A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox 1961 Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu 喜劇駅前弁当

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...

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gnere Comedy
Production Companies TOHO , Tokyo Eiga
Release Date 24 December 1961
89 mins
Cast
Hisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige Kintaro
Junzaburō Ban
Junzaburō Ban Magosaku
Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima Keiko
Frankie Sakai
Frankie Sakai Ichiro
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji
Kyū Sakamoto
Kyū Sakamoto
Achako Hanabishi
Achako Hanabishi
Kingorō Yanagiya
Kingorō Yanagiya
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Yōko Mihara
Yōko Mihara
Tomoko Watanabe
Tomoko Watanabe
Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
Fumie Noguchi
Fumie Noguchi
Bin Amatsu
Bin Amatsu
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura
Hikaru Mayuzumi
Hikaru Mayuzumi
Noriko Sengoku
Noriko Sengoku
Michino Yokoyama
Michino Yokoyama
Hiroshi Tachihara
Hiroshi Tachihara
Akira Tatsuoka
Akira Tatsuoka
Isao Tsuzuki
Isao Tsuzuki
朝香優子
朝香優子
Shiho Matsunami
Shiho Matsunami
Shunsuke Omi
Shunsuke Omi
Crew
Director
Seiji Hisamatsu
Seiji Hisamatsu
Writer
Kihan Nagase
Kihan Nagase
Producers
Fumio Kanahara
Fumio Kanahara
Ichirō Satō
Ichirō Satō
Music
Kenjiro Hirose
Kenjiro Hirose
Part of Ekimae: A Series in Front of the Station
The Hotelman's Holiday
An Urban Affair
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
Hot Spring Ghost
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier