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May 30, 2015 · Sweet Bean: Directed by Naomi Kawase. With Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno. Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world.
- (12K)
- Naomi Kawase
- Not Rated
- Drama
Sweet Bean (Japanese: あん, Hepburn: An) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It is the second film, after I Wish, to star real-life grandmother and granddaughter Kirin Kiki and Kyara Uchida. The film was selected to open the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
- An, by Durian Sukegawa
- Naomi Kawase
- ¥234 million (Japan)
- Kirin Kiki
Mar 18, 2016 · Sentaro (Masatoshi Nagase) runs a small dorayaki shop, where he cooks the pancake-based snack for a small group of schoolgirls who frequent the establishment. Dorayaki are a sandwich-like treat made of two pancakes held together by a large dollop of an, the sweet bean paste of the title.
Mar 18, 2016 · A baker's (Masatoshi Nagase) business takes off when he hires an eccentric 76-year-old woman (Kirin Kiki) who specializes in making dorayaki pancakes.
- (60)
- Comedy, Drama
Mar 18, 2016 · The movie, beautifully shot and acted, earns its ultimate sense of hope by confronting real heartbreak head-on, and with compassion. Sweet Bean NYT Critic’s Pick
