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The Last Recipe: Memory of Giraffe's Tongue

Original title: The Last Recipe: Kirin no shita no kioku
  • 2017
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
962
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The Last Recipe: Memory of Giraffe's Tongue (2017)
JapaneseDrama

A master chef's cooking runs on autopilot until a mysterious last request forces him to hunt down a lost recipe from 1930s Manchuria, created by the legendary Yamagata during Japanese occupa... Read allA master chef's cooking runs on autopilot until a mysterious last request forces him to hunt down a lost recipe from 1930s Manchuria, created by the legendary Yamagata during Japanese occupation.A master chef's cooking runs on autopilot until a mysterious last request forces him to hunt down a lost recipe from 1930s Manchuria, created by the legendary Yamagata during Japanese occupation.

  • Director
    • Yôjirô Takita
  • Writers
    • Keiichi Tanaka
    • Tamio Hayashi
  • Stars
    • Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Hidetoshi Nishijima
    • Aoi Miyazaki
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    962
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yôjirô Takita
    • Writers
      • Keiichi Tanaka
      • Tamio Hayashi
    • Stars
      • Kazunari Ninomiya
      • Hidetoshi Nishijima
      • Aoi Miyazaki
    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kazunari Ninomiya
    Kazunari Ninomiya
    • Mitsuru Sasaki
    Hidetoshi Nishijima
    Hidetoshi Nishijima
    • Naotaro Yamagata
    Aoi Miyazaki
    Aoi Miyazaki
    • Chizu Yamagata
    Gô Ayano
    Gô Ayano
    • Ken Yanagisawa
    Daigo Nishihata
    • Shotaro Kamata
    Yutaka Takenouchi
    • Taizo Miyake
    Yoshi Oida
    Yoshi Oida
    • QingMing Yang…
    Greg Dale
    Greg Dale
    • Joseph Gutenberg
    Togo Igawa
    Togo Igawa
    • Shotaro Kamata
    Sergey Kuvaev
    Sergey Kuvaev
    • Hotel cook
    Akira Onodera
      James Sutherland
      • Russian Spy
      Yasunari Takeshima
      Yasunari Takeshima
      • Chef de cuisine Suzuki
      Bob Werley
      Bob Werley
      • David Gutenberg
      • Director
        • Yôjirô Takita
      • Writers
        • Keiichi Tanaka
        • Tamio Hayashi
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      10mosquitocyn

      Heart warming and appetite whetting

      Highly recommend to watch. This is not just another gourmet movie. It certainly creates appreciation for perfection in preparation of food, respect for cultures & family virtues. It has history, drama and culinary appreciation. It is a very well made and beautifully shot movie. Watch it!
      10drguyton

      Absolutely the most inspirational chef movie of all time

      Absolutely the most inspirational chef movie of all time...
      10martinsusanto

      The best chef movie of all time

      Perfection, inspirational, and a masterpiece. Absolutely, this movie and rattatouille are the greatest chef movie ever...
      10martinsoesanto

      The greatest culinary movie ever

      Idealism, creativity and perfection. It shows us what a real chef really exists!
      8LUIS

      Marvelous film

      This marvelous and mesmerizing film begins as a cooking movie, evolves into historical intrigue, and ends as a drama. It must be added that its long duration allows all these variations.

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      • Trivia
        The interior of the Hotel Slava in Harbin is in reality the Longmen Dasha VIP Hotel, a historical landmark of the city, built by the Russians in 1905 and rebuilt by the Japanese in 1935 as part of their Yamato chain of luxury hotels in Manchuria. It is still open and working to this day, preserved as in the Japanese era.

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      • Release date
        • November 3, 2017 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Official site
        • Official site
      • Languages
        • Japanese
        • Chinese
        • Russian
      • Also known as
        • El cocinero de los últimos deseos
      • Production companies
        • Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
        • Gentosha
        • Gyao
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $9,065,888
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      • Runtime
        • 2h 6m(126 min)
      • Color
        • Color

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