Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) has been transferred to a new school and is still crazy about school lunches. He gets the shock of his life when school lunches are made more healthy but less flavorful. Amarida’s student rival Kamino (Sato Taishi) has also transferred to the same school and is outraged at the changes to school lunches.
Acting
Ichihara Hayato commits to lunch obsession like it's Shakespeare.
Writing
Turns bureaucratic food policy into genuine emotional stakes.
Practical Effects
Those lunches are real and will destroy your willpower.
Director
Shinya Ayabe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japanese school lunches (kyushoku) are federally subsidized and culturally sacred; reforms in the 2010s sparked genuine national debate about nutrition vs. tradition.
Ichihara Hayato gained 8kg for the role to authentically portray a teacher who actually eats the lunches he worships.
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