A Tale Of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story

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Movie: A Tale Of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story (English title) / Warrior's Menu (literal title)
Romaji: Bushi no Kondate
Japanese: 武士の献立
Director: Yuzo Asahara
Assistant Director: Masanori Inoue
Writer: Michio Kashiwada, Yukiko Yamamuro, Yuzo Asahara
Producer: Yoshio Ishizuka, Hideaki Miyoshi
Cinematographer: Yukihiro Okimura
World Premiere: September 21, 2013 (San Sebastian International Film Festival)
Release Date: December 14, 2013
Genre: Drama, Food
Distributor: Shochiku
Runtime: 121 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set within the Kaga Domain of the Edo Period.

Oharu (Aya Ueto) is an excellent cook and recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu (Kengo Kora), who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless, Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharu's mother-in-law Mitsuru (Kimiko Yo), she begins to teach Yasunobu how to cook.

Notes

Filming begins March/April, 2013 and finishes June, 2013.
Related titles:
1. Abacus and Sword | Bushi no Kakeibo (2010)
2. A Tale Of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story | Bushi no Kondate (2013)

Cast



Aya Ueto	Kengo Kora	Toshiyuki Nishida	Kimiko Yo	Yui Natsukawa
Haru Funaki	Yasunobu Funaki	Dennai Funaki	Mitsu Funaki	Shinnyoin



Naoto Ogata	Riko Narumi	Tasuku Emoto	Takeshi Kaga
Denzo Otsuki	Sayo Imai	Sadanoshin Imai	Naomi Maeda

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Film Festivals

2013 (61st) San Sebastian International Film Festival - September 20-28, 2013 - Culinary Zinema: Film and Gastronomy *World Premiere
2013 (33rd) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 10-20, 2013 - Spotlight on Japan *North American Premiere
2013 (26th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 17-25, 2013 - Special Screenings *Asian Premiere
2014 (64th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 6-16, 2014 - Culinary Cinema *German Premiere

Comments

Bill Regan Dec 10 2015 12:42 pm Hi. I came across this film quite by chance, and found it fascinating. So much so that it goes down as one of my favourite films of all time. I appreciate that the film did not portray the very hard times of the period, and minimised the peasants revolt and the fighting of the period; after all it really was about a story in the background of the history of that time. The tale was beautiful and the performances of the leading actors was quite superb.

I really liked the facial expressions of Aya Ueto and Kengo Kora, with the slight titbits of comedy. I love the customs and deferences shown in Japanese society at that time, which exists even today.

In my humble opinion it is a great film made very simply, and one that deserves a better showing and promotion. Like all subtitle films many people will not start to watch it because it does not show various action sequences, but this film has more action than most films.

Bill Regan

Ps I am looking for more Japanese films with subtitles, unfortunately there are few listed, but I will now have to look harder.

susan letch Nov 12 2015 3:02 pm I loved this film. The story was really entertaining. I also learnt alot about Japan .The way it was in the past from the culture, food and the costumes . I would now love to watch more.

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