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The Last Recipe

2017 · 126 min

A quiet, reflective drama that unfolds like a slow meal, mixing culinary craft with buried history and gentle emotional weight.

Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kazunari Ninomiya, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Go Ayano
Overview
A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.

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Directed by
Yojiro Takita
Genres
Drama
Starring
Kazunari Ninomiya, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Go Ayano
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • obsession
    • family
    • identity
    • redemption
    Places
    • single country house
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension4
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Yojiro Takita
    Written by
    Tamio Hayashi
    Starring
    Kazunari Ninomiya, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Go Ayano, Aoi Miyazaki, Daigo Nishihata, Yutaka Takenouchi, Yoshi Oida, Onodera Akira
    Music
    Yugo Kanno
    Cinematography
    Yoshinori Oshima
    Runtime
    126 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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