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Jimami Tofu (2017)

Jimami Tofu poster
Original title
ジーマーミ豆腐
Directed by
Jason Keng-Kwin Chan
Genre
drama, romance
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 01m
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A young Japanese woman returns to her family home on the island of Okinawa. There she reconnects with her roots and her mother through cooking a traditional tofu dish.

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What happens

Jimami Tofu (Japanese: ジーマーミ豆腐) is a 2017 Singaporean-Japanese drama film written, produced and directed by Jason Chan and Christian Lee, starring Japanese actress Mari Yamamoto. Produced by Singapore-based BananaMana Films and supported by the Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Okinawa Prefecture's Film Tourism Promotion Project, it made its world premiere at the 2017 Hawaii International Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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