Have a meal and go on a walk.
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
- 7.4
- 2006
- Released
- 1h 42m
Satomi Kobayashi
Sachie
Hairi Katagiri
Midori
Masako Motai
Masako
Tarja Markus
Liisa
Jarkko Niemi
Tommi Hiltunen
Markku Peltola
Matti
Anita Linnasola
Eine Räihä
Marjatta Salin
Pentti Heinonen
Pertti Roisko
Irja Punnonen
Pekka Punnonen
Jussi Vehviläinen
Milja Huimala
Maria Morguvuo
Pekka Kilpikoski
Aino Uski
Torsti Koskinen
Varpu Kangas
Vesa Vähätalo
Yrkkö Äkkijyrkkä
Reima Nyrhivaara
Jussi Vuorenlehto
Tapani Jokelainen
Arja Julkunen
Mikko Peltokangas
Veera Kuosmanen
Eeva-Liisa Julkunen
Veijo Vikström
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- #japan
- #based on novel or book
- #restaurant
- #restaurant owner
- #slice of life
- #food
- #entrepreneurship
- #finland
- #entrepreneur
- #woman director
- #living abroad
- #holiday abroad
- #japanese cuisine
- #social acceptance
- #women entrepreneur
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Although the two countries are located very far away from each other, there is a special link between Finland and Japan. After living in Finland for a few years, I have come to think of the Finns as the "Japanese of Europe" for their culture that seems alien to the rest of the West, a very reserved and homogeneous society that foreigners find nearly impossible to enter. In Japan, Finnish exports l