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What's for Dinner, Mom?

What's for Dinner, Mom?

Drama | Japanese | 117 minutes

Company

GAGA Corporation


Cast & Crew

Director

Mitsuhito Shiraha

Producers

Hiroyuki Takase, Fan Chien Yu, Harumi Hoshino

Writer

Mitsuhito Shiraha

Cast

Haruka Kinami, Izumi Fujimoto


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.


Completion Year

2016


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