The Embassy of Japan in Trinidad presents ‘The Japanese Film Festival on January 21st, 2017 at The Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Building, University of the West Indies.

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A Tale of Samurai Cooking – A True Love Story

| Drama, History |  2013 | Japan

During the Edo Period of Japan, an excellent cook marries the heir to a renowned cooking family. However, her husband is a terrible chef. With the help of her new mother-in-law, she begins to teach him the ways of the culinary arts.

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Drops of Heaven

|  2012 |  Japan

Documentary delving into the origin of Soup of Life that 88 years old culinary artist Yoshiko Tatsumi keeps on cooking for her life. Beyond the vapors of Yoshiko Tatsumi’s Soup of Life, you will reminiscence the forgotten days of people nurturing love and living in peace. Find out what we have left behind in the past from her home cooking…

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The Place Promised in Our Early Days

|  2014 |  Japan

In an alternate timeline, post-World War II Japan has been divided and occupied by two rival powers. Three friends, Hiroki, Takuya & Sayuri become fascinated by a gigantic yet mysterious tower that they see across the Tsugaru Strait, promising that one day they will build and fly an aircraft to the tower to unravel its mystery.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs9cV8JkMrk

|  2013 |  Japan

Heartbroken Yuriko comes back to her parents’ house after deciding to divorce from her husband, only to find a recipe book for life, left by her late mother Otomi. The book allows Yuriko and her father Ryohei face life with the help from two young strangers, the garishlydressed Imo and the Japanese-Brazilian Haru

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Ramen Samurai

|  2011 |  Japan

Hikaru is working as a designer at a mid-level Tokyo ad agency when disaster strikes, forcing him to return to his hometown of Kurume on Kyushu Island to run his father’s famed Yatai stalls, Hikaru is faced with the challenge of maintaining his father’s reputation while developing his own, signature ramen dish.

 

Admission FREE** |  All Films Shown With English Subtitles

For further information visit our website: www.tt.emb-japan.go.jp/ The Embassy of Japan in T&T **Seating will be accommodated on a first come basis

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