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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

19611h 29mSeiji Hisamatsu

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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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What is A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961) about?

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...

Who stars in A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox?

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox stars Hisaya Morishige (Kintaro), Junzaburō Ban (Magosaku), Chikage Awashima (Keiko), Frankie Sakai (Ichiro), Keiko Awaji. The film was directed by Seiji Hisamatsu.

How long is A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox?

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1961.

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