''Our Meal for Tomorrow'' (Bokura no Gohan wa Ashita de Matteru/僕らのごはんは明日で待ってる) is a 2017 Japanese romance film, directed by Masahide Ichii and based on the novel by Maiko Seo.

Production

Filming was entirely shot in Japan, running time was 109 minutes.

Plot

Ryota Hayama is a sensitive loner, disliked by his schoolmates, and always downcast and unhappy. He is called Jesus by schoolmates because of his perpetual sad look. Koharu Uemura takes a liking to him, and they start a relationship. The relationship continues until unexpectedly, Koharu breaks up with him, telling him that her grandmother dissaproved of their relationship. Hayama is devastated, however he is approached by Emiri who is in love with him, and they start going out. Hayama however, realised that he is still in love with Koharu, and splits up with his new girlfriend, telling Hayama that he still loves her. He approaches Uemura to try to rekindle their relationship, however is once again rebuffed. He then finds out that all is not what it seems.Mark Shilling "'Our Meal for Tomorrow': Changing roles in romantic drama" Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2017/01/04/films/film-reviews/meal-tomorrow-changing-roles-romantic-drama/

Cast

Yuto Nakajima is a Japanese singer, actor and model. He is a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He played Koji Kiritani in the 2005 Japanese television drama, ''Nobuta wo Produce''. Career 2004: Becoming an artist for Johnny's Entertainment Nakajima joined Johnny' ...

as Ryota Hayama *

Yuko Araki is a Japanese actress and fashion model represented by Stardust Promotion. Biography Araki was recruited when she was in elementary school. Her first leading film role was ''Ikari o Nagero'' in May 2008. Araki became an exclusive model for the ...

as Koharu Uemura *

Amane Okayama is a Japanese actor who won the best new actor award in the 32nd Takasaki film festival in 2018 for his role in the comedy drama, ''Poetry Angel'' (2017). He is represented by the talent agency, Humanité. He was born in Tokyo. Biography Okayama ...

as Yusuke Tsukahara *

Karen Miyama is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She used to be part of the Gekidan Tohai talent agency, and is now part of Horipro talent agency. She portrayed the young Ann Uekusa in the live-action drama ''Sand Chronicles''. In anime, she provided ...

as Emiri Suzuhara *

Chieko Matsubara is a Japanese actress from Nagoya, Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in ''Yoru no chōsensha''. Matsubara won popularity and became one of the representative actresses of th ...

as Meiko Uemura

References

{{Reflist Japanese romance films 2017 films 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films