Movies: Japanese cuisine

  • 2008
    The Ramen Girl

    The Ramen Girl (2008)

    The Ramen Girl

    6.42008HD

    An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master....

    The Ramen Girl
  • 2015
    Sweet Bean

    Sweet Bean (2015)

    Sweet Bean

    7.42015HD

    The master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers from all over. But she's hiding a troubling secret. Life's joys are found in the little details, and no matter what may be weighing you down, everyone lov...

    Sweet Bean
  • 2015
    Little Forest: Winter/Spring

    Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)

    Little Forest: Winter/Spring

    7.72015HD

    Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to ...

    Little Forest: Winter/Spring
  • 2013
    Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!!

    Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!! (2013)

    Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!!

    7.52013HD

    Shin-chan and his friends must overcome hunger and other obstacles when they're tasked with delivering a barrel of legendary sauce to a food festival....

    Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival!!
  • 2014
    Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

    Little Forest: Summer/Autumn (2014)

    Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

    7.62014HD

    Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and ...

    Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
  • 2014
    Midnight Diner

    Midnight Diner (2014)

    Midnight Diner

    7.52014HD

    A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo....

    Midnight Diner
  • 2011
    Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    7.82011HD

    Revered sushi chef Jiro Ono strives for perfection in his work, while his eldest son, Yoshikazu, has trouble living up to his father's legacy....

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  • 2009
    The Chef of South Polar

    The Chef of South Polar (2009)

    The Chef of South Polar

    6.92009HD

    When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence....

    The Chef of South Polar
  • 2018
    Ramen Shop

    Ramen Shop (2018)

    Ramen Shop

    6.82018HD

    Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his l...

    Ramen Shop
  • 2006
    Kamome Diner

    Kamome Diner (2006)

    Kamome Diner

    7.22006HD

    On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her....

    Kamome Diner
  • 2012
    Bread of Happiness

    Bread of Happiness (2012)

    Bread of Happiness

    6.72012HD

    A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy....

    Bread of Happiness
  • 2016
    Midnight Diner 2

    Midnight Diner 2 (2016)

    Midnight Diner 2

    7.32016HD

    The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love....

    Midnight Diner 2
  • 2007
    Glasses

    Glasses (2007)

    Glasses

    7.02007HD

    An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants....

    Glasses
  • 2015
    Hana's Miso Soup

    Hana's Miso Soup (2015)

    Hana's Miso Soup

    6.52015HD

    Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Matsunaga Chie, who attends a music college, and they start dating. Each day becomes all the more bright and enjoyable for Shingo because of the lively ...

    Hana's Miso Soup
  • 2006
    Udon

    Udon (2006)

    Udon

    6.52006HD

    Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a...

    Udon
  • 2019
    Restaurant from the Sky

    Restaurant from the Sky (2019)

    Restaurant from the Sky

    6.42019HD

    Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open th...

    Restaurant from the Sky
  • 2009
    Honokaa Boy

    Honokaa Boy (2009)

    Honokaa Boy

    5.72009HD

    Leo, a young Japanese college student, travels to Hawaii and eventually falls in love with Maray, an older Japanese-Caucasion woman....

    Honokaa Boy
  • 2020
    461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son

    461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son (2020)

    461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son

    4.52020HD

    Kazuki Suzumoto is divorced and he lives with his 15-year-old son Kouki. Kouki is in a susceptible time. The father feels guilty about his son. Kouki then fails his high school entrance exam. In the spring of the following year, Kouki barely passes h...

    461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
  • 2016
    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet (2016)

    Bitter Sweet

    62016HD

    Maki, a creative executive with a deep-seated loathing for vegetables, meets Nagisa, a closeted gay vegetarian with amazing cooking skills and they end up as roommates. Being complete opposites, the two initially clash. But Maki falls for Nagisa and ...

    Bitter Sweet
  • 2010
    Rinco's Restaurant

    Rinco's Restaurant (2010)

    Rinco's Restaurant

    8.22010HD

    After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spi...

    Rinco's Restaurant