Manpuku

Name: Manpuku
Genre: Drama
Released: 2018-10-01

Genre:
Drama

Release Date: October 1, 2018

Original name: まんぷく

Status: Ended

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 151

Running time: 15m

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Plot.

Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles. (Source: MDL)

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This TV Show Is About.

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asadora

Cast & Crew.

Sakura Ando

Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko / Creator / Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko

Hiroki Hasegawa

Tachibana Manpei / Creator / Tachibana Manpei

Keiko Matsuzaka

Imai Suzu / Creator / Imai Suzu

Charles Glover

Mr. Brown

Sara Ogawa

Tachibana Sachi / Tachibana Sachi

Motoki Nishimura

Tachibana Gen / Tachibana Gen

DREAMS COME TRUE

Theme Song Performance / Theme Song Performance

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Manpuku (まんぷく), sometimes romanized as Mampuku, is a Japanese television drama series and the 99th Asadora series, following Hanbun, Aoi. It premiered on 1 October 2018, and concluded on 30 March 2019. The series is based on the lives of Momofuku Andō, who invented instant ramen, and his wife Masako. Sakura Ando was selected to play the lead and is the first actress to play an Asadora heroine who is herself a mother.