Food Luck!

Food Luck!

2020 · 105 min · ★ 5.9 · Family, Drama

Yoshito grew up with his mother Yasue after his father passed away. His mother ran a yakiniku (grilled meat) restaurant that his father had left behind. Yoshito enjoyed eating his mother's cooking and their restaurant was loved by many people. Things changed after popular food critic Furuyama Tatsuya published false statements about their yakiniku restaurant. Due to that, their restaurant saw a sharp drop in customers. Yasue worked hard to recover business for the restaurant. Due to Yoshito's behavior in wanting attention from his mom, Yasue decided to shut down the restaurant. 18 years later, Yoshito lives alone and he works as a freelance writer. One day, he takes work for a new online foodie website. He works with editor Takenaka Shizuka. Their first assignment involves yakiniku. Around that time, Yoshito hears that his estranged mother Yasue has collapsed.

Directed by Jimon Terakado · Written by Jimon Terakado

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NAOTO Yoshito Sato
Tao Tsuchiya Shizuka Takenaka
Ken Ishiguro Eiji Shinsei
Satoru Matsuo Tatsuya Furuyama
Yasufumi Terawaki Tomohiro Yoshida
Hakuryu Jiro Takizawa
Chizuru Azuma Yuriko Takizawa
Toshihiro Yashiba Takahiro Nishida
Miwako Kakei Ryoko Matoba
Yo Oizumi Minoru Ozaki
Shin'ya Ohwada Tadayoshi Toyokawa
Raita Ryu Yuji Ishihara

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