Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009)

Release Date: 2009-09-26
Runtime: 1h 48min
Production Company: Chubu-nippon Broadcasting Company
Production Country: Japan
Director: Akira Ogata

Komaki is a thirty-something woman that has had it with her perpetually unemployed aspiring writer husband. Following the divorce, she moves back to her Tokyo-area hometown of Kyojima along with her young daughter, Non-chan. However, she has a difficult time making ends meet in big city Tokyo. Her solution? Take a chance and try opening her very own bento (lunch box) shop.