Shuichi OKITA 沖田修一
The Chef Of South Polar
南極料理人
Nippon Cinema ª
Nishimura has a passion for cooking, but never would he have imagined the task before him now: He is unexpectedly assigned to a south polar mission to serve as head chef at the Dome Fuji station. Leaving wife and daughter behind for a year, he and the other crew members experience one existential crisis after another in the icy cold. And then they run out of Ramen!
南極料理人
Nankyoku ryorinin
Japan 2009
125 minutes
Director
Shuichi OKITA
Script
Shuichi OKITA based on an essay by Jun NISHIMURA
Cinematography
Akiko ASHIZAWA
Production
Parade
World sales
Tokyo Theatres
Cast
Masato SAKAI, Katsuhisa NAMASE, Kitaro, Kosuke TOYOHARA
About Shuichi OKITA
沖田修一
Shuichi OKITA was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1977 and studied at Nihon University College of Art. He made his directorial debut with WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD in 2006. His comedy THE WOODSMAN AND THE RAIN (2011) won the Jury Prize at the 2011 Tokyo International Film Festival, as well as the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD at the 2012 NIPPON CONNECTION Film Festival.