Flavor of Happiness

October. 11,2008      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Miki Nakatani as  Yamashita Takako
Tatsuya Fuji as  Wang Qing Kuo
Kei Tanaka as  Takahashi Akira
Kaoru Yachigusa as  Yuriko Nagata
Masahiro Koumoto as  Kazuyoshi Ueda
Shirō Shimomoto as  Shiro Shima
Houka Kinoshita as  Yoshio Nomura
Sei Hiraizumi as  Nobuo Miyajima
Jiang Wen as  Suo

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