countryside,cooking,vegetarian,food,based on manga,lgbt,businesswoman,japanese cuisine,gay theme,gay male lead

Bitter Sweet (2016)

Poster for Bitter Sweet

The best ingredient is a lot of love.

Maki, a creative executive with a deep-seated loathing for vegetables, meets Nagisa, a closeted gay vegetarian with amazing cooking skills and they end up as roommates. Being complete opposites, the two initially clash. But Maki falls for Nagisa and his food over time. As they begin accepting the other as they are, a unique relationship flourishes.

Cast & Crew

Director
Shôgo Kusano
  • Profile picture of Haruna Kawaguchi
    Maki Eda Haruna Kawaguchi
  • Profile picture of Kento Hayashi
    Nagisa Katayama Kento Hayashi
  • Profile picture of Yasushi Fuchikami
    Arita Tachibana Yasushi Fuchikami
  • Profile picture of Mackenyu
    Atsushi Babazono Mackenyu
  • Profile picture of Hiyori Sakurada
    Minami Aoyama Hiyori Sakurada
  • Profile picture of SU
    Master Yatsu SU
  • Profile picture of Hideo Nakano
    Yutaka Eda Hideo Nakano
  • Profile picture of Mako Ishino
    Misao Eda Mako Ishino

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Keywords

  • countryside
  • cooking
  • vegetarian
  • food
  • based on manga
  • lgbt
  • businesswoman
  • japanese cuisine
  • gay theme
  • gay male lead