Kamome Diner
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- Movie: Kamome Diner
- Romaji: Kamome shokudo
- Japanese: かもめ食堂
- Director: Naoko Ogigami
- Writer: Yoko Mure, Naoko Ogigami
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: March 11, 2006
- Runtime: 102 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Sachie, from Japan, opens the "Kamome Diner" in Helsinki, Finland. The specialty menu is Onigiri rice ball or o-musubi. However, the only customer day after day is a geeky Japan enthusiast, Tommi, a Finnish boy obsessed with the Gatchaman cartoon. One day, two Japanese ladies, each with some personal issues, come to help at Sachie's diner. The number of customers gradually increases, but the diner seems to attract only those with problems. Conversation with Sachie and the tasty food seem to resolve people's woes.
Notes
KAMOME DINER conveys the topsy-turvy sensation of being a stranger in a strange land, while presenting food, no matter how alien it may be, as the center of community and cultural understanding. The film, which opened in 2005 in Japan, opened in one theater as a little, indie film with no PR budget. But it soon captured the hearts of audiences and slowly, it gained a massive following and became a box-office success.
Cast
- Satomi Kobayashi - Sachie
- Hairi Katagiri - Midori
- Masako Motai - Masako
- Jarkko Niemi - Tommi Hiltunen
- Tarja Markus - Liisa
- Markku Peltola - Matti
- Anita Linnasola
- Marjatta Salin
- Pentti Heinonen
- Pertti Roisko
- Irja Punnonen
- Pekka Punnonen
- Maria Morguvuo
- Pekka Kilpikoski
- Aino Uski
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