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East Side Sushi

  • 2014
  • PG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.4K
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East Side Sushi (2014)
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An immigrant single mother disenfranchised by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realises her dreams to become a sushi chef to provide a better fu... Read allAn immigrant single mother disenfranchised by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realises her dreams to become a sushi chef to provide a better future to her family.An immigrant single mother disenfranchised by her regular life decides to take a chance working at a Japanese restaurant and realises her dreams to become a sushi chef to provide a better future to her family.

  • Director
    • Anthony Lucero
  • Writer
    • Anthony Lucero
  • Stars
    • Diana Elizabeth Torres
    • Yutaka Takeuchi
    • Rodrigo Duarte Clark
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    4.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Anthony Lucero
    • Writer
      • Anthony Lucero
    • Stars
      • Diana Elizabeth Torres
      • Yutaka Takeuchi
      • Rodrigo Duarte Clark
    • 119User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 9 nominations

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    Anthony Lucero, Roji Oyama, Yutaka Takeuchi, Diana Elizabeth Torres, Melissa Locsin, Tony Quintero, James J. Der Jr., Wei-Jing Wan, Kaya Jade Aguirre, and Miyoko Sakatani in East Side Sushi (2014)
    Kaya Jade Aguirre in East Side Sushi (2014)
    Rodrigo Duarte Clark in East Side Sushi (2014)
    Anthony Lucero, Yutaka Takeuchi, and Diana Elizabeth Torres in East Side Sushi (2014)
    Anthony Lucero, Julie Rubio, Diana Elizabeth Torres, Rodrigo Duarte Clark, and Kaya Jade Aguirre in East Side Sushi (2014)
    Anthony Lucero, Julie Rubio, and Diana Elizabeth Torres in East Side Sushi (2014)
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    Diana Elizabeth Torres
    Diana Elizabeth Torres
    • Juana
    Yutaka Takeuchi
    Yutaka Takeuchi
    • Aki
    Rodrigo Duarte Clark
    • Apa
    Kaya Jade Aguirre
    • Lydia
    Roji Oyama
    • Mr. Yoshida
    Miyoko Sakatani
    Miyoko Sakatani
    • Mrs. Yoshida
    Lane Nishikawa
    • Jimmy Nishida
    Melissa Locsin
    Melissa Locsin
    • TV Show Coordinator
    James J. Der Jr.
    James J. Der Jr.
    • Kyung
    Bartholomew Wang
    • Robert
    Edwin Li
    • Billy
    Jesus Fuentes
    • Victor
    Kathleen Park
    • Waitress #1
    Sara Matsui-Colby
    Sara Matsui-Colby
    • Waitress #2
    Tomoharu Nakamura
    • Hitoshi Watanabe
    Hiro Makino
    • Frank Yamamoto
    Kosuke Muranaka
    • David Kim
    Dixon Phillips
    Dixon Phillips
    • Mr. Wagner
    • (as Scott Phillips)
    • Director
      • Anthony Lucero
    • Writer
      • Anthony Lucero
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    • Trivia
      The film was shot in real working restaurants on the days they were closed. On the days the restaurants were open, the crew would work from 5am until 11am, just before the Coach Sushi opened up for its lunch patrons. It was also filmed in B Dama Restaurant and Mijori in Oakland, California.
    • Quotes

      Apa: [to Lydia about sushi] Go on, try it. It won't kill you right away.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sushi Master Rates 9 Sushi Scenes in Movies and TV (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      East Side Sushi Score
      Composed and produced by Alex Mandel

      Performed by Alex Mandel

      Strings conducted by Minna Choi & performed by The Magik*Magik Orchestra

      Percussion by David Brandt

      Published by Vineland Records / Modern Works Publishing (ASCAP)

      Record and mixed at 25th Street Recording - Oakland, CA

    User reviews119

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    10/10
    Beautiful inspiring film! REAL LIFE heart! Also bringing two unique cultures together...
    Hollywood can't make this kind of Gold.

    I used to work at a sushi restaurant and the little things in the script is so hilariously true to life... right to the type of customers, the whole having to master cutting cucumber, getting mad at ordering teriyaki at a sushi bar... looking stuff up on craigslist -- the little things! (The only thing I found to be a little unrealistic was how the restaurant getting together during their lunch break(?) feeding their staff nice sushi and rolls... well, I guess they really are a nice restaurant and not stingy to their workers! What luxury...)

    The main lead, Juana, is beautiful!! She sort of reminds me of a young Salma Hayek, but cuter. She's great!

    The main lead's father deserves Best Supporting Actor award; his delivery and reactions are so natural and hilarious... he's immediately very likable.

    Aki, the Japanese chef, (and they actually got a real Japanese guy!) is good too.

    Just great casting overall - very very likable cast, even the young daughter. ('There's a Chinese man at the front door.' haha)

    I love the scene with the main lead and the chef having sake together; great script-writing. To me, that scene was touching (got me teary) and hilarious at the same time bringing up the issue about being a woman and races. (soo funny and true about assistant chefs being Chinese and Korean... 'he smells like ashtray!' haha Koreans love to smoke)

    I love how they intertwine Mexican and Japanese culture together. Very very cool. I really enjoyed it and was engaged the whole time; it went by really fast.

    If you work at a sushi restaurant/love sushi/like Mexican/Japanese cultures, or just want a movie to inspire to go after your dreams, watch it. You'll love it.

    It's funny, cute, touching film that you can enjoy multiple times.

    It's not a big budget movie and perhaps may have a little high quality TV-Movie feel, but who cares. These are the types of movies that's worth watching; real-life conversations and stories people can relate and be inspired to.

    Highly recommend! It has become one of my favorite movies.

    One funny goof I noticed... when the chef asks the girl to help him out with the phone orders, she puts it on regular plates instead of a to-go box. xD

    Oh and when Mr. Yoshida was cutting the cucumber "art" and the customers respond in amazement/kind of sucking up to the chef is sooo funny - that really happens in real life... it's also funny because that cucumber didn't even look amazing at all. What the hell was that? Haha
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    • pinokiyo
    • May 16, 2016

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    • Release date
      • September 18, 2015 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Суши с Ист-Сайд
    • Filming locations
      • Oakland, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Blue Sun Pictures
      • Sparklight Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $50,869
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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