Jimami Tofu

Jimami Tofu
Directed by	Jason Chan ; Christian Lee
Produced by	Jason Chan ; Christian Lee
Written by	Jason Chan ; Christian Lee
Starring	Jason Chan ; Mari Yamamoto ; Rino Nakasone ; Masane Tsukayama
Production; company	BananaMana Films
Release date	November 2017 (HIFF); March 28, 2018 (Singapore);
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Singapore, Japan
Language	English, Japanese

Jimami Tofu (Japanese: ジーマーミ豆腐) is a 2017 Singaporean-Japanese drama film written, produced and directed by Jason Chan and Christian Lee, starring Japanese actress Mari Yamamoto. Produced by Singapore-based BananaMana Films and supported by the Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Okinawa Prefecture's Film Tourism Promotion Project, it made its world premiere at the 2017 Hawaii International Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature Film.[1]

Plot

A Chinese-Singaporean chef Ryan returns to Okinawa, Japan, in search of his lost love Yuki. Instead, he discovers the art of traditional Okinawan cuisine and finds new love in Nami, a childhood friend of Yuki.[2][3][4]

Cast

Jason Chan as Ryan
Mari Yamamoto as Yuki
Rino Nakasone as Nami
Masane Tsukayama as Sakamoto
Christian Lee as Marcus

Notes

Jimami tofu or peanut tofu is a specialty of Okinawa Prefecture. "Jimami" is "peanuts" in the Okinawan language.[5]

References

Ramachandran, Naman (1 December 2017). "ATF: Singapore Film Jimami Tofu Sells to China, Taiwan". Variety. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
Devi, Reena (8 December 2016). "Cross-cultural love, food make for good ingredients in BananaMana's debut feature film". Today. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
Morita, Ed (9 November 2017). "HIFF foodie film review: 'Jimami Tofu'". frolichawaii.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
Chew, Erin (12 August 2016). "Flavours of Japan in film". YOMYOMF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
Tetsumasa and Kozue Kono (26 February 2015). "Series /Blessing and Taste of the Island No. 18 Jimami Tofu". Okinawa CLIP. Retrieved 21 April 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

External links

Official website
Jimami Tofu on IMDb

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[1] Ramachandran, Naman (1 December 2017). "ATF: Singapore Film Jimami Tofu Sells to China, Taiwan". Variety. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[2] Devi, Reena (8 December 2016). "Cross-cultural love, food make for good ingredients in BananaMana's debut feature film". Today. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[3] Morita, Ed (9 November 2017). "HIFF foodie film review: 'Jimami Tofu'". frolichawaii.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[4] Chew, Erin (12 August 2016). "Flavours of Japan in film". YOMYOMF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.

[5] Tetsumasa and Kozue Kono (26 February 2015). "Series /Blessing and Taste of the Island No. 18 Jimami Tofu". Okinawa CLIP. Retrieved 21 April 2018.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)