Sweet Bean

Overview

A restless bakery owner falls in love with his job once again after hiring an elderly assistant in this intimate slice-of-life drama. Sentaro (Masatoshi Nagase), who has becomes slightly bored with his job as a breakfast cook, takes in the 76-year-old Tokue (Kirin Kiki) as an employee after posted an advertisement in the paper. Tokue lends her recipe for the perfect pan paste, used as a filling for dorayaki pancakes, that gives the bakery some prominence and prestige. However, an illness forces the culinary sage to draw back from the job that has given her new life.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/09/2016
UPC:	0738329207120
Original Release:	2015
Rating:	NR
Source:	Lorber Films (Kino)
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:53:00

Special Features

Lies (2015), a short film by Naomi Kawase; Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kirin Kiki	Tokue
Masatoshi Nagase	Actor
Kyara Uchida	Actor
Miki Mizuno	Actor
Etsuko Ichihara	Actor
Miyoko Asada	Actor
David Hadjadj	Composer
Saki Takahashi	Actor
Yurie Murata	Actor
Taiga Nakano	Actor
Kazue Tsunogae	Sentaros Mutter

Technical Credits

Naomi Kawase

Naomi Kawase	Director,Screenwriter
Masa Sawada	Producer
Kôichirô Fukushima	Producer
Yoshito Ohyama	Producer
Boris Chapelle	Sound Effects
Roman Dymny	Sound Effects
Olivier Goinard	Sound Effects
Manuel Laval	Sound Effects