Mintai-piriri

EST
Toshiyuki ja Chiyoko peavad Hakata linnas väikest toidupoodi „Lucky Grocers“. Toshiyuki veedab päevad ja ööd, et taasluua mentaikot – vürtsikat mintai kalamarja, mida ta Busanis kasvades tihti sõi.

Ühel päeval näeb Toshiyuki kehvades riietes tüdrukut poest varastamas. Tüdruk on tema poja klassikaaslane. Kui Toshiyuki saab teada, et tüdruk kaotas sõjas oma vanemad ja tal ei ole raha ka seljakoti ega jalatsite jaoks, et kooliekskursioonile minna, otsustab ta omalt poolt kuidagi aidata… Põhineb tõestisündinud lool mehest, kes lõi Fukuoka kuulsa kohaliku toidu. See film räägib loo inimestest, kes püüavad sõjajärgsel üleminekuperioodil ellu jääda.

Üritus on korraldatud koostöös Jaapani Fondi ja Jaapani Suursaatkonnaga Eestis.

Film on jaapani keeles ja ingliskeelsete subtiitritega

ENG
Toshiyuki and Chiyoko run a small grocery store called ‘Lucky Grocers’ in the city of Hakata. Toshiyuki spends days and nights to reproduce ‘mentaiko’, deep-seasoned spicy cod-roe, which he used to eat in Busan where he grew up.

One day, Toshiyuki sees a girl in ragged clothes, attempting to shoplift a product from his store. She is actually his son’s classmate and when Toshiyuki finds out that she has lost her parents in the war and has no money to purchase even a rucksack and a pair of shoes for her school trip, he decides to help her somehow… Based on a true story about a man who created Fukuoka’s famous local food, this film depicts people who struggle to survive the economic transition and growth in the post-war period.

This event is being organized in cooperation with the Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Estonia.

The movie is in Japanese with English subtitles.