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    One Bowl of Kakesoba

    98'

    1992-02-15

    8

    Drama

    Overview:

    Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...

    WritingRyohei KuriDirectingKatsumi Nishikawa

    Cast

    2

    Proprietor of Hokkaitei

    Tsunehiko Watase

    1

    Mother

    Pinko Izumi

    2

    Elder brother

    Shingo Tsurumi

    1

    Elder brother as a boy

    Masaya Obi

    1

    Younger brother as a boy

    Hidetsugu Takiguchi

    1

    Kōen Okumura

    1

    Leonard Kuma

    1

    Shingo Yanagisawa

    1

    Shino Ikenami

    2

    Masayo

    Kazumi Kawai

    1

    Hattori

    Wataru Shihôdô

    1

    Hiroshi Tamaoki

    1

    Sayuri Kokusho

    1

    Midori Kanazawa

    1

    (voice)

    Takako Sasuga

    1

    Narration (voice)

    Etsuko Ichihara

    1

    Proprietress of Hokkaitei

    Yoshie Ichige

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
      2. Hokkaido Broadcasting
      3. Kinema Tokyo
      4. TFC
      5. dentsu
      6. Tokyo FM
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 1.0989
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:一杯のかけそば

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