Noriben - The Recipe for Fortune (2009)

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.

Released Sept. 26, 2009 108 min None+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: imdb.woman-in-her-thirties, imdb.based-on-manga, imdb.bento, imdb.japanese-drama, imdb.live-action-manga-adaptation, imdb.food, imdb.live-action-adaptation + 4 more, imdb.bento-box, imdb.food-shop, imdb.business, imdb.seinen