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Tag: japanese cuisine

  • Kamome Diner

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    On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.

  • Udon

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    Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home… defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father …and a bowl of noodles. Namely, “udon”…

  • Glasses

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    An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

  • The Chef of South Polar

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    When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.

  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi

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    Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father’s legacy.

  • Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!!

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    Shin-chan and his friends must overcome hunger and other obstacles when they’re tasked with delivering a barrel of legendary sauce to a food festival.

  • Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

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    Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer’s rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.

  • Little Forest: Winter/Spring

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    Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.

  • Sweet Bean

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    The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she’s hiding a troubling secret. Life’s joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone loves a good pastry.

  • Ramen Shop

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    Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother’s journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.