A small little Dorayaki shop on the outskirts of Tokyo.

Sweet Bean

Name: Sweet Bean
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-05-30
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno, Etsuko Ichihara

Japanese Cinema20151h 53mJapaneseTop 98% of Japanese Cinema grosses

17Standing

207th of 224 in Japanese Cinema

Reported gross: 1
Audience rating: 60
Momentum: 1

Out-grossed 1% of Japanese Cinema releases with reported figures ($125K).
Momentum in the 1st percentile.
Audience rating 7.5 from 624 votes, the 60th percentile.

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Cost: Not on record
Took: $125K

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The picture

The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.

Released: 30 May 2015
Runtime: 1h 53m
Language: Japanese
Industry: Japanese Cinema

Top billedAll 18 credits

Kirin KikiTokue
Masatoshi NagaseSentaro
Kyara UchidaWakana
Miki MizunoWakana's Mother
Etsuko IchiharaYoshiko
Miyoko AsadaShop Owner's Wife

Made by

Director: Naomi Kawase
Screenplay: Naomi Kawase
Original Music Composer: David Hadjadj
Director of Photography: Shigeki Akiyama
Producer: Koichiro Fukushima, Masa Sawada, Yoshihito Oyama

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Drama

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