Gochisōsan (2013)

Original title

ごちそうさん

Directed by

Kimura Takafumi, Kobayashi Daiji, Fukuoka Toshitake

Genre

drama television series

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 150 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman moves from Tokyo to Osaka after marrying, adjusting to a new city and learning to cook Japanese cuisine through different eras.

heartfeltnostalgicwarmdeliberateearnestdomesticwholesomegentle

What happens

Gochisōsan (ごちそうさん), released in some countries as Bon Appetit!, is a Japanese television drama series. It first aired from 30 September 2013 to 29 March 2014. It is scripted by Yoshiko Morishita, who wrote such dramas as Jin, and stars Anne Watanabe as Meiko Uno, a woman who lives through the Taisho and Shōwa eras and tries to excel at Japanese cuisine. Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries, moves to Osaka with her husband, and experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka. It is the 89th NHK Asadora. Watanabe and Higashide, the leads, would go on to marry in real life. The word gochisōsan is an informal version of gochisōsama, a term used to thank a host or a cook for a meal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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