Manpuku

Details

Title: まんぷく
Title (romaji): Manpuku
Also known as: Mampaku
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 151 x 15 mins.
Viewership ratings: 1st=23.8, High=23.8, Avg=21.4
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2018-Oct-01 to 2019-Mar-30
Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00
Theme song: Anata to Turattatta♪ by Dreams Come True

Synopsis

The 99th NHK asadora, based on the life of businessman Ando Momofuku who brought instant ramen into this world and his wife, Masako, is the success story of a married couple who lived desperately during the period before the war through the high economic growth era in Osaka. The story is narrated by Ashida Mana, the youngest narrator in the history of asadora.

User/Viewer Ratings

4.00

(one vote)

Cast

Correlation chart

Tachibana Family

Ando Sakura as Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko (heroine)
Hasegawa Hiroki as Tachibana Manpei (Fukuko's husband)
Matsuzaka Keiko as Imai Suzu (Fukuko's mother)
Nishimura Motoki (西村元貴) as Tachibana Gen (Fukuko's son)
- Ninomiya Hikaru as young Gen
- Kubo Ren (久保蓮生) as child Gen
Ogawa Sara as Tachibana Sachi (Fukuko's daughter)
- Miyake Noa as young Sachi

Koda Family

Matsushita Nao as Imai (Koda) Katsuko (Fukuko's elder sister)
Kaname Jun as Koda Tadahiko (Katsuko's husband)
Kishii Yukino as Koda Taka (Katsuko's eldest daughter)
- Matsuda Ichigo (松田苺) as young Taka
- Takeuchi Ko (武内煌) as child Taka
Kawaguchi Shirabe (川口調) as Kanbe Daisuke (Taka's son)
Fukagawa Mai as Koda Yoshino (Katsuko's elder daughter)
- Hamada Yune (濱田優音) as young Yoshino
- Okuno Kokomi (奥野此美) as child Yoshino
- Amimoto Ibuki (網本唯舞葵) as child Yoshino
Matsuoka Ami (松岡亜美) as Oka Asami (Yoshino's daughter)
Inoue Takuya (井上拓哉) as Koda Shigeyuki (Katsuko's younger son)
- Kurita Rintaro (栗田倫太郎) as young Shigeyuki
- Ueda Rinto (上田琳斗) as child Shigeyuki
- Ogino Koki (荻野煌希) as child Shigeyuki
Nakamura Rintaro (中村凛太郎) as Koda Manabu (Katsuko's youngest son)
- Nishimura Runa (西村竜直) as young Manabu
- Takada Yuuki (髙田幸季) as child Manabu

Onozuka Family

Uchida Yuki as Imai (Onozuka) Saki (Fukuko's eldest sister)
Otani Ryohei as Onozuka Shinichi (Saki's husband)
Kochi Machiko as Honjo Yoshimi

Osaka Toyo Hotel

Hashimoto Manami as Hoshina Megumi
Fujiyama Senjiro (藤山扇治郎) as Noro Kokichi
Misumizono Naoki (三角園直樹) as Ban Kenzo
Soganoya Kantaro (曾我廼家寛太郎) as Omaeda Saburo
Narumi (なるみ) as Kashida Utae

Tachibana Salt Industry

Seto Koji as Kanbe Shigeru
Nakao Akiyoshi as Oka Kosuke
Maiguma Katsuya as Morimoto Gen
Maehara Kou as Komatsubara Kanji

Others in Osaka

Hashizume Isao as Mitamura Ryozo (Osaka Chamber of Commerce Chairman)
Bando Hirotaka (阪東浩考) as Mitamura Kansuke (Ryozo's son)
Kataoka Ainosuke as Kajitani Keisuke (Manpei's Business Partner)
Kiritani Kenta as Sera Katsuo ("Sera Shoji" Chairman)
Miyata Yoshinori as Takenohara Daisaku ("Risou Kogyo" Employee)
Matsui Rena as Kano Toshiko (Fukuko's friend)
Kureshiro Kumi (呉城久美) as Ikegami Hana (Fukuko's friend)
Matsuki Kenzo (松木賢三) as Mizushima Kensaku (Hana's husband)
Hamano Kenta as Maki Zennosuke (Dentist)
Suda Masaki as Azuma Taiichi (Lawyer)
Ashida Mana as Narrator

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
Executive Producer: Manabe Itsuki
Producer: Horinouchi Reijiro (堀之内礼二郎)
Director: Watanabe Yoshio, Adachi Mojiri (安達もじり)
Music: Kawai Kenji

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