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Mampuku

2018–2019· 1 season· 15 min episodesNR★ 9.0Ended

On NHK — From NHK · NHK Osaka

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Synopsis

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)

Themes

inventorosaka, japanentrepreneurpost war japanasadorainspirationalfood businessjapanese economic miracleinstant food

Episodes

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  1. E1 Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (1)Next upOct 1, 2018 · 15 min
  2. E2 Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (2)Oct 2, 2018 · 15 min
  3. E3 Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (3)Oct 3, 2018 · 15 min
  4. E4 Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (4)Oct 4, 2018 · 15 min
  5. E5 Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (5)Oct 5, 2018 · 15 min
  6. E6 Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (6)Oct 6, 2018 · 15 min
  7. E7 Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (1)Oct 8, 2018 · 15 min
  8. E8 Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (2)Oct 9, 2018 · 15 min
  9. E9 Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (3)Oct 10, 2018 · 15 min
  10. E10 Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (4)Oct 11, 2018 · 15 min
  11. E11 Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (5)Oct 12, 2018 · 15 min
  12. E12 Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (6)Oct 13, 2018 · 15 min
  13. E13 Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (1)Oct 15, 2018 · 15 min
  14. E14 Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (2)Oct 16, 2018 · 15 min
  15. E15 Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (3)Oct 17, 2018 · 15 min
  16. E16 Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (4)Oct 18, 2018 · 15 min
  17. E17 Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (5)Oct 19, 2018 · 15 min
  18. E18 Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (6)Oct 20, 2018 · 15 min
  19. E19 Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (1)Oct 22, 2018 · 15 min
  20. E20 Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (2)Oct 23, 2018 · 15 min
  21. E21 Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (3)Oct 24, 2018 · 15 min
    Guest stars

    Guest stars: Maeda Yumi (Fuji Tatsuko)

  22. E22 Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (4)Oct 25, 2018 · 15 min
  23. E23 Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (5)Oct 26, 2018 · 15 min
    Guest stars

    Guest stars: Maeda Yumi (Fuji Tatsuko)

  24. E24 Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (6)Oct 27, 2018 · 15 min
    Guest stars

    Guest stars: Maeda Yumi (Fuji Tatsuko)

  25. E25 Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (1)Oct 29, 2018 · 15 min
  26. E26 Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (2)Oct 30, 2018 · 15 min
  27. E27 Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (3)Oct 31, 2018 · 15 min
  28. E28 Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (4)Nov 1, 2018 · 15 min
  29. E29 Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (5)Nov 2, 2018 · 15 min
  30. E30 Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (6)Nov 3, 2018 · 15 min
  31. E31 Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (1)Nov 5, 2018 · 15 min
  32. E32 Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (2)Nov 6, 2018 · 15 min
  33. E33 Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (3)Nov 7, 2018 · 15 min
  34. E34 Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (4)Nov 8, 2018 · 15 min
  35. E35 Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (5)Nov 9, 2018 · 15 min
  36. E36 Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (6)Nov 10, 2018 · 15 min
  37. E37 Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (1)Nov 12, 2018 · 15 min
  38. E38 Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (2)Nov 13, 2018 · 15 min
  39. E39 Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (3)Nov 14, 2018 · 15 min
  40. E40 Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (4)Nov 15, 2018 · 15 min
  41. E41 Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (5)Nov 16, 2018 · 15 min
  42. E42 Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (6)Nov 17, 2018 · 15 min
  43. E43 Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (1)Nov 19, 2018 · 15 min
  44. E44 Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (2)Nov 20, 2018 · 15 min
  45. E45 Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (3)Nov 21, 2018 · 15 min
  46. E46 Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (4)Nov 22, 2018 · 15 min
  47. E47 Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (5)Nov 23, 2018 · 15 min
  48. E48 Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (6)Nov 24, 2018 · 15 min
  49. E49 Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (1)Nov 26, 2018 · 15 min
  50. E50 Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (2)Nov 27, 2018 · 15 min
  51. E51 Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (3)Nov 28, 2018 · 15 min
  52. E52 Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (4)Nov 29, 2018 · 15 min
  53. E53 Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (5)Nov 30, 2018 · 15 min
  54. E54 Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (6)Dec 1, 2018 · 15 min
  55. E55 Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (1)Dec 3, 2018 · 15 min
  56. E56 Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (2)Dec 4, 2018 · 15 min
  57. E57 Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (3)Dec 5, 2018 · 15 min
  58. E58 Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (4)Dec 6, 2018 · 15 min
  59. E59 Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (5)Dec 7, 2018 · 15 min
  60. E60 Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (6)Dec 8, 2018 · 15 min
  61. E61 Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (1)Dec 10, 2018 · 15 min
  62. E62 Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (2)Dec 11, 2018 · 15 min
  63. E63 Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (3)Dec 12, 2018 · 15 min
  64. E64 Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (4)Dec 13, 2018 · 15 min
    Guest stars

