Wa-shoku: Beyond Sushi

Beginning with sushi, Japanese cuisine is familiar all over the world today. At Japanese restaurants, you can see people, regardless of their ethnicity, enjoying this food culture. There is a passionate story behind the men who dedicated their lives to spreading Japan’s traditional cultural cuisine making Wa-shoku (Japanese Food) recognized throughout the world today. The Japanese and American collaboration documentary film,“WA-SHOKU ~Beyond Sushi~” produced by United Television Broadcasting Systems / Film Voice and directed by award winning director, Junichi Suzuki. Featuring Mr. Noritoshi Kanai, Chairman of Mutual Trading Co., Inc., Nobu Matsuhisa, the chef/owner of Nobu restaurants, Katsuya Uechi, the chef/owner of Katsu-ya group, Tyson Cole, the chef/owner of Uchi restaurant, Joel Robuchon, a French chef, Yoshihiro Murata, the chef/owner of Kyoto Kikunoi, Shige Nakamura a Ramen master and more. This feature documentary film about the Japanese food and also about the importance of presentation in japanese cuisine shows the past and the future of Wa-Shoku that these men and women created and how they maintained the essential traditional qualities of Japanese food.