Every day in Japan's supermarkets, a titanic war rages for bento boxes at half price. As soon as the discount stickers are applied, hungry brawlers begin throwing punches in a knock-down, drag-out battle over who gets to take home the inexpensive food. When a young, impoverished high school student called Sato joins the Half-Priced Food Lovers Club, he proves to be an up-and-coming talent in the realm of absurd food battles. But does he have the necessary skills to become the king of clearance cuisine? The director of Black Cat has created a completely different Hunger Games. Welcome to the world of Ben-To, where chopsticks are formidable weapons, the grocery store is a battlefield, and nothing tastes better than a deep-fried victory.
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Every day in Japan's supermarkets, a titanic war rages for bento boxes at half price. As soon as the discount stickers are applied, hungry brawlers begin throwing punches in a knock-down, drag-out battle over who gets to take home the inexpensive food. When a young, impoverished high school student called Sato joins the Half-Priced Food Lovers Club, he proves to be an up-and-coming talent in the realm of absurd food battles. But does he have the necessary skills to become the king of clearance cuisine? The director of Black Cat has created a completely different Hunger Games. Welcome to the world of Ben-To, where chopsticks are formidable weapons, the grocery store is a battlefield, and nothing tastes better than a deep-fried victory.
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