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Sweet Bean
The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.
2015 · Directed by Naomi Kawase · 113 min · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
A small little Dorayaki shop on the outskirts of Tokyo.
Crew
- Screenplay: Naomi Kawase
- Cinematography: Shigeki Akiyama
- Edited by: Tina Baz
- Music: David Hadjadj
- Produced by: Koichiro Fukushima, Yoshihito Oyama, Masa Sawada
Cast
- Kirin Kiki as Tokue
- Masatoshi Nagase as Sentaro
- Kyara Uchida as Wakana
- Miki Mizuno as Wakana's Mother
- Etsuko Ichihara as Yoshiko
- Miyoko Asada as Shop Owner's Wife
- Taiga Nakano as Yohei
- Wakato Kanematsu as Wakato
- Saki as Middle School Girl
- Miu Takeuchi as Middle School Girl
Production
- Country: Japan, France, Germany
- Language: Japanese
- Studios: Comme des Cinémas, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Aeon Entertainment
- Box office: $124,518
- Themes: japan, based on novel or book, cooking, restaurant, sanatorium, slice of life, food, chef, street vendor, woman director
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