What's for Dinner, Mom?

IMDb 6.9 2017 • 117 min • Drama

Director

Mitsuhito Shiraha

Country

JP

Plot Summary

Two sisters Tae and Yo come back to their old house which is soon to be torn down. Clearing up the family mementos, Tae finds a red box full of recipes and letters written by their mother who died 20 years ago. In these recipes and letters, she finds out how her mother had struggled in her life due to relocation from Japan to Taiwan, the death of her Taiwanese husband, and a battle with cancer. Tae travels to Taiwan to trace her mother's past, reminiscing about the dishes she made for the family.

Top Cast

Haruka Kinami
Haruka Kinami Tae Hitoto
Izumi Fujimoto
Izumi Fujimoto Yo Hitoto
Michiko Kawai
Michiko Kawai Kazueda Hitoto
Wu Pong-Fong
Wu Pong-Fong Hui Min Yan
Masahiro Komoto
Masahiro Komoto Hida