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 :)