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Lunch Box is a film of genre Drama directed by Shinji Imaoka with Yumika Hayashi
Lunch Box (2004)
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Add to a movie listLunch Box (熟女・発情 タマしゃぶり, Jukujo: hatsujō tamashaburi, lit. Mature Woman: Rutting Ball-Play) aka Bowling Ball (たまもの, Tamamono) is a 2004 Japanese Pink film directed by Shinji Imaoka. It was chosen as Best Film of the year at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.
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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. The film ends in tragedy after Yoshioka leaves Aiko.Actors
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