Kamome Diner (2006)
January 12, 2025 2:12 AM - Subscribe

In a week full with with Proust, Marcel Carné, Spike Jonze, & Alfred Hitchcock, the random pick KAMOME DINER was my most enjoyable comfort film experience!

A Japanese woman opens a small Japanese diner in a quiet side street in Helsinki, hoping to sell Onigiri (Rice balls), but during her first month, not a single customer visits the place. Sounds like an Aki Kaurismäki story perhaps, but it's anything but. From the very first adorable scenes, it just knocked me happy. The restaurant eventually gets a few regular visitors trickling in, as well as an assortment of other Japanese women who somehow got lost in Finland. But the movie is not strictly a Food-Film. And it ends with Yusui Inoue singing Crazy Love over the credits!

Here is The trailer.

I'm going to look for Naoko Ogigami's other movies! 9/10.

7.2 on IMDb.

3.8 on Letterboxd.
posted by growabrain (1 comment total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
Oh, I love this movie. It makes a great double feature with Megane.

This reminds me that I should go back and finish the book, which I've had forever.
posted by wakannai at 4:33 AM on January 12


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