The Chef of South Polar (2009)

Synopsis The Chef of South Polar (Nankyoku ryôrinin) (2009) 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! ??Nippon Connection Awards: 1 win