Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune

A gentle, grounded story of small triumphs and everyday struggles, warm without being saccharine.

Directed by

Akira Ogata

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Starring

Manami Konishi, Yoshinori Okada, Sayaka Yamaguchi

Overview

Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along with her young daughter, Non-chan. However, she has a difficult time making ends meet in big city Tokyo. Her solution? Take a chance and try opening her very own bento (lunch box) shop.

How it feels

Warm, earnest, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Family, parenthood, work, healing

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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