Film · 2015
Sweet Bean
Original titleAn
Directed by Naomi Kawase · starring Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase and Kyara Uchida
- 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 optionsSweet Bean is not on any service in the UK right now. It can be watched in other countries:
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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.
Cast
Full cast (7)- Director
- Naomi Kawase
- Writers
- Naomi Kawase
- Producers
- Naomi Kawase
Videos and trailers
See the videoPhotos and posters
All 10 photosReviews
All 5 reviews- 1017 %
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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."
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Soundtrack
See the song- The Maiden's PrayerTekla Badarzewska-Baranowska
Trivia
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The young actress playing Wakana is Kirin Kiki's granddaughter
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