A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story

The Consulate-General of Japan in Auckland is very pleased to announce the return of the Monthly Japanese Film Evenings to Auckland.

Free Japanese films shown at the University of Auckland (April - Lecture Theatre 109-B10, General Library Building) are usually screened on the last Thursday of the month from 7 pm and are preceded by a documentary about Japanese culture from 6:45 pm.

- All films have English subtitles.
- Booking is not necessary.
- Films, dates and times are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
- This event will be held only under NZ Covid-19 Alert Level 1 or lower.

Please contact us to confirm details.
We hope that you will enjoy the films and gain a deeper insight into various aspects of Japanese culture.

April film: "A Tale of Samurai Cooking - A True Love Story - "
(Director: Yuzo Asakura, 2013, 121min. Rating: PG, Cast: Aya Ueto, Kengo Kora, Toshiyuki Nishida)

Mr Funaki laid the foundations for Kaga clan cuisine as a "kitchen samurai" who prepared food for the nobility. Discovering the amazing cooking abilities of Haru, he arranges for her to marry his son Yasunobu – heir to the Funaki family, who craves to be a samurai warrior and has no interest in becoming a chef. The unlikely love story starts to take shape and, with the help of her new mother-in-law, Haru begins to teach Yasunobu the ways of the culinary arts. The film, based on a true story, features meals made according to the Funaki family's recipe collection and recreates the workings of samurai family kitchens at the time.

©2013 “A Tale of Samurai Cooking” Film Partners

Presented by the Consulate-General of Japan, the University of Auckland, Massey University and the Japan Foundation.