Ekiben (film)
1999 Japanese film
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Ekiben (Japanese: 駅弁), also known as Box Lunch, is a 1999 Japanese mock documentary film centering on the adult video (AV) industry which was written and directed by Shungo Kaji. Ekiben refers to a box lunch sold at train stations in Japan and it is also a slang term referring to a sexual position where the man remains standing while supporting the woman who faces him with her legs wrapped around his waist.[1] This position is the "specialty" of the adult video actor Chocoball Mukai who appears in the film.[2]
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- Shungo Kaji
- Saki Shiratori
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| Directed by | Shungo Kaji |
| Written by | Shungo Kaji |
| Produced by | Shinsuke Kaji |
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| Cinematography | Koichi Ishii |
| Edited by | Naoki Kaneko |
Production company | Engine Film |
| Distributed by | Hot Entertainment |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The movie stars Shungo Kaji, Saki Shiratori and Chocoball Mukai. It was released theatrically in Japan as an R-15 film on October 9, 1999, by Hot Entertainment.[3] The film was screened in February 2000 at the Berlin International Film Market (part of the Berlin International Film Festival) and in March 2000 at the NatFilm Festival in Denmark.[4]
Derek Elley, a critic for Variety, said the film could, with judicious editing and marketing, have a "brief specialized career." He called it inventive and funny, well-acted and observed, and also found Kaji's aspiration to be taken seriously as a director touching with "a curiously melancholic style of humor."[5] The AllRovi entry described Ekiben as a "funny and oddly poignant film."[6]