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Tale of Samurai Cooking--A True Love Story, A (U)

Drama, History

Set within the Kaga Domain in the Edo Period. Read more …

Oharu is an excellent cook and recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu, who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless, Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharu's mother-in-law Mitsuru, she begins to teach Yasunobu how to cook. 


The critical consensus

A tasty snack, rather than a meal.

***(*)(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 11/12/2014

May lack the full flavour of such classic foodie-film dishes as Tampopo, but it manages to infuse its simple narrative with a spicily subversive attitude toward traditional gender roles, while spooning its audience generous helpings of sweetly seductive costume romance.

***(*)(*)Mark Kermode, The Observer, 14/12/2014

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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