简介：Madein2004byShinjiImaoka,LunchBoxis,quitesimply,arathersurreal,weird,dark-huedandsadpinkfilm.However,aswithmostpinkfilms,ifyoucamehereexpectinganythingliketheWesternequivalentofthesoftpornskinflick,you"vedefinitelycometothewrongplace.Inthismovie,thesexscenesaretenderlyobservedasinaromanporno(thegenre-wordfora"romanticporno"film),coyinplacesbutnolesseffectiveforthat.However,unlikeinWesternsoftcoremovies,thesexinthismovieisnotnecessarilythewholepoint.Indeed,mostJapanesesexfilmmakingofthiscalibretriestoelevateitselfintothearthousegenre,andthismovieisnoexception.Throughout,there"sasubtlesocialcommentaryinthesubtextabouttheplaceofwomeninJapanesesociety,andLunchBoxfeelsattimeslikethedirectorisalmostdeliveringachauvinist-conservativeapology,byusingtheage-oldexcusethatallawomanreallywantstodoisstayathome,pleasinghermaninthebedroomandthekitchen.Significantly,though,it"stoldfromawoman"spointofviewhere;asthemainfemalecharactercontrolseveryaspectofherpartner"swellbeingandhappiness,herpositionisini