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Kamome Diner ()

Kamome shokudô (original title)
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Sachie opens a rice ball diner in Helsinki, attracting customers and a group of neighborhood women. The story explores the origins of rice balls in Finland.

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Satomi Kobayashi ...
Sachie
Hairi Katagiri ...
Midori
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Masako
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Tommi Hiltunen
Tarja Markus ...
Liisa
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Matti
Anita Linnasola
Eine Räihä ...
(as Eine Raiha)
Marjatta Salin
Pentti Heinonen
Pertti Roisko
Irja Punnonen
Pekka Punnonen
Jussi Vehviläinen ...
(as Jussi Vehvilainen)
Milja Huimala
Maria Morguvuo
Pekka Kilpikoski
Aino Uski
Torsti Koskinen
Varpu Kangas
Vesa Vähätalo ...
(as Vesa Vahatalo)
Yrkkö Äkkijyrkkä ...
(as Yrkko Akkijykka)
Reima Nyrhivaara
Jussi Vuorenlehto
Tapani Jokelainen
Mikko Peltokangas
Arja Julkunen
Veera Kuosmanen
Eeva-Liisa Julkunen
Veijo Vikström ...
(as Veijo Vikstrom)

Directed by

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Naoko Ogigami

Written by

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Yôko Mure ... (novel)
 
Naoko Ogigami ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Mayumi Amano ... producer
Tiina Butter ... producer: Finland
Masayasu Ishihara ... executive producer
Hanako Kasumizawa ... producer
Kumi Kobata ... producer
Enma Maekawa ... producer
Seiji Okuda ... executive producer
Mitsuru Ôshima ... executive producer

Music by

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Tetsuo Kondô

Cinematography by

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Tuomo Virtanen

Editing by

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Shin'ichi Fushima

Production Design by

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Annika Björkman

Makeup Department

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Marjut Samulin ... makeup: Finland

Production Management

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Misha Jaari ... production manager: Finland

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Mark Lwoff ... assistant director
Piia Nokelainen ... second assistant director: Finland

Art Department

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Annika Björkman ... art director: Finland
Toni Kari ... set assistant: Finland
Sami Silvennoinen ... set builder: Finland

Camera and Electrical Department

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Tero Aaltonen ... second assistant camera: Finland
Kosti Lehikoinen ... grip: Finland
Tommi Lind ... electrician: Finland
Raimo Paananen ... first assistant camera: Finland
Ville Penttilä ... gaffer: Finland
Jouko Piipponen ... video assist
Yôko Takahashi ... still photographer (as Yoko Takahashi)
Sami Toro ... crane operator: Finland
Juha Virtala ... electrician: Finland

Casting Department

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Pia Pesonen ... casting: Finland
Jenni Sippo ... casting assistant: Finland

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Katri Saukonpää ... costumer
Anne-Maria Ylitapio ... assistant costume designer

Location Management

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Antti Määttänen ... location manager: Finland
Antti Rasimus ... assistant location manager: Finland

Music Department

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Yôsui Inoue ... composer: theme song

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Where are we welcome? 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, and meets Masako, a formal and ethereal middle-aged woman whose luggage has gone missing. The three women work in the diner, interact, and serve customers. A somewhat brusque man teaches Sachie to make delicious coffee, then he returns under other circumstances. Three neighborhood women inspect the empty diner every day; will anything bring them inside? We learn why Sachie serves rice balls; but why Finland? Written by

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Also Known As
  • かもめ食堂 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Kamome Diner (India, English title)
  • Seagull Diner (United States)
  • Kamome Diner (Ireland, English title)
  • Kamome Diner (Canada, English title)
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  • 102 min
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