Eric KHOO

Ramen Shop

家族のレシピ

Nippon Cinema   ª 

After young Ramen cook Masato (Takumi SAITO) suddenly loses his father, he finds his deceased mother’s diary and travels to Singapore, her birthplace. There, his uncle Ah Wee teaches him to cook the popular Singaporean pork rib soup Bak Kut Teh while Masato has to try to earn his grandmother’s blessing in order to bring his family back together.

家族のレシピ
Kazoku no reshipi

Japan, France, Singapore 2018

90 minutes

Director
Eric KHOO

Script
Fong Cheng TAN, Kim Ho WONG

Cinematography
Brian Gothong TAN

About Eric KHOO

Eric KHOO was born in Singapore in 1965 and studied film at the City Art Institute in Sydney. After a series of award-winning short films, he shot his first feature film MEE POK MAN (1995), which was shown at numerous festivals. KHOO was the first filmmaker from Singapore whose films were invited to big film festivals like Berlin, Venice, and Cannes. Among his best known works are BE WITH ME (2005) and the animated film TATSUMI (2011). Eric KHOO is also CEO of the production companies Zhao Wei Films and Gorylah Pictures.