A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
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Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...
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Part of Ekimae: A Series in Front of the Station
14 films
The Hotelman's Holiday
Movie · 1958
An Urban Affair
Movie · 1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Movie · 1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Movie · 1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Movie · 1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Movie · 1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
Movie · 1964
Hot Spring Ghost
Movie · 1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Movie · 1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
Movie · 1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Movie · 1966
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Movie · 1967
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Movie · 1968
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
Movie · 1969
Cast
24 people
Hisaya Morishige
Kintaro
Known for
Princess Mononoke
The End of Summer
Junzaburō Ban
Magosaku
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Chikage Awashima
Keiko
Known for
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Early Spring
Frankie Sakai
Ichiro
Known for
Shōgun
Mothra
Keiko Awaji
Known for
Stray Dog
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Kyū Sakamoto
Also in
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
Keep Your Chin Up
Achako Hanabishi
Also in
Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat
Both You and I
Kingorō Yanagiya
Also in
This Happy Life
The President and the Shopgirl
Daisuke Katō
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Yōko Mihara
Known for
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion
Three Outlaw Samurai
Tomoko Watanabe
Also in
Keep Your Chin Up
Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
Takeshi Sakamoto
Known for
A Story of Floating Weeds
I Was Born, But...
Seiji Hisamatsu Director · Kihan Nagase Writer
First release December 24, 1961 · Produced in Japan · Production TOHO
Production
Tokyo Eiga
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
喜劇駅前弁当
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 24, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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