Flavor of Happiness (2008)
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.
Director: Mitsuhiro Mihara
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Miki Nakatani as Yamashita Takako |
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Tatsuya Fuji as Wang Qing Kuo |
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Kei Tanaka as Takahashi Akira |
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Kaoru Yachigusa as Yuriko Nagata |
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Masahiro Komoto as Kazuyoshi Ueda |
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Shirō Shimomoto as Shiro Shima |
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Houka Kinoshita as Yoshio Nomura |
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Masato Yamada as Ichi Ishida |
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Sei Hiraizumi as Nobuo Miyajima |
| Directing | Mitsuhiro Mihara | Director |
| Writing | Mitsuhiro Mihara | Novel |
| Writing | Mitsuhiro Mihara | Writer |
| Production | Kazushi Miki | Producer |
| Production | Shohei Nishina | Producer |
| Production | Toshiya Nomura | Producer |
| Production | Tōichirō Shiraishi | Producer |
| Editing | Ryuji Miyajima | Editor |
| Art | Chie Matsumoto | Production Design |
| Crew | Masaharu Take | Second Unit |
| Camera | Akiko Ashizawa | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Goro Yasukawa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Haruo Okamoto | Co-Producer |
