“Shabu-Shabu Spirit” will be screening at overseas film festivals yet again this month!
“Shabu-Shabu Spirit,” produced by SSFF & ASIA and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, will screen at overseas film festivals yet again this month! The film has already been introduced at 13 film festivals in six different countries to date, spreading the attraction of Japanese Food and Food Culture throughout the globe.
Festival appearances to note in November are:
Lancaster International Short Film (USA)
Dates: November 7 – November 15, 2015
Website: http://lancastershortfilmfest.com/
interfilm 31st International Short Film Festival (Germany)
Dates: November 10 – November 15, 2015
Website: http://www.interfilm.de/festival2015/home.html
SHOW ME SHORTS Film Festival (New Zealand)
Dates: November 11 – December 1, 2015
Website: http://lancastershortfilmfest.com/
“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.
Directed by: Yuki Saito
Starring: Mitsuru Hirata, Dai Watanabe, Ayaka Morita and Akiko Takeuchi