FILM REVIEW - AKANEZORA: Beyond the Crimson Sky

Description:
Set in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in mid-18th century, the story unfolds as a young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid b
Taormina Film Festival (competition) 2007