Sweet Bean (DVD)

Directed by : Naomi Kawase

Cast : Masatoshi Nagase, Etsuko Ichihara, Miyoko Asada, Kyara Uchida, Kirin Kiki

Available Date : 08/09/2016

Release Year : 2015

Running Time : 113

UPC : 738329207120

Country : Japan, Germany, France

Language: Japanese

Subject : , Women Filmmakers, Health and the Humanities, Food, Culinary & Agricultural Studies, Disability, Asian Studies, Asian Cinema & Culture, Death & Dying

Genre : World Cinema, Health and Healing, Food & Wine, Drama, Culture, Cannes Film Festival, Earth Day

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Description

Sweet Bean is a delicious red bean paste, the sweet heart of the dorayaki pancakes that Sentaro (Masatoshi Nagase) sells from his little bakery to a small but loyal clientele. Absorbed in sad memories and distant thoughts, Sentaro cooks with skill but without enthusiasm. When seventy-six-year-old Tokue (Kirin Kiki) responds to his ad for an assistant and cheerfully offers to work for a ridiculously low wage, Sentaro is skeptical about the eccentric old lady's ability to endure the long hours. But when she shows up early one morning and reveals to him the secret to the perfect sweet bean paste, Sentaro agrees to take her on

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Cast

Naomi Kawase - Director

Masatoshi Nagase - Actor
Etsuko Ichihara - Actor
Miyoko Asada - Actor
Kyara Uchida - Actor
Kirin Kiki - Actor

Reviews

Sweet Bean- New York Times Critics' Pick review – Glenn Kenny

"Warm and unusually crowd-pleasing." -The Village Voice

"Naomi Kawase's gentle study of life, loss and confectionery is easily the Japanese auteur's most accessible work to date." -Variety

"Delightful, unfashionably earnest and, at its best, very moving." -Pop Matters

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