Shiawase no pan (2012)

Director:

Yukiko Mishima

Writer:

Yukiko Mishima (screenplay)

Stars:

Tomoyo Harada, Yô Oizumi, Ken Mitsuishi

Cast

Credited cast:
Tomoyo Harada	...	Rie
Yô Oizumi	...	Sang
Ken Mitsuishi
Kimiko Yo	...	Yoko
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Morio Agata	...	Abe
Yûta Hiraoka
Riki Honda
Nobue Iketani	...	Hirokawa's wife
Kenta Imanishi
Reika Kirishima	...	Miku's mother
Kanna Mori
Katsuo Nakamura
Yasuhi Nakamura
Maki Shinta
Atsuko Tanaka

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

28 January 2012 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Bread of Happiness

Filming Locations:

Lake Toya, Hokkaido, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

At Movie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Hitotsudake"
lyrics and composed by 'akiko yano'
performed by 'akiko yano' & 'kiyoshiro imawano'

User Reviews

Will warm your heart and calm you down.

This movie ought to make you sit back in your chair and imagine living in such a place.For me, I would sail my boat on that beautiful lake on summer afternoons and then go to Cafe Mani for Mizushima's breads and Rie-san's meals-then sail home to bed,with the sunset, smiling all the way. Basically,we follow 3 stories,the big city girl, a little girl and her divorced father,and a aged married couple-all who come under the almost zen-like spell cast by the two young owners of this café/B&B. Visually this film is astounding,everything seems so organic-there is one car,one motorcycle,one scooter and a bus-you never see anything plastic. Hats and scarves are hand-knitted,not bought. One thing left to your imagination is how hard Rie and Nao must work to run Cafe Mani,but we see more the rewards of their labor-especially through the friends and regular customers there and the amazing respect and honor people can show each other,if taught to do so... Make of this review what you will.