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Japanese television drama , also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thrill ...

series. It first aired from 30 September 2013 to 29 March 2014. It is scripted by Yoshiko Morishita, who wrote such dramas as '' Jin'', and stars

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as Meiko Uno, a woman who lives through the Taisho and Shōwa eras and tries to excel at

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. Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries, moves to Osaka with her husband, and experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka. It is the 89th

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. The word ''gochisōsan'' is an informal version of '' gochisōsama'', a term used to thank a host or a cook for a meal.

Cast

Main characters

as Meiko Nishikado (her maiden name was Uno) **Hana Toyoshima as young Meiko Uno *

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as Yūtarō Nishikado, Meiko's husband **Ryūnosuke Hosoda as young Yūtarō Nishikado *Miyabi Matsuura as Fuku Nishikado, Meiko's daughter **Tomoka Harami as young Fuku Nishikado *

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as Taisuke Nishikado, Meiko's son ** Ryūto Misawa as young Taisuke Nishikado * Daigo Nishihata as Katsuo Nishikado, Meiko's son ** Teruo Ninomiya as young Katsuo Nishikado

Uno family

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as Tora Uno, Meiko's grandmother (also as narrator) *

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as Iku Uno, Meiko's mother * Taizō Harada as Daigo Uno, Meiko's father *Kai Inowaki as Teruo Uno, Meiko's brother *Chiemi Matsutera as Kuma

Nishikado family

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as Shōzō Nishikado, Yutaro's father ** Masahiro Kobori as young Shōzo Nishikado * Yoshiko Miyazaki as Shizu Nishikado ** Saki Furuwa as young Shizu Nishikado * Midoriko Kimura as Kazue Yamashita (her maiden name was Nishikado), Yutaro's older sister *

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as Noriko Kawakubo (her maiden name was Nishikado), Yutaro's younger sister and Keiji's wife ** Yura Arata as young Noriko Nishikado

Others

*Yasuhi Nakamura as Umasuke Takagi *Takashi Yamanaka as Kosai Muroi, Sakurako's husband and Meiko's friend *

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as Sakurako Muroi (her maiden name was Horinohata), Kosai's wife *Abe Yohana as Ayame Muroi, Kosai and Sakurako's eldest daughter **Akira Sugimoto as young Ayame Muroi *Akiko Kimata as Tatsuko Takagi, Umasuke's sister *Mai Miyajima as Tamiko Nogawa, Meiko's friend *Kaoru Okumeki as Mrs. Miyamoto *

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as Genta Izumi, Meiko's childhood friend *

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as Akiko Matsuda **Kotoko Noda as young Akiko Matsuda *Ippei Shigeyama as Keiji Kawakubo, Noriko's husband *Henry Fowler as Kansai ben-speaking GHQ interpreter

International broadcast

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, Sri Lanka,

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and

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: It was aired every Monday to Saturday on

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under the title Bon Appetit!. *It was also broadcast in

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through

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. *The broadcast rights for the drama were sold to Sri Lanka with the intention of dubbing it into

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. *

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: It premiered on

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in 2017. *

: It was aired every Saturday to Sunday on

Thai PBS The Thai Public Broadcasting Service ( th, องค์การกระจายเสียงและแพร่ภาพสาธารณะแห่งประเทศไทย; ), or TPBS ( th, ส.ส.ท.), is a public broadcasti ...

under the title "Bon Appetit! ยอดหญิงยอดเชฟ" *

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: It was aired every night on Tamasha TV under the title "Bon Appetit (نوش جان)"

References

External links

* 2013 Japanese television series debuts 2014 Japanese television series endings Asadora Television series set in restaurants Television shows set in Osaka {{Japan-tv-prog-stub