Advertising Remove ads
Sweet Bean poster

Film · 2015

Sweet Bean

Original titleAn

Directed by Naomi Kawase · starring Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase and Kyara Uchida

  • 1 h 53 min
  • Drama
  • JapanFrance
  • Released in the UK 4 August 2016
  • 7.7 AverageMovieNCo
  • 8.1 Users12 votes
  • 7.2 Critics5 reviews

Synopsis

Sentaro, the manager of a bakery store in central Tokyo, faces a friendly but strange old woman in search of a new job called Tokue. Tokue offered herself to help Santaro, as it has an ability for making dorayakis (pastries filled with sweet red beans sauce called "an"). Thanks to her secret recipe, the small business starts to flourish. Over time they begin a relationship based on much more than street food and will not hesitate to open their hearts and show their old wounds. The film is directed and written by Naomi Kawase, based on the best-seller by Durian Sukegawa and starring Kiki Kirin, Miyoko Asada and Etsuko Ichihara. The film, which lasts 113 min, will be released in Spain on the 6th of november.

Where to watch Sweet Bean

All the options

Sweet Bean is not on any service in the UK right now. It can be watched in other countries:

  • Mexico Prime Video: subscription

The essentials

Runtime
113 min1 hour and 53 minutes
Budget
$234mShochiku Company
How long is Sweet Bean?
1 hour and 53 minutes (113 minutes).
When was Sweet Bean released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 4 August 2016.
Who directed Sweet Bean?
Naomi Kawase.
Who is in Sweet Bean?
It stars Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida and Taiga Nakano.
Advertising Remove ads
Director
Naomi Kawase
Writers
Naomi Kawase
Producers
Naomi Kawase

Videos and trailers

See the video

Photos and posters

All 10 photos

Reviews

All 5 reviews
8.1 12 votes
  • 1017 %
  • 925 %
  • 833 %
  • 78 %
  • 68 %
  • ≤58 %

What the critics say average 7.2 from 5

  • 8.0 El PaísJordi Costa "Kawase has gone from doing nothing to be doing new age cinema, when, in fact, what he actually has more things to do with the continuity of Zen look (...) 'A bakery in Tokyo' points higher and goes… Read
  • 8.0 El MundoAlberto Bermejo "A delightful tale about the poetic sensibility of this unique filmmaker." Read
  • 7.5 VarietyGuy Lodge "A sentimental ode to the virtues of patience, tolerance and beans stuffed pancakes, which can easily be his most accessible film to date." Read

Soundtrack

See the song
  1. The Maiden's PrayerTekla Badarzewska-Baranowska

Trivia

  • The young actress playing Wakana is Kirin Kiki's granddaughter

Advertising Remove ads