Sweet Bean

Based On the book by Tetsuya Akikawa

Sweet Bean (Japanese: あん, Hepburn: An) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Naomi Kawase. It is the second film, after I Wish, to star real-life grandmother and granddaughter Kirin Kiki and Kyara Uchida. The film was selected to open the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

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Release date:

May 14, 2015

Director:

Naomi Kawase

Cast:

Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Etsuko Ichihara, Miyoko Asada, Miki Mizuno

Genre:

Drama

Country:

France, Japan, Germany

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

2015 in adaptations