Sweet Bean (2015) | May 29, 1:00 pm

Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the kitchen he reluctantly accepts. She will soon prove to have magic in her hands… – Telescope Film

Director: Naomi Kawase

Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno

Country: Japan, France, Germany

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 53 minutes

Platform: Hoopla

Author: Josh Hornbeck

Josh is the founder of Cinema Cocktail, and he is a writer and director, podcaster and critic, and communications and marketing professional living and working in the greater Seattle area.