Wa-shoku: Beyond Sushi
Apr 24 2015
•2h 47m
•Documentary
This feature documentary film shows the past and the future of Wa-Shoku that these men and women created and how they maintained the essential traditional qualities of Japanese food.
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Noritoshi Kanai
Katsuya Uechi
Tyson Cole
Tomomi Inada
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