Flavor of Happiness

2h 4m
Drama
6.3

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.

Cast

Miki Nakatani
Yamashita Takako
Tatsuya Fuji
Wang Qing Kuo
Kei Tanaka
Takahashi Akira
Kaoru Yachigusa
Yuriko Nagata
Masahiro Komoto
Kazuyoshi Ueda
Shirō Shimomoto
Shiro Shima
Houka Kinoshita
Yoshio Nomura
Masato Yamada
Ichi Ishida
Sei Hiraizumi
Nobuo Miyajima

Crew

Mitsuhiro Mihara
Director, Writer, Novel
Ryuji Miyajima
Editor
Akiko Ashizawa
Director of Photography
Kazushi Miki
Producer
Shohei Nishina
Producer
Toshiya Nomura
Producer
Tōichirō Shiraishi
Producer
Haruo Okamoto
Co-Producer
Chie Matsumoto
Production Design
Masaharu Take
Second Unit
Goro Yasukawa
Original Music Composer

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