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East Side Sushi is a 2014 film starring Diana Elizabeth Torres, released by HBO, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and directed by Anthony Lucero. Juana is a single Mexican-American mother who lives with her young daughter and widowed father in East Oakland, California. She tries a string of jobs ranging from tending her father’s fruit cart to working at Mexican taquerias, and she can slice and dice with speed and precision. After getting robbed while tending the fruit cart, she applies for and is hired as a sous chef at the Japanese restaurant Osaka. She starts off as a kitchen helper, but as her interest in sushi grows, she starts to develop signature sushi dishes on her own time through much trial and error. She also eyes entering a contest called “Champions of Sushi,” which offers a first prize of 20,000 dollars. When a sushi chef quits, Juana is asked to help make sushi dishes. She improves and impresses the veteran chef Aki, to whom she starts to get close. But the Japanese owner refuses to let her work as a sushi chef to “keep the authenticity of the restaurant.” Juana, though keeping her head down at first, demands a chance to become a sushi chef, but the owner, Mr. Yoshida, turns her down because she is a woman and not Japanese. She angrily quits and starts working at a car wash, but is selected as one of four finalists in the “Champions of Sushi” contest, which is televised. She tells Aki the good news and both go on a date, eating mostly Mexican food from food trucks. With the staff at her former restaurant watching her on TV, she puts up a good fight in the contest but ultimately places second. She cries backstage after her defeat. However, she has gained the respect of her fellow competitors that previously mocked her, and Mr. Yoshida. The film ends with a scene of her father and daughter eating at Osaka Restaurant with Aki, and Juana working as a sushi chef. She and Mr. Yoshida drink a toast.
Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.32 Ounces
Item model number : 35220090
Director : Lucero, Anthony
Media Format : AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Run time : 1 hour and 46 minutes
Release date : May 3, 2016
Subtitles: : English, French
Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN : B01A5NZ2MC
Number of discs : 1
