Jimami Tofu

Jimami Tofu (Japanese: ジーマーミ豆腐) is a 2017 Singaporean-Japanese drama film written, produced and directed by Jason Chan and Christian Lee, starring Japanese actress Mari Yamamoto. Produced by Singapore-based BananaMana Films and supported by the Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Okinawa Prefecture's Film Tourism Promotion Project, it made its world premiere at the 2017 Hawaii International Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature Film.[1]

Jimami Tofu
Directed byJason Chan
Christian Lee
Written byJason Chan
Christian Lee
Produced byJason Chan
Christian Lee
StarringJason Chan
Mari Yamamoto
Rino Nakasone
Masane Tsukayama
Production
company
BananaMana Films
Release dates
  • November 2017 (2017-11) (HIFF)
  • March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28) (Singapore)
Running time
135 minutes
CountriesSingapore, Japan
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese

Plot

A Chinese-Singaporean chef Ryan returns to Okinawa, Japan, in search of his lost love Yuki. Instead, he discovers the art of traditional Okinawan cuisine and finds new love in Nami, a childhood friend of Yuki.[2][3][4]

Cast

Notes

Jimami tofu or peanut tofu is a specialty of Okinawa Prefecture. "Jimami" is "peanuts" in the Okinawan language.[5]

References
  1. Ramachandran, Naman (1 December 2017). "ATF: Singapore Film Jimami Tofu Sells to China, Taiwan". Variety. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. Devi, Reena (8 December 2016). "Cross-cultural love, food make for good ingredients in BananaMana's debut feature film". Today. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. Morita, Ed (9 November 2017). "HIFF foodie film review: 'Jimami Tofu'". frolichawaii.com. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. Chew, Erin (12 August 2016). "Flavours of Japan in film". YOMYOMF. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. Tetsumasa; Kozue Kono (26 February 2015). "Series /Blessing and Taste of the Island No. 18 Jimami Tofu". Okinawa CLIP. Retrieved 21 April 2018.


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