''Mio's Cookbook'' () is a 2020 period romance movie from Japan. Directed by
Haruki Kadokawa
is a Japanese entrepreneur and filmmaker. He is the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa, the founder of the publishing company Kadokawa Shoten. He took over as president of the company in 1975 after his father's death. He entered the film industry as a pro ...
, it was adapted from
Kaoru Takada's novel ''Cookbook of Devotion, Mio’s Cookbook''
The film featured at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival in 2021 and the Australian Japanese Film Festival in 2020.
Plot
The movie starts in 1800, showing the friendship of two young girls, Mio and Noe. A flood destroys Osaka where they live and their lives are both destroyed when they lose their families.
The move then moves forward to 1820, but Mio is working in Edo, the Japanese capital. Mio loves cooking and initially fails at the restaurant she works at because she is cooking Osako style. However, as she innovates, her restaurant starts to take off. After her restaurant is burnt down by rivals, she re-builds and a noble protects her from further harm.
it is then that she is visited by a man representing a famed courtesan, who comes to her for her Osaka styles cooking.
Cast
*Honoka Matsumoto as Mio
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Nao as Noe
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Mayumi Wakamura
Mayumi Wakamura (若村麻由美 ''Wakamura Mayumi'', born on January 3, 1967, in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. She decided to be an actress at age sixteen when she saw a stage production by Tatsuya Nakadai's troupe. Later she joined his ...
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Atsuko Asano
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Yōsuke Kubozuka as Komatsubara
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Yuta Koseki as Gensai Nagata
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Takashi Fujii
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Hironobu Nomura
is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 1984.
Selected filmography Film
TV
Awards
References
External links
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1965 births
Living people
Japanese male film actors
Male actors from Tokyo
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Misa Etō
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Noriko Watanabe
is a Japanese actress and singer. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for '' His Motorbike, Her Island''.
Filmography
See also
*Hiroko Yakushimaru
is a Japanese actress and singer.
Biography
A ...
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Jun Murakami
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka.
He has also appeared in films such as Takahisa Zeze's '' Heaven's Story'' an ...
as Ukichi
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Toshiyuki Nagashima
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Kenichi Matsuyama
is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films ''Death Note'', '' Death Note 2: The Last Name'' and '' L: Change the World'' in 2008. He was ca ...
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Takashi Sorimachi
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the 1998 live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series ''Great Teacher Onizuka'', and the assassin O in Hong Kong action thriller film '' Ful ...
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Takaaki Enoki
is a Japanese actor and artist from Isa District, Kagoshima. He is known for his role as private detective Mitsuhiko Asami in the ''Asami Mitsuhiko Series''. He attended Musashino Art University but left before graduating and joined the Shiki Th ...
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Takeshi Kaga
, real name , is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show ''Iron Chef'' produced by Fuji TV.
Biography
Kaga was born on October 12, 1950, ...
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Hiroko Yakushimaru
is a Japanese actress and singer.
Biography
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, ...
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Kōji Ishizaka
is a Japanese actor.
Ishizaka graduated from Keio University with a Bachelor of Laws, B.L. degree. He serves as a special advisor for the Japan Plamodel Industry Association, and on 23 February 2009, he founded Rowguanes, a plastic model enthus ...
(special appearance)
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Nakamura Shidō II
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 12299728
2020 films
Japanese historical romance films