Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Family - 106 minutes
When a teenage daughter enters a rebellious phase and totally ignores her mother, the mother retaliates by sending her child to school with lunch boxes denoted by cute mascots and sweet messages.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Renpei TSUKAMOTO Cast : Ryoko SHINOHARA, Kyoko YOSHINE
Hachijojima, a small Japanese island with beautiful blue waters and lush green mountains, is home to a single mother (Shinohara) and her high school daughter (Yoshine) who is going through a rebellious phase. The girl, who used to gladly refer to her parent as “mummy”, now totally ignores her and does not even answer when spoken to. The exasperated mother seeks revenge by using bentos, Japanese home-made lunch boxes, as her weapon. For three long years she sends her teenage daughter to school with bentos denoted by cute mascots and accompanied by sweet messages in order to embarrass her. The daughter is appalled but gradually their bond deepens.
Country(ies) : JAPAN