OMAKASE: An Asian American LGBT Short Film

A young woman's promising date over a lavish Omakase dinner takes a turn after her mother interrupts with a phone call. Written and Directed by Tristan Au Cast: Mika J. Nakano as Natsumi William Poole as Mark Emily Fan as The Waitress Tomoko Takahashi-Lin as Natsumi’s Mom (Voice) Produced by: Tristan Au, Kayoung Kim, Gaby Sosa Crew: Line Producer: Shelby Davis Art Director: Mar Cox Assistant Art Director: Taemin Kim Hair, Makeup, Wardrobe: Ericka Martinez Assistant Director: Spenser Hoover Director of Photography: Bria Granville 1st Assistant Camera: Cody Rogers 2nd Assistant Camera: Andrew Powers Gaffer: Phillip Bouknight Best Boy: Ace Roth Production Assistant #1/ BTS: Shu-Tong Murray Production Assistant #2: Marcus Phoon Sound Mixer: Steve Fixel Editor: Taemin Kim Score Composer: Curtis Sun Sound Designer: Steve Fixel Colorist: Bria Granville Graphic Designer: Lizzy Bovee Additional Cast: Yena You as Natsumi’s Mom (Stand-in) Ericka Martinez as Server Olivia Kozlevcar as Bartender Kento Horimai as Japanese Radio Host Extras: Shelby Davis, Elise Plonski, Patrick Samaha, Isabel Snyder, Erin Enriques, Marcus Phoon, Spenser Hoover, Andrew Powers Special Thanks to: The Au Family, Shelby Davis, American University School of Communication, Jimmie Ward, Max Kaplow, Crystal Towers Apartments The amazing contributors of “Omakase”: Lucy Chuah, Erika Au, Koby Khoo, B.H. Khoo, Jacqueline Wong, Patrick Samaha, Joe Dizenhuz, Dan Papscun, Cfracasse, Anonymous, Hajjn Gyeltshen, Kristen English, Grace George, Jeonghyun Shin, Bobby Kanter, Marcus Ee, Olivia Kozlevcar, Yuan Ye, Pat Aufderheide, Chung-Wei Huang, Benny Rodriguez, Theresa Steely, Debbie Kokuruda, Sally Mercurio, Natalie Gunawan, Meredith Tan, Heah Sieu How, Alex Halonen, Fernando Rocha Thank you all for watching :)