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Mampuku

TV·2018–2019·1 season, 151 episodes·NHK·Drama·15m·Created by Sakura Ando, Hiroki Hasegawa, Keiko Matsuzaka

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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)

Cast

Sakura AndoSakura AndoImai (Tachibana) FukukoHiroki HasegawaHiroki HasegawaTachibana ManpeiKeiko MatsuzakaKeiko MatsuzakaImai SuzuSara OgawaSara OgawaTachibana SachiMotoki NishimuraMotoki NishimuraTachibana GenInoue TakuyaInoue TakuyaKoda Shigeyuki (Katsuko's younger son)

Episodes by season

Season01151Episodes2018–19Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Mampuku S01E01Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (1)October 1, 2018—
  2. S01E02Mampuku S01E02Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (2)October 2, 2018—
  3. S01E03Mampuku S01E03Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (3)October 3, 2018—
  4. S01E04Mampuku S01E04Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (4)October 4, 2018—
  5. S01E05Mampuku S01E05Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (5)October 5, 2018—
  6. S01E06Mampuku S01E06Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (6)October 6, 2018—
  7. S01E07Mampuku S01E07Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (1)October 8, 2018—
  8. S01E08Mampuku S01E08Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (2)October 9, 2018—
  9. S01E09Mampuku S01E09Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (3)October 10, 2018—
  10. S01E10Mampuku S01E10Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (4)October 11, 2018—
  11. S01E11Mampuku S01E11Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (5)October 12, 2018—
  12. S01E12Mampuku S01E12Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (6)October 13, 2018—
  13. S01E13Mampuku S01E13Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (1)October 15, 2018—
  14. S01E14Mampuku S01E14Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (2)October 16, 2018—
  15. S01E15Mampuku S01E15Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (3)October 17, 2018—
  16. S01E16Mampuku S01E16Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (4)October 18, 2018—
  17. S01E17Mampuku S01E17Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (5)October 19, 2018—
  18. S01E18Mampuku S01E18Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (6)October 20, 2018—
  19. S01E19Mampuku S01E19Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (1)October 22, 2018—
  20. S01E20Mampuku S01E20Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (2)October 23, 2018—
  21. S01E21Mampuku S01E21Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (3)October 24, 2018—
  22. S01E22Mampuku S01E22Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (4)October 25, 2018—
  23. S01E23Mampuku S01E23Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (5)October 26, 2018—
  24. S01E24Mampuku S01E24Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (6)October 27, 2018—
  25. S01E25Mampuku S01E25Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (1)October 29, 2018—
  26. S01E26Mampuku S01E26Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (2)October 30, 2018—
  27. S01E27Mampuku S01E27Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (3)October 31, 2018—
  28. S01E28Mampuku S01E28Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (4)November 1, 2018—
  29. S01E29Mampuku S01E29Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (5)November 2, 2018—
  30. S01E30Mampuku S01E30Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (6)November 3, 2018—
  31. S01E31Mampuku S01E31Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (1)November 5, 2018—
  32. S01E32Mampuku S01E32Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (2)November 6, 2018—
  33. S01E33Mampuku S01E33Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (3)November 7, 2018—
  34. S01E34Mampuku S01E34Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (4)November 8, 2018—
  35. S01E35Mampuku S01E35Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (5)November 9, 2018—
  36. S01E36Mampuku S01E36Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (6)November 10, 2018—
  37. S01E37Mampuku S01E37Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (1)November 12, 2018—
  38. S01E38Mampuku S01E38Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (2)November 13, 2018—
  39. S01E39Mampuku S01E39Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (3)November 14, 2018—
  40. S01E40Mampuku S01E40Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (4)November 15, 2018—
  41. S01E41Mampuku S01E41Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (5)November 16, 2018—
  42. S01E42Mampuku S01E42Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (6)November 17, 2018—
  43. S01E43Mampuku S01E43Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (1)November 19, 2018—
  44. S01E44Mampuku S01E44Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (2)November 20, 2018—
  45. S01E45Mampuku S01E45Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (3)November 21, 2018—
  46. S01E46Mampuku S01E46Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (4)November 22, 2018—
  47. S01E47Mampuku S01E47Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (5)November 23, 2018—
