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Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar is an unusual film, an anti-war
story and also a love story. Bruce(Frank McRae), a black sushi chef,
who is also a Vietnam war vet, is married to Mitsuko(Nancy Kwan), a
Japanese-American woman he met at an anti-war protest. He is fired by
the Japanese sushi restaurant he works in, so he and his wife decide
to open their own sushi bar in Santa Monica. The sushi bar is a big
success, but there are still troubles: she is distraught over her
ex-husband and son she has not seen in years, and he is haunted by his
horrible memories of Vietnam. With their marriage on the rocks, the
two shut down the restaurant, and split to go their separate ways.
Bruce returns to Vietnam to face his nightmares there. Nevertheless,
they continue to write each other, and she follows him to Vietnam in
an attempt to find again the love that they have lost. This film
premiered successfully at the Sundance film festival but unfortunately
has not made it into widespread distribution. Nancy Kwan delivers a
good dramatic performance as Mitsuko. Her wonderful voice over
narration creates sense of versimilitude that is one of the strong
points of the film.
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