Kitchen

Year: 1989

Runtime: 106 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Yoshimitsu Morita

RomanceDrama

Mikage, orphaned at a young age and later left alone after her grandmother’s death, finds comfort in cooking. Yuichi, a friend of her late grandmother, invites her to live with him and his mother, but Mikage soon discovers that Yuichi’s “mother” is actually his cross‑dressing father. The kitchen itself brims with meticulously detailed gadgets, reflecting a deep, loving devotion to the art of food preparation.

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