Koto: The Last Service

Director & Producer
BC Arts Council
2021

After nearly 40 years in operation, the family-run Koto Japanese Restaurant is closing down in Campbell River, Canada. Over the course of its final service, the small Vancouver Island community bids farewell in this meditation on how to say goodbye with grace and the legacy of investing care in relationships through sushi.

Photo credit: Milena Salazar; Poster by Steve Chow