  48. S01E48Mampuku S01E48Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (6)November 24, 2018—
  49. S01E49Mampuku S01E49Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (1)November 26, 2018—
  50. S01E50Mampuku S01E50Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (2)November 27, 2018—
  51. S01E51Mampuku S01E51Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (3)November 28, 2018—
  52. S01E52Mampuku S01E52Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (4)November 29, 2018—
  53. S01E53Mampuku S01E53Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (5)November 30, 2018—
  54. S01E54Mampuku S01E54Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (6)December 1, 2018—
  55. S01E55Mampuku S01E55Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (1)December 3, 2018—
  56. S01E56Mampuku S01E56Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (2)December 4, 2018—
  57. S01E57Mampuku S01E57Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (3)December 5, 2018—
  58. S01E58Mampuku S01E58Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (4)December 6, 2018—
  59. S01E59Mampuku S01E59Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (5)December 7, 2018—
  60. S01E60Mampuku S01E60Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (6)December 8, 2018—
  61. S01E61Mampuku S01E61Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (1)December 10, 2018—
  62. S01E62Mampuku S01E62Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (2)December 11, 2018—
  63. S01E63Mampuku S01E63Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (3)December 12, 2018—
  64. S01E64Mampuku S01E64Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (4)December 13, 2018—
  65. S01E65Mampuku S01E65Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (5)December 14, 2018—
  66. S01E66Mampuku S01E66Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (6)December 15, 2018—
  67. S01E67Mampuku S01E67Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (1)December 17, 2018—
  68. S01E68Mampuku S01E68Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (2)December 18, 2018—
  69. S01E69Mampuku S01E69Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (3)December 19, 2018—
  70. S01E70Mampuku S01E70Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (4)December 20, 2018—
  71. S01E71Mampuku S01E71Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (5)December 21, 2018—
  72. S01E72Mampuku S01E72Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (6)December 22, 2018—
  73. S01E73Mampuku S01E73Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (1)December 24, 2018—
  74. S01E74Mampuku S01E74Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (2)December 25, 2018—
  75. S01E75Mampuku S01E75Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (3)December 26, 2018—
  76. S01E76Mampuku S01E76Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (4)December 27, 2018—
  77. S01E77Mampuku S01E77Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (5)December 28, 2018—
  78. S01E78Mampuku S01E78Chapter 14 - Executive Director?! (1)January 4, 2019—
  79. S01E79Mampuku S01E79Chapter 14 - Executive Director?! (2)January 5, 2019—
  80. S01E80Mampuku S01E80Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (1)January 7, 2019—
  81. S01E81Mampuku S01E81Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (2)January 8, 2019—
  82. S01E82Mampuku S01E82Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (3)January 9, 2019—
  83. S01E83Mampuku S01E83Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (4)January 10, 2019—
  84. S01E84Mampuku S01E84Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (5)January 11, 2019—
  85. S01E85Mampuku S01E85Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (6)January 12, 2019—
  86. S01E86Mampuku S01E86Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (1)January 14, 2019—
  87. S01E87Mampuku S01E87Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (2)January 15, 2019—
  88. S01E88Mampuku S01E88Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (3)January 16, 2019—
  89. S01E89Mampuku S01E89Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (4)January 17, 2019—
  90. S01E90Mampuku S01E90Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (5)January 18, 2019—
  91. S01E91Mampuku S01E91Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (6)January 19, 2019—
  92. S01E92Mampuku S01E92Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (1)January 21, 2019—
  93. S01E93Mampuku S01E93Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (2)January 22, 2019—
  94. S01E94Mampuku S01E94Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (3)January 23, 2019—
  95. S01E95Mampuku S01E95Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (4)January 24, 2019—
  96. S01E96Mampuku S01E96Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (5)January 25, 2019—
  97. S01E97Mampuku S01E97Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (6)January 26, 2019—
  98. S01E98Mampuku S01E98Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (1)January 28, 2019—
  99. S01E99Mampuku S01E99Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (2)January 29, 2019—
  100. S01E100Mampuku S01E100Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (3)January 30, 2019—
