02 Aug 2024
Daly City
An Indonesian boy and his mother attend a church potluck and lie about their dish.
Flavor of Happiness
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.
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中谷美紀 Yamashita Takako
藤竜也 Wang Qing Kuo
田中圭 Takahashi Akira
八千草薫 Yuriko Nagata
甲本雅裕 Kazuyoshi Ueda
下元史朗 Shiro Shima
木下ほうか Yoshio Nomura
山田雅人 Ichi Ishida
平泉成 Nobuo Miyajima
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