Japanese food films

[David Lewis]

and if you are goint to get into series,
you might want to have a look at dorama  :
quite a few do deal with food -
and the latest, ??????? 
with ???? Horikita Maki,
has just started last sunday

David Lewis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geir Friestad" <geir at portman.org>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: Japanese food films


> Quoting Brian Ruh (brianruh at yahoo.com):
> |
> | what Japanese fiction films are there that deal with food
> | of any variety as a major motif throughout the film?
> 
> Are you asking about feature films only, or are anime series
> eligible? The latter has several titles to offer. YAKITATE! JAPAN
> is all about baked goods. And food (or the lack thereof) is an
> important thread in HONEY & CLOVER (I don't know if this is
> present in the recent live action adaption as well), COWBOY BEBOP
> and SAMURAI CHAMPLOO.
> 
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