioka He was 28, now 48 years old	as Kawada Yoshio
Lemon Hanazawa She was 20, now 40 years old	as Kato Ikumi
Takeshi Ito He was 17, 26 years old when he died	as Ishimoto
Yôta Kawase He was 34, now 55 years old	as Arima
Kiyomi Itō She was 45, now 65 years old	as Chiba Keiko
Yūji Tajiri He was 36, now 56 years old

Lunch Box Crew

Name	Department
Daisuke Asakura as Producer. He was 37 (now 57) years old	Production
Shinji Imaoka as Director. He was 39 (now 59) years old	Directing
Shinji Imaoka as Screenplay. He was 39 (now 59) years old	Writing

Lunch Box (20 years)

Release day: Saturday, November 20, 2004
Runtime: 65 minutes
Budget: 35000.00