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Sweet Bean

Kirin Kiki (Actor), Masatoshi Nagase (Actor), Naomi Kawase (Director) Rated:

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4.5 365 ratings

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Genre	Drama
Format	NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Contributor	Kyara Uchida, Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Naomi Kawase
Language	Japanese
Runtime	1 hour and 53 minutes

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Sweet Bean is about a delicious red bean paste, the sweet heart of the dorayaki pancakes that Sentaro (Masatoshi Nagase) sells from his little bakery to a small but loyal clientele. Absorbed in sad memories and distant thoughts, Sentaro cooks with skill but without enthusiasm. When seventy-six-year-old Tokue (Kirin Kiki) responds to his ad for an assistant and cheerfully offers to work for a ridiculously low wage, Sentaro is skeptical about the eccentric old lady s ability to endure the long hours. But when she shows up early one morning and reveals to him the secret to the perfect sweet bean paste, Sentaro agrees to take her on. With Tokue s new recipe, Sentaro s business begins to flourish, but Tokue is afflicted with an illness that, once revealed, drives her into isolation once again.

Bonus Features: Optional English Subtitles, 5.1 Surround Sound, Lies (2015), a short film by Naomi Kawase, Trailer

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 35643817
Director ‏ : ‎ Naomi Kawase
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 53 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ August 9, 2016
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Studio ‏ : ‎ Lorber Films (Kino)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01FT0ZMSU
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Jade

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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2023

Such a gift

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2023

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Such a good movie! Not a super fast-paced story, but you get emotionally attached to each of the characters as their past & current hardships are revealed and as you see their lives intertwine in the present. I cried so much, but good crying. If you are familiar with dorayaki, I will also leave you with the warning that this movie made me hungry for a freshly made dorayaki. If you've never had dorayaki, I think this movie will at least make you curious enough to try if you ever get the chance (but don't get the prepackaged kind for your first taste - they're okay, but not the best first impression.).

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mznix

Great movie

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023

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I had to watch it for a cinema class, otherwise I never would have found it. The story line is amazing and the cinematography is absolutely stunning. Worth the watch

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Denise YH

Enjoyable movie but it seemed to skip parts

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2022

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The story was enjoyable, and I liked the characters; however, I watched this movie with my 25 year old son, and we both thought there were several times throughout the movie that it seemed to skip little parts. For example, the characters were talking, and then it seemed to skip something they were saying which left us confused and asking, “Wait. What exactly happened?” I did not read anyone else experiencing this in the reviews, so maybe it was just a problem we had.

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Cathy Hunter

Beautiful Movie heart warming

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023

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The most beautiful movie I loved it so much if you are an artist person you will love this movie although my 70 year old Mom loved it to.

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Fix the English Subtitles Please!

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2021

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This is a very beautiful film and worth watching. The English subtitles, as other reviewers have noted are not very good. There is no question that they reduce complex dialog to Cliff Note versions. More troubling is when they just end in mid-sentence, leaving you to try and figure out the rest of the dialog. Not sure whether all versions of the film suffer from this fate, but one reviewer noted a YouTube version that appears to be more complete in this regard.
This should be looked into and addressed, but I'm sure will not be.
The film moves slowly along with beautiful imaging. It is like poetry in motion. Endearing and moving.

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Nina Denise

Loved it

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2023

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Tender, sweet, and masterfully written!

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Great movie, don't watch it on Prime Video

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2022

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We watched this movie on an airplane flight and found it sweet and poetic and were looking forward to watching it on a bigger screen. Should have read the reviews first! As others have noted, if you're relying on the English subtitles they disappear halfway through a sentence and leave large stretches a mystery filled in by context. Disappointing

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Katy P

A very nice, delicate Japanese film, acted beautifully by all actors in the film.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2018

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A very nice film, acted wonderfully by all involved.
The lady director is young, but has many films in her portfolio already!
Only sad part was no interviews with the actors, in the extras.
Would've been so lovely to hear their views and interpretations in their own words.

The film portrays very ordinary Japanese people, marginalised, for one reason or another, ending up supporting each other through their wonderful, developing friendship and respect towards each other.
Beautifully told, very nicely portrayed.

The fantastic cherry blossom trees provide a special extra bit, and actually 'play' a nice, symbolic part in the story line. Well worth a watch!

This film is similar in many ways to a lovely film from Hong Kong: called the 'Simple Life' (also known as Sister Peach) a 2011 a film directed by Ann Hui.

Both films deal with old aged ladies in a delicate manner, with incredible acting. If you like 'Sweet Bean', you will very much like its Hong Kong 'cousin' - the Simple Life' as well. And while i am at it, i would draw attention to another film, as delicate as the other two: but this time from India.

It is called 'The Lunch Box' . Amazon likes to recommend films of the same style and genre, so I thought I might just do the very same.

While the HK film was a winner in the Venice Film Festival (in 2011), the one from India was a winner in Cannes, in 2013, for very good reasons.
All three films are very much worth a watch! Very, very warmly recommend them!!

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frank titmarsh

Top Japanese movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 6, 2022

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I had seen this in 2015 at the cinema. Really pleased to see it again, The movie is slow but tells a great story. In the top 40 of Japanese movies.

hamptoncherry

A powerful story about the meaning of life without any direct reference to it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2017

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Every once in a while I come across a movie that cuts right through all my protective layers of sarcasm, experience and criticism. It goes straight to my heart where I keep all my tender vulnerable feelings and emotions. This was such movie. From wonderful performance of the main characters to the deep and touching story told with few words, this is a very powerful film. It tells about a man who lost his purpose in life and fell on hard times. He must work as a dorayaki (sweet pancakes) maker and seller to re-pay a large debt. His existence is miserable. One day a chance encounter with an elderly lady will change all for him. He will learn that what he thought as misfortune is nothing compared to the fate of others, but despite all their hardships they maintained love of life and appreciation for beautiful things. The only downside it made me cry. I hate crying over movies.

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WSH

Food for thought

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2016

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A powerful film, superbly realised. The setting is a tree-lined street in suburban Tokyo where a kiosk-like shop sells 'dorayaki,' a Japanese cake made by sandwiching sweet bean paste between two pikelets. The shop's one employee is a man working there to pay off a debt. One day, an elderly woman stops by and asks whether she can help out. The man turns her down because she is so old, but when he tastes her home-made 'an' (sweet bean paste) he realises, for the first time, what is possible... So begins an relationship that will take the viewer through a emotional arc much, much bigger than the film's apparent subject-matter or intimate setting would seem to imply. Distinguished by outstanding performances, especially from Kirin Kiki, who plays the old lady, this deeply felt film explores the inner lives of its characters with great delicacy.

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Royce Andrew Ratterman

Delightfully refreshing.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2021

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To see a film that portrays the characters and their lives in such a peaceful way is certainly a pleasurable experience. A film one can 'feel' along with those characters within this film. A must see!

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