461 Thank-you's: Father and Son Bonding through Bento of Love

March. 15,2015      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 2010, a musician, Watanabe Toshimi was planning to go back to his hometown in Fukushima to do farming. His son Toui was going to re-take high school entrance exam which he had failed the previous year. Both looked forward to starting new chapters in their lives. In 2011, Toshimi had to cancel his plan because of the Great East Japanese Earthquake. His hometown was within 20 km of the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. To cheer up his father, Toui who passed a high school entrance exam promised him to go to school every day. Toshimi promised Toui to make him bento every day.

Tetsuya Bessho as  Watanabe Toshimi
Ayumu Mochizuki as  Watanabe Toui
Kiyohiko Shibukawa as  Hiromasa
Takaya Yamauchi as  Kawabe Hiroshi
Noriko Kato as  

Reviews

Breakinger
2015/03/15

A Brilliant Conflict

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Chirphymium
2015/03/16

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Brennan Camacho
2015/03/17

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

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Frances Chung
2015/03/18

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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