I'm Not Cooking Tonight
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Takaya Yamazaki
Betsy Yamazaki
Takaya Yamazaki
Stephen Nunns
Aaron Mendelsohn
Celvia Jones
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Takaya came from Japan to New York to become a movie director. Betsy came from Oklahoma to New York to have fun with her life. Three years after meeting each other at the Department of Motor Vehicles, they decide to make a film about themselves. They hire actors, Ken and Meg, to portray the ups and downs of their relationship, up to the day that determines their marriage: A stranger with a gun holds them hostage while he makes a phone call to his wife. The three are stuck in the apartment and reveal many secrets of their lives.
Director
Takaya Yamazaki
Cast
Betsy Yamazaki
Takaya Yamazaki
Stephen Nunns
Aaron Mendelsohn
Celvia Jones
Julia Gibson
Marylin Salinger
Katsuo Nagasawa
Crew
Kurt Baumgarten
Clyde Baumwell
Tsang Cheng
Melissa Dadourian
Nick Dibeneditto
Steven Gladstone
Ken Krol
Kevin Kuney
Mark Paperno
Damon Skinner
Tamar Stone
Tamar Stone
Masako Takahashi
Joel Tishcoff
Hideaki Tokunaga
Betsy Yamazaki
Betsy Yamazaki
Takaya Yamazaki
Takaya Yamazaki
Takaya Yamazaki
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Feature directorial debut for Japanese-born filmmaker Takaya Yamazaki who received an MFA from New York University in 1990.
Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (U.S. Independent Cinema) June 24 - July 7, 1994.
Shown at Cinequest 1996: The San Jose Film Festival (Asian Film Series) February 1-17, 1996.
Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 3-17, 1995.
16mm
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