Our Meal for Tomorrow | |
Producer: | Miyako Araki Yasushi Udagawa |
Director: | Masahide Ichii |
Starring: | Yuto Nakajima Yuko Araki Amane Okayama Karen Miyama Chieko Matsubara |
Music: | Shu Kanematsu |
Cinematography: | Masashi Seki |
Editing: | Naoichiro Sagara |
Production Companies: | Dub Japan |
Distributor: | Asmik Ace[1] |
Country: | Japan |
Language: | Japanese |
Runtime: | 109 minutes |
Our Meal for Tomorrow (Bokura no Gohan wa Ashita de Matteru/僕らのごはんは明日で待ってる) is a 2017 Japanese romance drama film, directed by Masahide Ichii and based on the novel by Maiko Seo.[2] It stars Yuto Nakajima and Yuko Araki. The film was released in Japan on January 7, 2017.[3]
Ryota Hayama is a sensitive loner, disliked by his schoolmates, and always downcast and unhappy. He is called Jesus by schoolmates because of his perpetual sad look. Koharu Uemura takes a liking to him, and they start a relationship. The relationship continues until unexpectedly, Koharu breaks up with him, telling him that her grandmother disapproved of their relationship. Hayama is devastated, however he is approached by Emiri who is in love with him, and they start going out. Hayama however, realised that he is still in love with Koharu, and splits up with his new girlfriend, telling Hayama that he still loves her. He approaches Uemura to try to rekindle their relationship, however is once again rebuffed. He then finds out that all is not what it seems.[4]
Filming was entirely in Japan; running time was 109 minutes.