Watch: 武士の献立 2013 123movies, Full Movie Online – During the Edo Period of Japan, an excellent cook marries the heir to a renowned cooking family. However, her husband is a terrible chef. With the help of her new mother-in-law, she begins to teach him the ways of the culinary arts..
Plot: In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, and he’s more interested in swordplay than cookery.
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Looks great, but lacks story
I’m a blood-and-thunder action fan myself, so A TALE OF SAMURAI COOKING wasn’t exactly my ideal film; however, I’m occasionally surprised by art-house cinema in general, so I decided to give this slow-burning drama a chance. Plus it has the word ‘samurai’ in the title, which is promising.Unfortunately, it turns out to be a largely dull film, a movie whose subtleties are wasted on the international viewer. The story is ostensibly about a young wife teaching her husband the delicate arts of cookery, but in reality it’s more about gender politics in Edo era Japan. Scenes of cooking and feasting are actually few and far between and while samurai action is hinted at, it never goes all-out.
So what’s this film about then? Well, not a lot, as it happens. It certainly looks fantastic, with close attention to period detail, and the performances are as subtle and realistic as you could wish for. But everything that happens in it feels so slight, so restrained, that I ended up getting bored by the whole thing. When I watch a film, I want to be involved in high stakes drama and tension; I want to be taken out of the humdrum of everyday life to experience human existence at its most dramatic or involving. I didn’t get that from A TALE OF SAMURAI COOKING; it didn’t even teach me anything new about the human condition.
I adored every second of this movie.
I might be very biased towards this, but I feel that contrary to what another review says about this movie, it’s subtlety and restraint is really what makes it as good as it is. It might be dull for action-thirsty viewers as it shows more of the calm daily life of the characters, while hinting at political conflicts and whatnot, but strictly as part of that daily life. The lack of serious elements in the political side of the story is why something like giving up the sword for a kitchen knife was mentioned at the beginning. You would know for sure that this wasn’t going to be that type of movie. I personally adore the hype and action and engaging events that really get you absorbed, but once in a while, this type of slow and steady flow of ordinary everyday life events is just the right thing to sit through. It was wholesome and realistic to a degree. It was healing, but in the end it really depends on one’s own preferences.
Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 2 min (122 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
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Genre Drama, History
Director Yûzô Asahara
Writer Yûzô Asahara, Michio Kashiwada, Yukiko Yamamuro
Actors Aya Ueto, Kengo Kôra, Kimiko Yo
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Awards 2 nominations
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