  101. S01E101Mampuku S01E101Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (4)January 31, 2019—
  102. S01E102Mampuku S01E102Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (5)February 1, 2019—
  103. S01E103Mampuku S01E103Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (6)February 2, 2019—
  104. S01E104Mampuku S01E104Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (1)February 4, 2019—
  105. S01E105Mampuku S01E105Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (2)February 5, 2019—
  106. S01E106Mampuku S01E106Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (3)February 6, 2019—
  107. S01E107Mampuku S01E107Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (4)February 7, 2019—
  108. S01E108Mampuku S01E108Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (5)February 8, 2019—
  109. S01E109Mampuku S01E109Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (6)February 9, 2019—
  110. S01E110Mampuku S01E110Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (1)February 11, 2019—
  111. S01E111Mampuku S01E111Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (2)February 12, 2019—
  112. S01E112Mampuku S01E112Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (3)February 13, 2019—
  113. S01E113Mampuku S01E113Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (4)February 14, 2019—
  114. S01E114Mampuku S01E114Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (5)February 15, 2019—
  115. S01E115Mampuku S01E115Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (6)February 16, 2019—
  116. S01E116Mampuku S01E116Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (1)February 18, 2019—
  117. S01E117Mampuku S01E117Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (2)February 19, 2019—
  118. S01E118Mampuku S01E118Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (3)February 20, 2019—
  119. S01E119Mampuku S01E119Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (4)February 21, 2019—
  120. S01E120Mampuku S01E120Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (5)February 22, 2019—
  121. S01E121Mampuku S01E121Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (6)February 23, 2019—
  122. S01E122Mampuku S01E122Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (1)February 25, 2019—
  123. S01E123Mampuku S01E123Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (2)February 26, 2019—
  124. S01E124Mampuku S01E124Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (3)February 27, 2019—
  125. S01E125Mampuku S01E125Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (4)February 28, 2019—
  126. S01E126Mampuku S01E126Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (5)March 1, 2019—
  127. S01E127Mampuku S01E127Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (6)March 2, 2019—
  128. S01E128Mampuku S01E128Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (1)March 4, 2019—
  129. S01E129Mampuku S01E129Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (2)March 5, 2019—
  130. S01E130Mampuku S01E130Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (3)March 6, 2019—
  131. S01E131Mampuku S01E131Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (4)March 7, 2019—
  132. S01E132Mampuku S01E132Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (5)March 8, 2019—
  133. S01E133Mampuku S01E133Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (6)March 9, 2019—
  134. S01E134Mampuku S01E134Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (1)March 11, 2019—
  135. S01E135Mampuku S01E135Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (2)March 12, 2019—
  136. S01E136Mampuku S01E136Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (3)March 13, 2019—
  137. S01E137Mampuku S01E137Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (4)March 14, 2019—
  138. S01E138Mampuku S01E138Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (5)March 15, 2019—
  139. S01E139Mampuku S01E139Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (6)March 16, 2019—
  140. S01E140Mampuku S01E140Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (1)March 18, 2019—
  141. S01E141Mampuku S01E141Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (2)March 19, 2019—
  142. S01E142Mampuku S01E142Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (3)March 20, 2019—
  143. S01E143Mampuku S01E143Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (4)March 21, 2019—
  144. S01E144Mampuku S01E144Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (5)March 22, 2019—
  145. S01E145Mampuku S01E145Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (6)March 23, 2019—
  146. S01E146Mampuku S01E146Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (1)March 25, 2019—
  147. S01E147Mampuku S01E147Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (2)March 26, 2019—
  148. S01E148Mampuku S01E148Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (3)March 27, 2019—
  149. S01E149Mampuku S01E149Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (4)March 28, 2019—
  150. S01E150Mampuku S01E150Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (5)March 29, 2019—
  151. S01E151Mampuku S01E151Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (6)March 30, 2019—

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