Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2009 · 108 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Akira Ogata

Starring

Mitsuko Baisho, Moeko Ezawa, Jun Murakami, Toshiyuki Kitami, Koichi Ueda, Yoji Tanaka

Komaki, a thirty‑something woman fed up with her husband’s endless unemployment as an aspiring writer, divorces him and returns to her hometown of Kyojima near Tokyo with her young daughter, Non‑chan. Struggling to make ends meet in the city, she decides to take a chance by opening her own bento lunch‑box shop.