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Experience Japan through cinema

Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2016

An inspiring collection of contemporary Japanese cinema in partnership with The Japan Foundation.

See work from Japanese filmmakers who have captured the highs and lows of life – stories of people persevering, reconciling or overcoming the environment they live in.

Noriben: The Recipe For Fortune

Nonchan Noriben

Japan, 2009, 107 mins, Dir. Akira Ogata. Japanese with English subtitles

A heartfelt human drama about a woman’s journey to independence that is guaranteed to whet your appetite. Featuring home cuisine created by food stylist Nami Iijima whose simple but appetising creations have also appeared in films such as Kamome Diner and Chef of the South Pole.

Komaki is a 31-year-old woman who decides to leave her husband, an aspiring but jobless writer. Moving back to her hometown, a small working-class district in Tokyo with her young daughter Non-chan. After the noriben lunch box – a bento featuring toasted nori (seaweed) on rice – that she packed for Non-chan becomes a huge hit at school, Komaki decides to try and make ends meet by opening her own bento shop and offering inexpensive but undoubtedly delicious food.

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Programme Notes

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