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Kitchin

  • 1989
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Kitchin (1989)
DramaRomance

The story centers around Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricke... Read allThe story centers around Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricken, she finds solace in the kitchen. Yuichi, a friend of Mikage's deceased grandmother, inv... Read allThe story centers around Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricken, she finds solace in the kitchen. Yuichi, a friend of Mikage's deceased grandmother, invites her to live with him and his mother. Then Mikage discovers that Yuichi's mother is ac... Read all

  • Director
    • Yoshimitsu Morita
  • Writers
    • Yoshimitsu Morita
    • Banana Yoshimoto
  • Stars
    • Ayako Kawahara
    • Keiji Matsuda
    • Isao Hashizume
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    119
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
    • Writers
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
      • Banana Yoshimoto
    • Stars
      • Ayako Kawahara
      • Keiji Matsuda
      • Isao Hashizume
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Ayako Kawahara
    Keiji Matsuda
    Isao Hashizume
    Isao Hashizume
    Mie Hama
    Mie Hama
    Simon Yotsuya
    • Director
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
    • Writers
      • Yoshimitsu Morita
      • Banana Yoshimoto
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    a visual delight

    Kitchen, a rather obscure-looking Japanese/Hong-Kong film, was a movie I had previously heard little about. However, I was surprised by the beauty of the filming and the quality of the acting. The plot was nothing too original - a boy-meets-girl tale given interest by the fact that they have character and speak a language I don't understand - but the technique was in places stunning - the opening sequence, for instance, a close up of rain beating down on a puddle when slowly a human face emerges - Aggie, as she is called. Not perhaps what many 'foreign' film fans may be looking for, but this undeniably has an exquisite quality that I have not encountered this side of Casablanca. If you are lucky enough to be able to watch this, then do so.

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1989 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Kitchen
    • Production company
      • Wako International
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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