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Food Luck!

Food Luck!

20205.81h 45m

Overview

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
Produced by Yamabe Hirofumi
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Top Cast

NAOTO

NAOTO

Yoshito Sato

Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya

Shizuka Takenaka

Ken Ishiguro

Ken Ishiguro

Eiji Shinsei

Satoru Matsuo

Satoru Matsuo

Tatsuya Furuyama

Yasufumi Terawaki

Yasufumi Terawaki

Tomohiro Yoshida

Hakuryu

Hakuryu

Jiro Takizawa

Chizuru Azuma

Chizuru Azuma

Yuriko Takizawa

Toshihiro Yashiba

Toshihiro Yashiba

Takahiro Nishida

Miwako Kakei

Miwako Kakei

Ryoko Matoba

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Minoru Ozaki

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Themes & Keywords

slice of lifetantrumself reflectionmother son relationship

About Food Luck!

Food Luck! is a family, drama film released in 2020 exploring themes of slice of life, tantrum, self reflection, mother son relationship. Directed by Jimon Terakado, it stars NAOTO, Tao Tsuchiya, Ken Ishiguro. 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.

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