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Flavor of Happiness
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Flavor of Happiness

Oct 11, 2008
2h 4m
★ 6.3

Overview

Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in-store branch. The owner of the restaurant, Wang Qingkuo from Shanghai, who does all the cooking by himself, gives Takako the brush-off. One day, however, Wang collapses due to overwork, and is left with partial paralysis. Hearing the rumor of the restaurant’s closure, Takako resigns from the department store and becomes an apprentice to Wang.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Video Company
Video Planning
Sony Music Associated Records Inc.
Toei Company
dentsu
VAP
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

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Cast

Miki Nakatani

Yamashita Takako

Miki Nakatani

Tatsuya Fuji

Wang Qing Kuo

Tatsuya Fuji

Kei Tanaka

Takahashi Akira

Kei Tanaka

Kaoru Yachigusa

Yuriko Nagata

Kaoru Yachigusa

Masahiro Koumoto

Kazuyoshi Ueda

Masahiro Koumoto

Shirō Shimomoto

Shiro Shima

Shirō Shimomoto

Houka Kinoshita

Yoshio Nomura

Houka Kinoshita

Masato Yamada

Ichi Ishida

Masato Yamada

Sei Hiraizumi

Nobuo Miyajima

Sei Hiraizumi

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