White on Rice

White on Rice (2009)

Genres - Comedy, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Domestic Comedy  |   Release Date - Sep 11, 2009 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 86 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

A divorced 40-year-old man-child falls for his brother-in-law's pretty niece in writer/director Dave Boyle's lighthearted follow-up to his 2006 feature debut, Big Dreams Little Tokyo. On the heels of his divorce, Jimmy (Hiroshi Watanabe) moves in with his sister Aiko (Yuki Nae) and her family. He's determined to get back on his feet, and attempts to make the best out of the fact that he'll be sharing a room with his ten-year-old nephew, Bob (Justin Kwong), for the time being. Soon thereafter, Jimmy's brother-in-law, Tak (Mio Takada), announces that his niece Ramona (Lynn Chen) will also be coming to stay with the family for a while. Immediately smitten with the lovely Ramona, Jimmy becomes convinced that the two can start a happy new life together. Unfortunately for Jimmy, Ramona is currently involved with his best friend, Tim (James Kyson Lee), and Tak can't wait to have his developmentally arrested, dinosaur-obsessed brother-in-law out of his family's hair for good.

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attraction, brother-in-law, divorce, infatuation, niece, relative, sister