JCC Cinema 37: WA-SHOKU ~Beyond Sushi~

Saturday, 26 September 2015 at 2:00pm
Free Admission (Registration starts at 1.30pm)

Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of Japan in Singapore
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372

Film Synopsis

Colour / 2015 / 107 min / English subtitles

Today, many people of different ethnicities visit Japanese restaurants and enjoy both the taste and culture of Japanese cuisine, known as Wa-shoku. This feature documentary WA-SHOKU ~Beyond Sushi~ directed by award-winning director Junichi Suzuki aims to show the past and future of Wa-shoku, not just Sushi, through the passionate story behind a group of men and women who dedicated their lives in preserving and promoting it in America to rest of the world. They include Noritoshi Kanai (Chairman of Mutual Trading Co., Inc.), Nobu Matsuhisa (chef and owner of Nobu restaurants), Katsuya Uechi (chef and owner of Katsu-ya group), Tyson Cole (chef and owner of Uchi restaurant), Joel Robuchon (French chef) and many more.

About the Director

Having 30 years of experience as a motion picture director, writer and producer, seminar lecturer, and volunteer making educational films, Junichi Suzuki is credited with 12 feature films as a producer and 15 feature films as a screenwriter and 24 feature films as a director. He is also credited with numerous television documentaries as a screen writer and director.

Junichi Suzuki is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan and the founder of Eleven Arts, Inc., a global distributor of Japanese movies in Santa Monica, California. He made the trilogy films with United Television Broadcasting Systems about the Japanese American experience during WWII, which included TOYO’S CAMERA – Japanese American History during WWII, 442 – Live with Honor, Die with Dignity, and M.I.S. – Human Secret Weapon.

Register for JCC Cinema 37: WA-SHOKU ~Beyond Sushi~

Please email the below details with the subject JCC CINEMA 37: WA-SHOKU ~Beyond Sushi~ to jcc@sn.mofa.go.jp

1. Full Name
2. Gender
3. E-mail Address
4. Mobile Number

Please register early to avoid disappointment. We regret that as there is limited seating, seats will be confirmed only upon receipt of confirmation email from JCC. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE OF CHARGE.