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.
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Cast
19 people
Haruka Kinami
Tae Hitoto
Known for
Rebooting
HK: Forbidden Super Hero
Izumi Fujimoto
Yo Hitoto
Known for
Blue Spring Ride
Tae Hitoto
Mitsuhito Shiraha
Tsuyoshi Shimada
Mitsunori Kogo
Michiko Kawai
Kazueda Hitoto
Also in
Into the White Night
They Were Eleven
Hiroyuki Takase
Yoichi Shibuya
Wu Pong-fong
Hui Min Yan
Known for
Silk
Masahiro Komoto
Hida
Known for
Gokusen
Kaiji
Sow Hirosawa
Harue
Known for
Love Exposure
Mitsuhito Shiraha Director · Mitsunori Kogo Cinematographer Yoichi Shibuya Editor
Worldwide gross $5.8K · First release September 20, 2016 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,813
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ママ、ごはんまだ？
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Spain · September 20, 2016
Premiere · San Sebastián International Film Festival
Japan · February 11, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hong Kong SAR China
December 14, 2017 · Theatrical
Lithuania
April 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 13, 2017 · Theatrical
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