One Bowl of Kakesoba (1992)

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centres on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch (Watase Tsunehiko) and his perky wife (Ichige Yoshie). One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother (Izumi Pinko) and her two adorable moppets (Obi Masaya and Takiguchi Hidetsugu) poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of Kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of Kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story. Edit Translation

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