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ERA
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Released 12 years ago.
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East Side Sushi
"The way to a woman’s heart is through...sushi!"
2014 1h 40m EN
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 80
Drama
Synopsis
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Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.
“The way to a woman’s heart is through...sushi!”
Cast
Diana Elizabeth Torres
Juana
Jesus Fuentes
Victor
Yutaka Takeuchi
Aki
Alejandro Arzciat
Reporter
Dixon Phillips
Mr. Wagner
Melissa Locsin
Studio Coordinator
Lane Nishikawa
Jimmy Nishida
James J. Der Jr.
Kyung
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Anthony Lucero
- Writers
- Anthony Lucero
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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CRAFT
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Diana Elizabeth Torres and Jesus Fuentes and Yutaka Takeuchi carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The way to a woman’s heart is through...sushi!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt2340650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Anthony Lucero directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 12 years ago.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Diana Elizabeth Torres and Jesus Fuentes and Yutaka Takeuchi carry the top of the cast.
- 4Marketing tagline: "The way to a woman’s heart is through...sushi!".
- 5IMDB entry: tt2340650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 80 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 7Classified under 13 themes, including "underdog", "single parent", "culture clash", "competition".
The technical file
- Runtime
- 100 min · 1h 40m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Also by
Anthony Lucero
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Andres Gomez★ 7/10
This is a very nice and cute story ... with a clumsy but passable work by the director and with a very bad cast, specially, the main character, performed by Torres.
Production companies
Who made it
- BL
Blue Sun Pictures
- SP
Sparklight Films
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- underdog
- single parent
- culture clash
- competition
- restaurant
- sushi
- single mother
- mexican american
- cooking competition
- clash of cultures
- latina
- food competition
- japanese restaurant
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2014-03-08PG
