Bread of Happiness (Shiawase no Pan)

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Movie: Bread of Happiness
Romaji: Shiawase no Pan
Japanese: しあわせのパン
Director: Yukiko Mishima
Writer: Yukiko Mishima
Producer: Takeshi Moriya, Yasuyuki Iwanami
Cinematographer: Ryu Segawa
Release Date: January 28, 2012
Runtime: 114 min.
Genre: Food
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Young married couple Rie (Tomoyo Harada) and Sang (Yo Oizumi) move from Tokyo to Lake Toya in Hokkaido Prefecture to start a bakery restaurant named Mani. Sang bakes bread and his wife Rie makes food that complements the bread. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, the customers leave in a happy state.

Notes

Movie is the first of three films planned by director Yukiko Mishima that is set in Hokkaido, Japan and depicts the area's rich natural environment. 2014 film "A Drop of the Grapevine" ("Budou no Namida") is the second of her three "Hokkaido Plan" films.

Cast



Tomoyo Harada	Yo Oizumi	Yuta Hiraoka	Kanna Moriya	Yuki Yagi
Rie Mizushima	Sang Mizushima	Tokio Yamashita	Kaori Saito	Suehisa



Ken Mitsuishi	Misako Watanabe	Katsuo Nakamura	Chikara Honda	Nobue Iketani
Suehisa's dad	Aya Sakamoto	Shio Sakamoto		Nooku Hirokawa's wife



Yasuhi Nakamura	Morio Agata	Reika Kirishima	Kimiko Yo
Nodanna Hirokawa's husband	Abe	Suehisa's mom	Yoshi

Additional Cast Members:

Nozomi Ohashi - Monorogu's girl
Maki Shinta - Rie Mizushima (young)
Atsuko Tanaka

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Marie oram Nov 05 2017 3:21 pm Watched this on airplane, really want to buy it but can’t seem to find it. Is available in English?

Starry de Beniza Mar 29 2016 10:56 am This movie feels comforted, I wanna see this movie again :)

Kay Northman Dec 16 2013 4:19 pm Delightful movie. Wonderful to watch. :)

Sandra Robinson Aug 03 2012 8:39 am Sweet, touching film about simplicity of life and the importance of care for one another. The characters were believable and real, the setting lovely. I saw this film on my way back from visiting Japan on the airplane.

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