is a 1999 Japanese mock documentary film centering on the

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(AV) industry which was written and directed by

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. ''

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'' 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. This position is the "specialty" of the adult video actor

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who appears in the film. The movie stars

, Saki Shiratori and

. It was released theatrically in Japan as an R-15 film on October 9, 1999, by

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. The film was screened in February 2000 at the Berlin International Film Market (part of the

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) and in March 2000 at the

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. The critic for ''Variety'' says the film could, with judicious editing and marketing, have a "brief specialized career." He calls it inventive and funny, well acted and observed and he finds Kaji's aspiration to be taken seriously as a director touching with "a curiously melancholic style of humor." The

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entry describes it as a "funny and oddly poignant film."

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* * * * {{cite web, url=https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=161831, title=駅弁 at AllCinema, language=Japanese 1990s Japanese films 1990s Japanese-language films 1999 films 1990s mockumentary films