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    Wa-shoku: Beyond Sushi

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    Poster of the movie Wa-shoku: Beyond Sushi
    2015     Biography documentary    
    USA/Japan
    1h 47min
    Original language: English, Japanese

    Beginning with sushi, Japanese cuisine is familiar all over the world today. At Japanese restaurants, you can see people, regardless of their ethnicity, enjoy- ing this food culture. There is a passionate story behind the men who dedicated their lives to spreading Japan's traditional cultural cuisine making Wa-shoku (Japanese Food) recognized throughout the world today. Featuring Mr. Noritoshi Kanai, the Chairman of Mutual Trading Co., Nobu Matsuhisa, the chef/owner of Nobu restaurants, Katsuya Uechi, the chef/owner of Katsu-ya group, Tyson Cole, the chef/owner of Uchi restaurant, Joel Robuchon, a French chef, Yoshihiro Murata, the chef/owner of Kyoto Kikunoi, Shige Nakamura a Ramen master and more. This feature documentary film shows the past and the future of Wa-Shoku that these men and women created and how they maintained the essential traditional qualities of Japanese food.

    Directed byJunichi Suzuki
    Written byJunichi Suzuki

    Featuring

    Tyson Cole
    Isao Hatano
    Tomomi Inada
    Noritoshi Kanai
    Atsuko Kohata
    Yasuo Kumoda
    Nobu Matsuhisa
    Rio Mizushima
    Shigetoshi Nakamura
    Keizo Shimamoto
    + MORE

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