Film2015113 min

Sweet Bean

Name: Sweet Bean
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno, Etsuko Ichihara

Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricateenclosedcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeSlow-paced and heavy: a realistic drama, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.4 /10

TMDB · 362 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands…

Synopsis: TMDB