East Side Sushi

Name: East Side Sushi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014-03-08
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Diana Elizabeth Torres, Jesus Fuentes, Yutaka Takeuchi, Alejandro Arzciat, Dixon Phillips

2014·Drama·1h 40m

7.0

★

Years of working in the food industry have made Juana, a working-class Latina, a chef of speed and skill. Searching for financial stability, she stumbles into a high-energy, male-dominated Japanese cuisine kitchen. The new atmosphere re-ignites her passions for food and life and makes her hungry to get mixed up in the flavors of this new world.

Directed by Anthony Lucero

underdog

single parent

culture clash

competition

restaurant

sushi

single mother

mexican american

cooking competition

clash of cultures

latina

food competition

japanese restaurant

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Cast

Diana Elizabeth Torres

Juana

Jesus Fuentes

Victor

Yutaka Takeuchi

Aki

James J. Der Jr.

Kyung

Crew

Anthony Lucero

Director

Anthony Lucero

Writer

Popular Reviews

25 reviews

Capree

6.0★ · 02/22/26

My dream culinary journey…cute

soykeilita

7.0★ · 02/08/26

not the point of the story but i was hoping aki and juana would open their own restaurant or something

Dorian

8.0★ · 11/04/25

they’ll tell you this is woke but that’s literally just california

aly

7.0★ · 04/07/25

i love when women prove men WRONG
juana is my GIRL
always getting our names pronounced wrong…..all our work experience is in restaurants (one of them both being a japanese place❤️)……fellow latina queen……and we kinda look alike with our hair down but she looks more like me when i was a little younger like in middle school

Flop Legend

8.0★ · 08/22/23

no unneeded drama, just a woman willing to learn and grow at a japanese restaurant despite a tumultuous upbringing, cultural differences and sexism stepping her way. An exquisite journey.