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Sweet Bean
2015
· Movie
· 113 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Every rating
57–98
out of 100
A manager of a small pancake shop hires an elderly woman with disfigured hands to make the sweet red bean paste. Her dedication and extraordinary skill transform the quality of the pancakes, attracting customers. She shares her lifelong passion for the craft with the manager and a young schoolgirl, forming an unlikely friendship.
Details
- Director
- Naomi Kawase
- Writer
- Naomi Kawase
- Based on
- Sweet Bean Paste by Tetsuya Akikawa
- Studio
- Comme des Cinémas, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Aeon Entertainment
- Released
- 30 May 2015
- Country
- Japan, France, Germany
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Box office
- $124.5K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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| 45th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2016 | IFFR audience award | Nominee |
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45th International Film Festival Rotterdam
1 nomination
| IFFR audience award | Nominee |