    Guest stars: Yamamoto Takuhei (Hiratsuka)

  65. E65 Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (5)Dec 14, 2018 · 15 min
  66. E66 Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (6)Dec 15, 2018 · 15 min
  67. E67 Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (1)Dec 17, 2018 · 15 min
  68. E68 Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (2)Dec 18, 2018 · 15 min
  69. E69 Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (3)Dec 19, 2018 · 15 min
  70. E70 Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (4)Dec 20, 2018 · 15 min
  71. E71 Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (5)Dec 21, 2018 · 15 min
  72. E72 Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (6)Dec 22, 2018 · 15 min
  73. E73 Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (1)Dec 24, 2018 · 15 min
  74. E74 Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (2)Dec 25, 2018 · 15 min
  75. E75 Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (3)Dec 26, 2018 · 15 min
  76. E76 Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (4)Dec 27, 2018 · 15 min
  77. E77 Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (5)Dec 28, 2018 · 15 min
  78. E78 Chapter 14 - Executive Director?! (1)Jan 4, 2019 · 15 min
  79. E79 Chapter 14 - Executive Director?! (2)Jan 5, 2019 · 15 min
  80. E80 Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (1)Jan 7, 2019 · 15 min
  81. E81 Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (2)Jan 8, 2019 · 15 min
  82. E82 Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (3)Jan 9, 2019 · 15 min
  83. E83 Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (4)Jan 10, 2019 · 15 min
  84. E84 Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (5)Jan 11, 2019 · 15 min
  85. E85 Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (6)Jan 12, 2019 · 15 min
  86. E86 Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (1)Jan 14, 2019 · 15 min
  87. E87 Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (2)Jan 15, 2019 · 15 min
  88. E88 Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (3)Jan 16, 2019 · 15 min
  89. E89 Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (4)Jan 17, 2019 · 15 min
  90. E90 Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (5)Jan 18, 2019 · 15 min
  91. E91 Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (6)Jan 19, 2019 · 15 min
  92. E92 Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (1)Jan 21, 2019 · 15 min
  93. E93 Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (2)Jan 22, 2019 · 15 min
  94. E94 Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (3)Jan 23, 2019 · 15 min
  95. E95 Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (4)Jan 24, 2019 · 15 min
  96. E96 Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (5)Jan 25, 2019 · 15 min
  97. E97 Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (6)Jan 26, 2019 · 15 min
  98. E98 Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (1)Jan 28, 2019 · 15 min
    Guest stars

    Guest stars: Nanami Aguri (Gossiping woman)

