Chimudondon

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Chimudondon

Details

• Title: ちむどんどん
• Title (romaji): Chimudondon
• Also known as: Chimu Dondon / Excited Feelings (Okinawan Dialect)
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama, Life, Family, Friendship, Food
• Episodes: TBD
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2022-Apr-11 to 2022-Oct-??
• Air time: Mon-Fri 8:00
• Theme song: Sansan by Miura Daichi

Synopsis

Higa Nobuko is the second daughter of a sugar cane farmer and grew up in a village located in northern part of Okinawa. After Okinawa returned to Japan in 1972, Nobuko graduated from high school and went to Tokyo to improve her culinary skills. There, she will challenge herself and showcase the Okinawan cuisine to the locals.

User/Viewer Ratings

3.57

(7 votes)

Cast

Higa Family Kuroshima Yuina as Higa Nobuko (Heroine) Inagaki Kurumi as young Nobuko Nakama Yukie as Higa Yuko (Nobuko's mother) Omori Nao as Higa Kenzo (Nobuko's father) Ryusei Ryo as Higa Kenshu (Nobuko's elder brother) Asakawa Daiji as young Kenshu Kawaguchi Haruna as Higa Ryoko (Nobuko's elder sister) Tsuchiya Kino as young Ryoko Kamishiraishi Moka as Higa Utako (Nobuko's younger sister) Fuse Airi as young Utako Aoyagi Family Miyazawa Hio as Aoyagi Kazuhiko (Nobuko's childhood friend) Tanaka Kanau as young Kazuhiko Totsugi Shigeyuki as Aoyagi Fumihiko (Kazuhiko's father) Sunagawa Family / Tofu Sunagawa Maeda Goki as Sunagawa Satoru (Higa's family friend) Miyashita Yuzuto as young Satoru Fujita Mikako (藤田美歌子) as Sunagawa Tamayo (Satoru's mother) Nohara Ichita (野原壱太) as Sunagawa Akira (Satoru's younger brother) Asada Halo as Sunagawa Sachiko (Satoru's younger sister) Maeda Family / Village's Joint Store Yamaji Kazuhiro as Maeda Zenichi (Higa's family friend) Higashi Yuki as Maeda Kiyo (Zenichi's wife) Takada Kaho as Maeda Sanae (Zenichi's daughter) Yoshizawa Ririka as young Sanae Matsubara Masataka (松原正隆) as Mamoru (Joint Store staff) Yanbaru Elementary/Middle School Shimizu Shin as Nobuko's elementary school teacher Yoshida Hyuga as Shimabukuro Takashi (Kenshu's middle school classmate) Nishiyama Maki (西山真来) as Ryoko's co-worker Yanbaru High School Akimoto Ryutarou as Shinjo Masao (Nobuko's high school classmate) Hirahara Tetsu (平原テツ) as Miyazato (Cooking club's advisor) INoue Himawari (井上向日葵) as Cooking club's member Murata Hirona (村田寛奈) as Cooking club's member Inokuchi Akiyo (伊之口陽葉) as Cooking club's member Katagiri Hairi as Shimoji Kyoko (Utako's high school music teacher) Kyoka as Nakamura Eiko (Utako's high school friend) Other People in Yanbaru Village, Okinawa Yamada Yuki as Ishikawa Hiroo (Ryoko's high school friend) Matsuda Ruka as Agarie Satomi (Ryoko's high school friend) Enokida Takato (榎田貴斗) as Uehara Seiji (Ryoko's high school friend) Ishimaru Kenjiro as Higa Kenkichi (Kenzo's elder brother) Tsuchiya Mihoko as Higa Kazue (Kenkichi's wife) Urashima Santaro (浦島三太朗) as Takehiro (Police officer) Watanabe Daichi as Kina Kingo (Village resident) Kyan Hitomi (きゃんひとみ) as Aragaki (Village resident) Ameku Michiko as Amuro (Village resident) Tokito Yuki as Majikina Hideki (Village resident) Iwaya Kenji as Hideki's father (Majikina Tradings' president) Inari Takuo (稲荷卓央) as Majikina Tradings' director Kawata Hiroki as Sunset Burger's owner Takubo Munetoshi (田久保宗稔) as Ganaha Yoshiaki (Investor) Ikema Natsumi (池間夏海) as Yara Hitomi (Minami Yanbaru High School student) Mizushima Rin (水嶋凜) as Minami Yanbaru High School student Kudo Mio as Minami Yanbaru High School student Takahashi Hiroshi (高橋ひろし) as Hitomi's father

Italian Restaurant "Alla Fontana" (Tokyo) Harada Mieko as Ohshiro Fusako (Restaurant owner) Takashima Masanobu as Futatsubashi Kouji (Head chef) Inowaki Kai as Yahagi Tomohiro (Chef) Kido Kenta (城戸健太) as Egawa Akira (Chef) Watanabe Sho (渡辺翔) as Nagayama Yasujiro (Chef) Ikeda Koh (池田航) as Momoki Yuzo (Chef) Sakurai Keisuke as Tamashima Masahiro (Chef) Akino Masakazu (阿岐之将一) as Yamabe Sadao (Staff) Kenshu's Pig Farm (Tokyo) Nakahara Takeo as Ino Tomohiro (Pig farm owner) Satsukawa Aimi as Ino Kiyoe (Tomohiro's daughter) Kazuhiko's News Company (Tokyo) Yamanaka Takashi as Tarashima Jinnai (News company boss) Iitoyo Marie as Aono Ai (News reporter) People in Tokyo & Tsurumi Kataoka Tsurutaro as Taira Saburo (President of Okinawa Association of Tsurumi) Nagano Satomi as Taira Tae (Saburo's wife) Fujiki Hayato as Kaneshiro Junji (Nobuko's boarding house owner) Shirusa (しるさ) as Kaneshiro Tomi (Junji's daughter)

Production Credits

• Narrator: Jon Kabira (ジョン・カビラ)
• Screenwriter: Habara Daisuke
• Producer: Takahashi Yukako (高橋優香子), Matsuda Yasunori (松田恭典), Kawaguchi Shunsuke (川口俊介), Suzuki Aoi (鈴木葵)
• Director: Kimura Takafumi (木村隆文), Shoen Takehiro (松園武大), Nakano Ryohei (中野亮平)
• Music: Okabe Keiichi (岡部啓一), Takada Ryuichi (高田龍一), Hoashi Keigo (帆足圭吾)

Notes

• Chimudondon is a work to mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa's return to Japan in 1972.

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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