Film
What's for Dinner, Mom?
2017 · 1h 57m · Drama
- IMDb
- 6.5
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Overview
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 due to relocation from Japan to Taiwan, the death of her Taiwanese husband, and a battle with cancer. Tae travels to Taiwan to trace her mother's past, reminiscing about the dishes she made for the family.
Cast
Haruka Kinami
Tae Hitoto
Izumi Fujimoto
Yo Hitoto
Michiko Kawai
Kazueda Hitoto
Wu Pong-fong
Hui Min Yan
Masahiro Komoto
Hida
Sow Hirosawa
Harue
Shota Shunputei
Asano
Nana Takabatake
Shihori Hida
Mayu Hotta
Crew
- Mitsuhito ShirahaDirector
- Hiroyuki TakaseProducer
- Mitsunori KogoDirector of Photography
- Yoichi ShibuyaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- February 11, 2017
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- I
- Genres
- Drama
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