UTB Hollywood Presents A Full-Length Feature Documentary from Director Junichi Suzuki - WA-SHOKU: Beyond Sushi

UTB Hollywood Presents A Full-Length Feature Documentary from Director Junichi Suzuki - WA-SHOKU: Beyond Sushi

A Fascinating Look at the Impact of Japanese Cuisine on America and the World

LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United Television Broadcasting (UTB) announced today the anticipated release of the documentary film WA-SHOKU: Beyond Sushi, the Japanese and American collaboration produced by United Television Broadcasting Systems and directed by award-winning director Junichi Suzuki. The film will have a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles and New York and will also be available through iTunes as a digital download.

WA-SHOKU: Beyond Sushi is an in-depth journey into the origins of the traditional food of Japan, or Wa-Shoku, in America and explores the history, impact and fascination of all Japanese cuisine--not just Sushi--and its continuing global popularity. Included in the documentary is the story of Noritoshi Kanai, Chairman of Mutual Trading Co., the revolutionary man who introduced the US to Wa-Shoku with Sushi--a delicacy that would become a cultural phenomenon and still enjoys tremendous popularity to this day. Director Suzuki provides intimate behind-the-scenes stories of well-known chefs who express their passion for Wa-Shoku and how they have dedicated their lives to uphold the standard of excellence of Japan's customary cultural cuisine. This film features many noteworthy celebrity chefs including, Nobu Matsuhisa, chef/owner of Nobu restaurants, Katsuya Uechi, chef/owner of Katsu-ya group, Tyson Cole, chef/owner of Uchi restaurant, world-renown French chef Joel Robuchon, Yoshihiro Murata chef/owner of Kyoto Kikunoi, and more. This full-length feature documentary, which runs just under 107 minutes, looks at the past and at the future possibilities of Wa-Shoku.

WA-SHOKU: Beyond Sushi will open with a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena, April 10th to April 16th, and in New York's Cinema Village, April 24th to April 30th. The film will be available April 10th as a digital download on iTunes. Visit washoku-film.com for more information.

About Junichi Suzuki

Having thirty years of experience as a motion picture director, writer and producer, seminar lecturer, and volunteer making educational films, Junichi Suzuki is credited as director, producer and/or screenwriter on forty-seven feature films. He has written and directed numerous television documentaries and is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan. He is the founder of Eleven Arts, Inc., a global distributor of Japanese movies in Santa Monica, California. Suzuki made the trilogy films with United Television Broadcasting Systems about the Japanese American experience during WWII, which include Toyo's Camera: Japanese American History During WWII, 442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity, and M.I.S: Human Secret Weapon. Junichi is married to actress Ms. Rumi Sakakibara.


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