The Chef of South Polar

The Chef of South Polar

20092h 5mComedy, DramamovieIMDb 7.0/10

Nishimura has a passion for cooking, but never would he have imagined the task before him now: He is unexpectedly assigned to a south polar mission to serve as head chef at the Dome Fuji station. Leaving wife and daughter behind for a year, he and the other crew members experience one existential crisis after another in the icy cold. And then they run out of Ramen!

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7.0/10IMDb rating

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Last updated: November 8, 2026
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Details

Director
Shuichi Okita
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Release year
2009
Runtime
2h 5m
Type
Movie
Production
Japan

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