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.
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Cast
9 people
Yumika Hayashi
Fukui Aiko
Known for
Splatter: Naked Blood
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Kawada Yoshio
Known for
Chime
Cloud
Lemon Hanazawa
Kato Ikumi
Known for
The Japanese Wife Next Door
Kiyomi Itō
Chiba Keiko
Also in
Re-Wind
An Aria on Gazes
Yohta Kawase
Arima
Known for
Human Vapor
Yūji Tajiri
Also in
Empty Room
Tokyo Stray Girls
Takeshi Itō
Ishimoto
Also in
Muscle
Raigyo
Kazunori Sakurai
Matsuo
No other roles listed
Hiroshi Sato
Bowling king
Also in
Underwater Love
The Drudgery Train
Shinji Imaoka Director · Kazuhiro Suzuki Cinematographer
Budget $35K · First release April 17, 2004 · Produced in Japan
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Budget
$35,000
Production
Kokuei Company
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
たまもの
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Germany · April 17, 2004
Premiere · Nippon Connection Film Festival
Japan · November 20, 2004
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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