Lunch Box

2004 · 65 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 197 VOTES · DIR. Shinji Imaoka

Lunch Box poster

Overview

The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally.

Dialogue Timeline — 173 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 Lunch Box
00:02:57 It's no big deal. Get in. Come on.
00:10:13 Do you have something against the postal service?
00:11:48 How about having a drink with me?
00:12:59 - I don't have any money, fool. - Me neither.
00:13:41 Alright.
00:14:10 - Yoshio, do you have a girlfriend? - What? Why?
00:14:52 It's me.
00:20:56 I've got to go. Mom will be furious.
00:23:15 Really?
00:24:12 What's that?
00:27:14 Stop. You're so heavy.
00:29:11 The truth is that I could use it.
00:31:29 Eat me.
00:33:26 Don't cling on to me. Let me go.
00:37:15 Let's break up.
00:40:56 I've already told them about us.
00:44:44 No matter how many times he gets caught with women.
00:45:35 Don't you have anything smaller?
00:46:50 Stop her. She's robbed the store.
00:49:13 To you marriage.
00:50:59 Can I come and see you for the last time?
00:57:44 Aiko.
01:04:12 I'm starving.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed173
Dialogue density2.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:04:12

Production Record

DirectorShinji Imaoka
LanguageJapanese
Budget$35,000
IMDb votes197