Rinco's Restaurant

Rinco's Restaurant

118 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Feb. 6, 2010

After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spirited mother whom she has not been very close to in the past. The young woman then decides to open a restaurant which accepts only one customer a day, allowing for thoughtful preparation for that customer.

Rinco's Restaurant

118 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Feb. 6, 2010

Rinco's Restaurant
After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spirited mother whom she has not been very close to in the past. The young woman then decides to open a restaurant which accepts only one customer a day, allowing for thoughtful preparation for that customer.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., TBS, Micott Basara K.K., King Record Co.
Original title 食堂かたつむり
Directors Mai Tominaga
Writers Hiroko Takai, Ito Ogawa

Cast

Ko Shibasaki

as Noriko

Kimiko Yo

as Ruriko

Brother Tom

as Kumasan

Tetsuji Tanaka

as Neokon

Mirai Shida

as Momo

Hikari Mitsushima

as Midori

Dori Sakurada

as Satoru kun

Taro Suwa

as Yama san

Jiro Sato

as Minamoto san

Reiko Kusamura

as Noriko's grandmother

Mao Sasaki

as Noriko (young)

Hajime Yamazaki

as Midori's father

Kyōko Enami

as Mistress

Tomokazu Miura

as Senior