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Dec 1, 2009 · Based on the true story of a so-called “abacus samurai” accountant in the once-powerful Kaga fiefdom who struggled to support his wife and family in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Mar 17, 2014 · Originally a lowly maid, the young woman finds herself married to Yasunobu Dennai (Kengo Kora, Millennium Rapture) at the behest of his father, the Maeda warlord clan’s head chef Dennai Funaki...
- Clarence Tsui
Dec 14, 2013 · In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu.
Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu (Kengo Kora), who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless, Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharu's mother-in-law Mitsuru (Kimiko Yo), she begins to teach Yasunobu how to cook.
Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma (Yukie Nakama) suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates. Notes Based on novel "Bushi no Kakeibo (Kaga-han Gosanyomono) no Bakumatsu Ishin" by Michifumi Isoda (published April 10, 2003 by Shinchosha).
Michio Kashiwada is known for Issa (2022), Goth (2008) and A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story (2013).
Dec 4, 2010 · Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates. Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting.
