DIRECTOR

Mitsuhito Shiraha "Kobe Zaiju"

CAST

Haruka Kinami "20th Century Boy"

CREW

Based on the Essays by Tae Hitoto
Screenplay by: Mitsuhito Shiraha
Director of Photography: Mitsunori Kogo “The Suicide Song”
Editor: Yoichi Shibuya “Vision”
Production Designer: Tatsuo Ozeki “Audition”

Film Festivals & Awards

San Sebastian IFF 2016
Vilnius IFF 2016
Toronto Japanese FF 2017
Flatirons Food FF 2017
Seoul Food IFF 2017

Duration/Release

117 min./ 2016 / Japan / Color / DCP / 5.1ch

Synopsis

Two sisters Tae and Yo come back to their old house which is soon to be torn down. Clearing up the family mementos, Tae finds a red box full of recipes and letters written by their mother who died 20 years ago. In these recipes and letters, she finds out how her mother had struggled in her life by relocation from Japan to Taiwan, the death of her Taiwanese husband, and a battle with cancer. Tae travels to Taiwan to trace back the mother's past reminiscing about the dishes she made for the family.