Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems eating his food. On lunar new year's day the prison offers the traditional Osechi-Ryori dish. The inmates in the cell gather to play a game that has become an annual ritual. They compete for items from each other's dishes by boating about the most delicious things they have ever eaten. Shunsuke Aida (Motoki Ochiai) begins their game by talking about a dish which his mother made ...
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Tasuku Nagaoka
Known for
THE DAYS
Love Exposure
Masanobu Katsumura
Known for
Sonatine
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Motoki Ochiai
Known for
My Beautiful Man
Love Exposure
Gitaro Ikeda
Also in
Sumo Road - The Musical
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Akaji Maro
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Suicide Club
Fumino Kimura
Known for
Modest Heroes
Love Life
Tomoko Tabata
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Moving
Houka Kinoshita
Known for
Kamen Rider
Sonatine
Hana Kino
Known for
Vital
Swing Girls
Chika Uchida
Known for
Guilty of Romance
Tetsu Maeda Director · Daisuke Habara Writer Shigeru Tsuchiyama Author
First release September 23, 2011 · Produced in Japan · Original title 極道めし
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DEEP SIDE
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Japan
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Original title
極道めし
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 23, 2011
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No release date listed for United States.
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