  99. E99 Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (2)Jan 29, 2019 · 15 min
  100. E100 Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (3)Jan 30, 2019 · 15 min
  101. E101 Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (4)Jan 31, 2019 · 15 min
  102. E102 Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (5)Feb 1, 2019 · 15 min
  103. E103 Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (6)Feb 2, 2019 · 15 min
  104. E104 Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (1)Feb 4, 2019 · 15 min
  105. E105 Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (2)Feb 5, 2019 · 15 min
  106. E106 Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (3)Feb 6, 2019 · 15 min
  107. E107 Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (4)Feb 7, 2019 · 15 min
  108. E108 Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (5)Feb 8, 2019 · 15 min
  109. E109 Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (6)Feb 9, 2019 · 15 min
  110. E110 Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (1)Feb 11, 2019 · 15 min
  111. E111 Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (2)Feb 12, 2019 · 15 min
  112. E112 Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (3)Feb 13, 2019 · 15 min
  113. E113 Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (4)Feb 14, 2019 · 15 min
  114. E114 Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (5)Feb 15, 2019 · 15 min
  115. E115 Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (6)Feb 16, 2019 · 15 min
  116. E116 Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (1)Feb 18, 2019 · 15 min
  117. E117 Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (2)Feb 19, 2019 · 15 min
  118. E118 Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (3)Feb 20, 2019 · 15 min
  119. E119 Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (4)Feb 21, 2019 · 15 min
  120. E120 Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (5)Feb 22, 2019 · 15 min
  121. E121 Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (6)Feb 23, 2019 · 15 min
  122. E122 Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (1)Feb 25, 2019 · 15 min
  123. E123 Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (2)Feb 26, 2019 · 15 min
  124. E124 Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (3)Feb 27, 2019 · 15 min
  125. E125 Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (4)Feb 28, 2019 · 15 min
  126. E126 Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (5)Mar 1, 2019 · 15 min
  127. E127 Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (6)Mar 2, 2019 · 15 min
  128. E128 Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (1)Mar 4, 2019 · 15 min
  129. E129 Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (2)Mar 5, 2019 · 15 min
  130. E130 Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (3)Mar 6, 2019 · 15 min
  131. E131 Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (4)Mar 7, 2019 · 15 min
  132. E132 Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (5)Mar 8, 2019 · 15 min
  133. E133 Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (6)Mar 9, 2019 · 15 min
  134. E134 Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (1)Mar 11, 2019 · 15 min
  135. E135 Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (2)Mar 12, 2019 · 15 min
  136. E136 Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (3)Mar 13, 2019 · 15 min
  137. E137 Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (4)Mar 14, 2019 · 15 min
  138. E138 Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (5)Mar 15, 2019 · 15 min
  139. E139 Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (6)Mar 16, 2019 · 15 min
  140. E140 Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (1)Mar 18, 2019 · 15 min
  141. E141 Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (2)Mar 19, 2019 · 15 min
  142. E142 Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (3)Mar 20, 2019 · 15 min
  143. E143 Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (4)Mar 21, 2019 · 15 min
  144. E144 Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (5)Mar 22, 2019 · 15 min
  145. E145 Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (6)Mar 23, 2019 · 15 min
  146. E146 Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (1)Mar 25, 2019 · 15 min
  147. E147 Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (2)Mar 26, 2019 · 15 min
  148. E148 Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (3)Mar 27, 2019 · 15 min
  149. E149 Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (4)Mar 28, 2019 · 15 min
  150. E150 Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (5)Mar 29, 2019 · 15 min
  151. E151 Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (6)Mar 30, 2019 · 15 min

Cast & crew

Sakura AndoImai (Tachibana) FukukoHiroki HasegawaTachibana ManpeiKeiko MatsuzakaImai SuzuSara OgawaTachibana SachiMotoki NishimuraTachibana GenInoue TakuyaKoda ShigeyukiNao MatsushitaKoda KatsukoMana AshidaNarratorYuki UchidaImai (Onozuka) SakiRyohei OtaniOnozuka ShinichiJun KanameKoda TadahikoKenta KiritaniSera Katsuo

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Reviews · from TMDB members

BillieSep 25, 2026

At first, I thought this was a weepy soap opera. I’m now at episode 36, and Mampuku has become part of my daily viewing. The characters are delightful, and it is a wonderful insight into Japanese culture. It is quite informative about Japan during WW2. Each episode is a mere 20 minutes, so easy to fit in somewhere during the day.