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What's for Dinner, Mom?

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2017 · 117 min Drama
6.9 / 10 · TMDB

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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Original Title ママ、ごはんまだ?
Year 2017
Country Japan
Genre Drama
Director Mitsuhito Shiraha
Runtime 117 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.9/10 (9 votes)

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The director constructs the narrative along two axes: the tactile memory of objects and the sensory memory of food. He explores how family history can be encoded in simple recipes, transforming cooking into a language of love and resilience.

What lingers after the credits is a profound sense of quiet connection—a reminder that the most enduring legacies are often written in flavor and shared silence. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Mitsuhito Shiraha

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