Film
White on Rice
Cert:(adv 12A)
Dir. Dave Boyle
USA, 83 mins, 2009
Cast: Hiroshi Watanabe, Justin Kwong, 'Nae', Mio Takada, James Kyson Lee
UK Premiere
A notable success with the public (it won the Audience Award at the San Diego Asian Film Festival) and critics (Jury Prize - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) alike over in the States, White on Rice is a most unusual coming of age comedy, in that the individual concerned is 40 rather than 14. Our hero is Jimmy (Watanabe) who, after being chucked out by his wife in Tokyo, seeks refuge with his sister (Nae) and her ill-tempered husband (Takada) in the States. Jimmy bunks up with his 10-year-old child prodigy nephew (Kwong), and spends most of his time seeking a new wife – but let's just say that his social skills, and his English, leave a lot to be desired... Low on budget but consistently high on laughs, the irresistibly genial White on Rice kicks off with a side-splitting parody of martial arts cinema that features voice-work by none other than cult movie legend Bruce Campbell – his presence itself a vote of confidence in sophomore director/co-writer Dave Boyle.
Print source: Tiger Industry Films
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