The labour of transforming red adzuki beans into sweet glossy paste, which is then artfully sandwiched between two pancakes and devoured as dorayaki, is at the centre of An, a new film by award-winning director Naomi Kawase.
Sentaro, played by Masatoshi Nagase, runs a quiet bakery selling the Japanese confectionary
• An, in selected cinemas from tomorrow. Watch the trailer here: