Ghost Soup (1992)

Original title

ゴーストスープ

Directed by

Shunji Iwai

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

58 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Yuriko finds an old cookbook in her late mother's belongings. The recipes in the book seem to connect her with memories of her mother and a family secret.

quietreflectiveslow-pacedintimatemelancholiccontemplativenon-linearnostalgic

What happens

Ghost Soup (Japanese: ゴーストスープ) is a 1992 Japanese TV drama produced for Fuji TV as part of the food-themed drama series, La Cuisine by Shunji Iwai. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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