The Chef of South Polar

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Movie: The Chef of South Polar
Romaji: Omoshiro Nankyoku Ryurinin
Japanese: 南極料理人
Director: Shuichi Okita
Writer: Jun Nishimura (novel), Shuichi Okita
Producer:
Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa
Visual Effects Supervisor: Issei Oda
Release Date: August 8, 2009
Runtime: 125 Min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Based on two autobiographical novels by Jun Nishimura, "Antarctic Chef" centers around a research expedition living in Dome Fuji Station near the South Pole. The area, which is located far from Showa Station, has an average temperature of -54 degrees celcius and is situated 3800 meters above sea level. A cook named Nishimura (Masato Sakai) leaves his family behind in order to assist the expedition. Out in the middle of nowhere, Nishimura manages to cook extravagant meals consisting of high-class ingredients like foie gras, spiny lobster, and Matsuzaka beef in this true story of wintering party male bonding.

Cast



Masato Sakai	Katsuhisa Namase	Kitaro (1948)	Kengo Kora	Kosuke Toyohara
Jun Nishimura	Mr. Moto	Taicho	Brother	Doctor



Naomi Nishida	Kanji Furutachi	Daisuke Kuroda	Masahiro Kohama	Karin Ono
Miyuki	Pastor	Bon	Mr.Hira	Yuka



Saori Koide	Takashi Ukaji	Kyusaku Shimada
Ms. Shimizu	Suzuki	Captain

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Film Festivals

2010 (10th) Nippon Connection - April 14-19 - Nippon Cinema
2013 (10th) Japanese Film Festival (Kuala Lumpur) - September 12-17, 2013

Comments

Elvy Feb 27 2022 11:22 am It's a slice-of-life kind of movie but with a very unique setting, which is the South Pole. The location was made so realistic and detailed as if really a research base in the South Pole. The story is simple with a little comedy here and there, but what spiced up the whole movie is of course the relationship with food. Love the way how delicious foods warmed up the people working there. Food lovers must watch this!

tberry Dec 22 2012 6:31 am the story is so good!

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