Movie: Flavor of Happiness

Top 9 Billed Cast

Miki Nakatani
中谷美紀

Yamashita Takako

Tatsuya Fuji
藤竜也

Wang Qing Kuo

Kei Tanaka
田中圭

Takahashi Akira

Kaoru Yachigusa
八千草薫

Yuriko Nagata

Masahiro Komoto
甲本雅裕

Kazuyoshi Ueda

Shirō Shimomoto
下元史朗

Shiro Shima

Houka Kinoshita
木下ほうか

Yoshio Nomura

Masato Yamada
山田雅人

Ichi Ishida

Sei Hiraizumi
平泉成

Nobuo Miyajima

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2008-10-11

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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