Tetsu MAEDA 前田哲
Sukiyaki
極道めし
Nippon Cinema ª
Four occupants of a prison cell have their annual "The best food I ever had"- contest. Whoever tells the most mouth-watering story can choose any dish from the losers' New Year's dinner. New prisoner Kenta refuses to take part in the contest, since he doesn't share equally tasty memories as his cell mates.
極道めし
Gokudo meshi
Japan 2011
108 minutes
Director
Tetsu MAEDA
Script
Daisuke HABARA, Tetsu MAEDA based on a manga by Shigeru TSUCHIYAMA
Cinematography
Sosuke TANIGAWA
Music
Seiji YOSHIOKA
Production
King Records
World sales
Free Stone Productions
Cast
Yu NAGAOKA, Masanobu KATSUMURA, Motoki OCHIAI, Gitaro, Akaji MARO
About Tetsu MAEDA
前田哲
Born in Osaka, Tetsu MAEDA learned his craft as a filmmaker as an assistant director under Juzo ITAMI, Shinji SOMAI, Yoichi SAI and Kiyoshi KUROSAWA, among others. His film SCHOOL DAYS WITH A PIG (2008), which he worked on for more than 13 years, had a successful international festival run and won several awards.