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Sukiyaki

Completed (1995)

Japanese - Drama - 95 mins.

Details

CompanyCompany
Film Voice Inc.

Cast

YUKA SEKIYA, KAI SHISHIDO

Director (s)

JUNICHI SUZUKI

Writer (s)

JUNICHI SUZUKI

Producer (s)

SHOUHEI MOTONAMI

Synopsis

The beautiful twin sisters, Rika and Yuka who will soon be celebrate their coming of age, live with their father who runs a restaurant, and their grandmother who suffers from serious senility. Yuka has a problem, too. She is an epileptic. But the family tries to live positively by maintaining the family bonds through sitting around the family table and share €sukiyaki€ from time to time.
One day, Tatsuya, a cook for an outbound cargo ship comes to the restaurant. He starts to involve himself with the family. He is open and greedy with women and food and has traveled all around world and gives the family a glimpse of a different world.
Furthermore, he introduces another cook, Shinichi, who is a softhearted person in contrast to Tatsuya , to the family, The twin sisters, through an encounter with Tatsuya and Shinichi, starts to look for ways to overcome their worries.

Awards

London International Film Festival New York Independent Film Festival at Lincoln Center Asia Focus Fukuoka International Film Festival

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