Singapore Film Database
Jimami Tofu
Directed by
Jason Chan, Christian Lee
Year
Runtime
2017
121 minutes
Genre
Romance, Drama
Language
English, Japanese
Synopsis
A Chinese Singaporean chef formerly working in Tokyo, finds himself in Okinawa begging a disgruntled old chef to teach him traditional Okinawan food.
A top Japanese food critic finds herself in Singapore on an eye opening discovery of SEA cuisine. In reality both are looking for each other after an emotional breakup years ago when she left him without a trace. Emotionally crippled by their breakup, he searches her home-town for her but discovers instead the art of traditional Okinawan food and her childhood best friend.
Family secrets unravel and when she suddenly appears in Okinawa looking to find closure he cooks and serves her their final meal. Through it she discovers what she has been yearning for all these years.
Producer(s)
Jason Chan, Christian Lee
Produced by
BananaMana Films
International Sales/Distribution
Cast
Jason Chan, Mari Yamamoto, Rino Nakasone, Masane Tsukayama, Christian Lee
Tags
2017, Romance, Drama, Japan, Chan Fook Seng, Okinawa, Chef, Breakup