SSFF & ASIA staff will be introducing recommended events and screenings in the run up to the festival ♪
This time it is Andaz Tokyo Special Program B ”TOKYO”!
The film festival has collaborated with Andaz Tokyo for its 1st anniversary, and a special screening event has been confirmed! We will present two programs focusing on “personal style” and “indigenous,” elements of the Andaz concept. One program will be centered on unique international films about “personality,” and the other will introduce the Tokyo locale and Japanese culture to international tourists.
”Shabu-Shabu Spirit”
Synopsis: A fiancé, Keita, goes to meet the family, the father, Shozo, begins his secret appraisal – a test to see whether this fiancé is worthy or not of marrying his daughter. Trying to reduce the distance between them, the mother prepares a single nabe (cooking pot) for the shabu-shabu meal. As Shozo’s eyes glint brightly, Keita reaches towards the shabu-shabu.
Details are here
http://www.shortshorts.org/2015/en/program/andaz-tokyo.php