Yuko, who dreams of entering an art school, takes a short-term painting course in another place during the summer vacation. Thus, she stays at the hom[Expand All]
Yuko, who dreams of entering an art school, takes a short-term painting course in another place during the summer vacation. Thus, she stays at the home of Aoba Haruko, an old friend of her mother Chiyoshi, and gets to know Haruko's son, Riku, her friend, Akiko, and her boyfriend, Kuo. Although the family members are not very ordinary, the delicious food on the Aoba family's dining table makes them as close as one family. Chise is a talented and well-known TV chef. Yuko is eager to prove that she is also special in order to break free from her mother's shadow. She soon made new friends at the art school and met the boy she liked. Both she and Li Jiu like the same indie band and even joined his amateur band. While exploring her self-worth and future, she also learned that Haruko and her mother had been out of touch for 20 years due to a long-standing grudge. Under the influence of Yuko, Haruko gathered her courage to visit her old friend Chishi and mend their old relationship. . The up-and-coming director, Sou Matsumoto, weaves a fresh and refined chapter of summer growth through food, music, friendship and love. Starring Naoki Nishida, it contrasts the relationships between two generations to reveal the subtle emotions shared among people, just like a carefully prepared and delicious meal, where all the flavors of life are savored in the heart.[Collapse]
