Japanese Movie Screening: Bento Harassment
The Soga Japan Center will host the Japan Foundation Film Series at Room 2028 Brown Hall on December 3 and December 5. These screenings are free and open to the public.
5pm, Thursday, December 5
BENTO HARASSMENT/今日も嫌がらせ弁当 (2019) dir. Rempei TSUKAMOTO, 106 min.
Single mother Mochimaru Kaoru (Shinohara Ryoko) and her daughter Futaba (Yoshine Kyoko) live on Hachijojima, an island resplendent with nature. When Futaba starts high school she enters her rebellious phase and gives her mother the silent treatment despite her attempts to communicate. Kaoru strikes back by making "chara-ben" lunches with food shaped like characters, which really annoys Futaba. Before long, the lunches transform into a channel of communication to send messages from mother to daughter.