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The Loneliness of the Short-Order Cook (2007)

Directed by Marcel Sawicki

Overview

Living in East Los Angeles and working at a Japanese jazz bar, a young short-order cook faces deportation to Japan when his visa is denied. After what seems to be a connection with a Mexican Bakery worker turns into a misunderstanding, Shin experiences a side of Los Angeles invisible to his social circle of Japanese expats. Subdued and restrained, the film offers an unsentimental and personal portrait of living in between time zones and cultures in a city indicative of a world growing smaller.

Length 22 minutes

Actors

Shin Okuda | Norberto Briceno | Bryan Azeoka