Okashi No Le (2015)

Other name: おかしの家 Candy House House of Sweets Taro's Candy House

Description

Sakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making great effort to protect her struggling candy store, Sakuraya, in the old part of Tokyo, but it's not easy. Taro eats candy with regular customers such as chilhood friend Saegusa Hiroki who aspires to be a scriptwriter, and talk nonsense, like in their youth. However, they realize this unfettered, comfortable existence will end some day with the passage of time. Then Taro’s ex-classmate, Kimura Reiko, comes back home with her son after a divorce. He and his friends start to notice what is truly important to them as they face up to their pasts, dreams and pains.

Director: Ikeda Katsuhiko [池田克彦] and Ishii Yuya [石井裕也]

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 2015

Genre: Business; Childhood; Comedy; life; Romance;