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Kamome Diner

2006 · 102 min

A gentle, quietly funny slice of life that unfolds slowly, leaving you calm and a little hungry.

Directed by
Naoko Ogigami
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Satomi Kobayashi, Hairi Katagiri, Masako Motai
Tagline
Have a meal and go on a walk.
Overview
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.

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Directed by
Naoko Ogigami
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Satomi Kobayashi, Hairi Katagiri, Masako Motai
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • found family
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

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