PUREHEARTED | Canadian Premiere | Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Fri, Jun 26 · 7:00 PM
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto
Followed by Closing ReceptionMajimu lives in Okinawa with her mother and grandmother who runs a small tofu shop. She is stuck in a dead-end job until one day, two encounters change her life: firstly, a call for entries to the companys internal venture contest; and secondly, her discovery of rum at the bar she always visits with her grandmother. She is captivated by its charm and learns that its key ingredient is sugarcane. Although Okinawa is full of sugarcane, no one is making agricole rum. An