“Shabu-Shabu Spirit” will continue screening at overseas film festivals in March!
“Shabu-Shabu Spirit”, (watch full movie)produced by Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, has been screened at more than 20 overseas film festivals, introducing the attraction of Japanese Food and Food Culture to international audiences! It will continue to do so in March, so please check out the screening dates for the next month below.
Green Bay Film Festival (USA)
Dates: March 3rd – March 6th, 2016
Website: http://www.gbfilmfestival.org/
Short. Sweet. Film Fest (USA)
Dates: March 4th – March 6th, 2016
Website: http://shortsweetfilmfest.com/
Vientianale Film Festival (Laos)
Dates: March 11th – March 13th, 2016
Website: http://www.vientianale.org/
Angkor Wat International Film Festival (Cambodia)
Dates: March 25th – March 27th, 2016
Website: http://www.angkorwatfilmfestival.com/
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.
Director: Yuki Saito
Cast: Mitsuru Hirata, Dai Watanabe, Ayaka Morita, Akiko Takeuchi