The Taste of Tea
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The Taste of Tea is a whimsical and contemplative Japanese film that blends magical realism and family drama, directed by Katsuhito Ishii and featuring actor Tadanobu Asano.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Taste of Tea canonical | 2 |
| The Taste of Tea（茶の味） | 1 |
| 茶の味 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9994981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Taste of Tea Context triple: [Tadanobu Asano, notableWork, The Taste of Tea]
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A.
Time for Tea
"Time for Tea" is a song featured on the jazz vocalist Stacey Kent’s album *The Art of Elegance*.
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B.
The Tea
The Tea is an 1880 oil painting by American Impressionist Mary Cassatt that depicts two women in a refined domestic interior, exemplifying her focus on the private lives of women.
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C.
Eat a Bowl of Tea
Eat a Bowl of Tea is a 1989 film adaptation of Louis Chu’s novel that explores Chinese American life and generational conflict in New York’s Chinatown after World War II.
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D.
Tomake Chai
Tomake Chai is a landmark Bengali music album by singer-songwriter Kabir Suman that revolutionized modern Bengali songwriting and urban acoustic music in the early 1990s.
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E.
Kerketeas
Kerketeas is a prominent mountain on the Greek island of Samos, known for its rugged terrain and significant elevation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Taste of Tea Target entity description: The Taste of Tea is a whimsical and contemplative Japanese film that blends magical realism and family drama, directed by Katsuhito Ishii and featuring actor Tadanobu Asano.
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A.
Time for Tea
"Time for Tea" is a song featured on the jazz vocalist Stacey Kent’s album *The Art of Elegance*.
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B.
The Tea
The Tea is an 1880 oil painting by American Impressionist Mary Cassatt that depicts two women in a refined domestic interior, exemplifying her focus on the private lives of women.
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C.
Eat a Bowl of Tea
Eat a Bowl of Tea is a 1989 film adaptation of Louis Chu’s novel that explores Chinese American life and generational conflict in New York’s Chinatown after World War II.
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D.
Tomake Chai
Tomake Chai is a landmark Bengali music album by singer-songwriter Kabir Suman that revolutionized modern Bengali songwriting and urban acoustic music in the early 1990s.
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E.
Kerketeas
Kerketeas is a prominent mountain on the Greek island of Samos, known for its rugged terrain and significant elevation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Yukihiro Okimura ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| director | Katsuhito Ishii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Asmik Ace Entertainment ⓘ |
| editedBy | Katsuhito Ishii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Akira Todoroki
ⓘ
Hajime Haruno ⓘ Nobuo Haruno NERFINISHED ⓘ Sachiko Haruno ⓘ |
| featuresMotif | tea and countryside landscapes ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | the Haruno family ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ magical realism film ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle | Cha no Aji ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coming of age
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ imagination and inner life ⓘ rural life in Japan ⓘ |
| musicBy | Yoshihiro Ike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | everyday life with surreal elements ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of magical realism and slice-of-life storytelling
ⓘ
idiosyncratic visual style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
茶の味
ⓘ
linked to:
The Taste of Tea
|
| posterTaglineLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| producer | Nobuo Kawakami ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 143 ⓘ |
| screenedAt | Cannes Film Festival ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Katsuhito Ishii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sectionScreenedIn |
Directors' Fortnight at Cannes
ⓘ
linked to:
Directors’ Fortnight
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| setIn | Tochigi Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Anna Tsuchiya
ⓘ
Maya Banno ⓘ Ryo Kase NERFINISHED ⓘ Satomi Tezuka ⓘ Tadanobu Asano ⓘ Tatsuya Gashûin ⓘ Tomokazu Miura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Taste of Tea Description of subject: The Taste of Tea is a whimsical and contemplative Japanese film that blends magical realism and family drama, directed by Katsuhito Ishii and featuring actor Tadanobu Asano.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Taste of Tea