Food Luck! (2020)
Original title: フード・ラック！食運
Food Luck! is a 2020 Japanese-language family movie directed by Jimon Terakado, with a running time of 1h 45m. It stars NAOTO, Tao Tsuchiya and 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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What is Food Luck! about?
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.
When was Food Luck! released?
Food Luck! was released on 20 November 2020.
How long is Food Luck!?
Food Luck! runs 1h 45m.
Who made Food Luck!?
Food Luck! was directed by Jimon Terakado.
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Cast
- NAOTO as Yoshito Sato
- Tao Tsuchiya as Shizuka Takenaka
- Ken Ishiguro as Eiji Shinsei
- Satoru Matsuo as Tatsuya Furuyama
- Yasufumi Terawaki as Tomohiro Yoshida
- Hakuryu as Jiro Takizawa
- Chizuru Azuma as Yuriko Takizawa
- Toshihiro Yashiba as Takahiro Nishida
- Miwako Kakei as Ryoko Matoba
- Yo Oizumi as Minoru Ozaki
- Shin'ya Ohwada as Tadayoshi Toyokawa
- Raita Ryu as Yuji Ishihara