Release Date

December, 14th, 2013

Running Time

121 min

Genre

Drama , Historical , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Dolby SR,5.1ch

Subtitle

English

[ Directed by ]

• ASAHARA Yuzo

[ Produced by ]

• ISHIZUKA Yoshitaka
• MIYOSHI Hideaki

[ Cast ]

• UETO Aya ── FUNAKI Haru
• KORA Kengo ── FUNAKI Yasunobu
• YO Kimiko ── FUNAKI Mitsu
• NISHIDA Toshiyuki ── FUNAKI Dennai

[ Staff ]

• ASAHARA Yuzo ── Screenplay
• KASHIWADA Michio ── Screenplay
• YAMAMURO Yukiko ── Screenplay
• IWASHIRO Taro ── Music
• OKIMURA Yukihiro ── Cinematography
• ISHIJIMA Kazuhide ── Editor

[ Production Company ]

“A Tale of Samurai Cooking” Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Production Studio ]

Shochiku Studio

[ Story ]

Funaki Dennai laid the foundations for Kaga clan cuisine in the Edo Period as a "kitchen samurai" who prepared food for the nobility. This heartwarming drama depicts the internal affairs of the Kaga clan from the perspective of a woman who marries Funaki's son. It features meals made according to the Funaki family's recipe collection "Ryori Mugonsho" and recreates the workings of samurai family kitchens at the time.
Maid Haru (Ueto Aya) is a talented cook but stubborn, which leads her to divorce her husband after a year. However, she is asked by Kaga clan "kitchen samurai" Dennai (Nishida Toshiyuki) to marry his son and heir Yasunobu (Kora Kengo), and works to remedy his lack of culinary skills.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.bushikon.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2013 San Sebastian International Film Festival, Culinary Zinema Section
2013 Hawaii International Film Festival, Spotlight on Japan Section
2013 Tokyo International Film Festival, Special Screenings
2014 Berlin International Film Festival, Culinary Cinema Section

[ Contact (International) ]

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