Manpuku (2018)
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 befo...
Rating: 9.0
Genres Drama, Biographical, Historical
Original language: ja
IMDb tt9551792
Stars
Sakura Ando as Tachibana Fukuko
Hiroki Hasegawa as Ando Momofuku
Keiko Matsuzaka as Tachibana's Mother
Sara Ogawa as Tachibana's Friend
Motoki Nishimura as Business Partner
Inoue Takuya as Young Ando
Creators
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Director)
Yoshiko Matsumoto (Producer)
Yoshihiro Nakamura (Writer)
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