The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally.
Yumika Hayashi
Fukui Aiko
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Kawada Yoshio
Lemon Hanazawa
Kato Ikumi
Kiyomi Itō
Chiba Keiko
Yohta Kawase
Arima
Yūji Tajiri
Takeshi Itō
Ishimoto
Kazunori Sakurai
Matsuo
Hiroshi Sato
Bowling king
The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally.
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