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Mampuku

9.0 / 10

2018

1 season

151 episodes

Drama

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 before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles. (Source: MDL)

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Cast

Sakura Ando

Hiroki Hasegawa

Keiko Matsuzaka

Sara Ogawa

Motoki Nishimura

Inoue Takuya

Seasons

1.Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (1)
01-10-201815m
2.Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (2)
02-10-201815m
3.Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (3)
03-10-201815m
4.Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (4)
04-10-201815m
5.Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (5)
05-10-201815m
6.Chapter 1 - My Marriage is Still Far, Far, Away! (6)
06-10-201815m
7.Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (1)
08-10-201815m
8.Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (2)
09-10-201815m
9.Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (3)
10-10-201815m
10.Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (4)
11-10-201815m
11.Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (5)
12-10-201815m
12.Chapter 2 - ...I'm Not Going to See Him for Now (6)
13-10-201815m
13.Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (1)
15-10-201815m
14.Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (2)
16-10-201815m
15.Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (3)
17-10-201815m
16.Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (4)
18-10-201815m
17.Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (5)
19-10-201815m
18.Chapter 3 - It's Definitely a Lie! (6)
20-10-201815m
19.Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (1)
22-10-201815m
20.Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (2)
23-10-201815m
21.Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (3)
24-10-201815m
22.Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (4)
25-10-201815m
23.Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (5)
26-10-201815m
24.Chapter 4 - I Will Find It for You! (6)
27-10-201815m
25.Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (1)
29-10-201815m
26.Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (2)
30-10-201815m
27.Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (3)
31-10-201815m
28.Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (4)
01-11-201815m
29.Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (5)
02-11-201815m
30.Chapter 5 - You Have to Believe! (6)
03-11-201815m
31.Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (1)
05-11-201815m
32.Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (2)
06-11-201815m
33.Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (3)
07-11-201815m
34.Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (4)
08-11-201815m
35.Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (5)
09-11-201815m
36.Chapter 6 - Are You Making Salt?! (6)
10-11-201815m
37.Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (1)
12-11-201815m
38.Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (2)
13-11-201815m
39.Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (3)
14-11-201815m
40.Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (4)
15-11-201815m
41.Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (5)
16-11-201815m
42.Chapter 7 - I Will Do Something About It! (6)
17-11-201815m
43.Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (1)
19-11-201815m
44.Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (2)
20-11-201815m
45.Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (3)
21-11-201815m
46.Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (4)
22-11-201815m
47.Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (5)
23-11-201815m
48.Chapter 8 - A New Adventure?! (6)
24-11-201815m
49.Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (1)
26-11-201815m
50.Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (2)
27-11-201815m
51.Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (3)
28-11-201815m
52.Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (4)
29-11-201815m
53.Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (5)
30-11-201815m
54.Chapter 9 - That's Wrong, Manpei-san! (6)
01-12-201815m
55.Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (1)
03-12-201815m
56.Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (2)
04-12-201815m
57.Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (3)
05-12-201815m
58.Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (4)
06-12-201815m
59.Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (5)
07-12-201815m
60.Chapter 10 - I Am the Daughter of the Daughter of a Samurai! (6)
08-12-201815m
61.Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (1)
10-12-201815m
62.Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (2)
11-12-201815m
63.Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (3)
12-12-201815m
64.Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (4)
13-12-201815m
65.Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (5)
14-12-201815m
66.Chapter 11 - Manpei's Daneihon! (6)
15-12-201815m
67.Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (1)
17-12-201815m
68.Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (2)
18-12-201815m
69.Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (3)
19-12-201815m
70.Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (4)
20-12-201815m
71.Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (5)
21-12-201815m
72.Chapter 12 - Things Will Work Out Somehow! (6)
22-12-201815m
73.Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (1)
24-12-201815m
74.Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (2)
25-12-201815m
75.Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (3)
26-12-201815m
76.Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (4)
27-12-201815m
77.Chapter 13 - As Long As We're Alive... (5)
28-12-201815m
78.Chapter 14 - Executive Director?! (1)
04-01-201915m
79.Chapter 14 - Executive Director?! (2)
05-01-201915m
80.Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (1)
07-01-201915m
81.Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (2)
08-01-201915m
82.Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (3)
09-01-201915m
83.Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (4)
10-01-201915m
84.Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (5)
11-01-201915m
85.Chapter 15 - Are You Regretting It? (6)
12-01-201915m
86.Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (1)
14-01-201915m
87.Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (2)
15-01-201915m
88.Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (3)
16-01-201915m
89.Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (4)
17-01-201915m
90.Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (5)
18-01-201915m
91.Chapter 16 - All We Can Do Now is Climb Up! (6)
19-01-201915m
92.Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (1)
21-01-201915m
93.Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (2)
22-01-201915m
94.Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (3)
23-01-201915m
95.Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (4)
24-01-201915m
96.Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (5)
25-01-201915m
97.Chapter 17 - It's Ramen! Fukuko! (6)
26-01-201915m
98.Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (1)
28-01-201915m
99.Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (2)
29-01-201915m
100.Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (3)
30-01-201915m
101.Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (4)
31-01-201915m
102.Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (5)
01-02-201915m
103.Chapter 18 - Is It Almost Done?! (6)
02-02-201915m
104.Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (1)
04-02-201915m
105.Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (2)
05-02-201915m
106.Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (3)
06-02-201915m
107.Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (4)
07-02-201915m
108.Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (5)
08-02-201915m
109.Chapter 19 - We've Made 10 or Even 20 Steps Forward! (6)
09-02-201915m
110.Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (1)
11-02-201915m
111.Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (2)
12-02-201915m
112.Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (3)
13-02-201915m
113.Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (4)
14-02-201915m
114.Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (5)
15-02-201915m
115.Chapter 20 - It's Ready, Fukuko! (6)
16-02-201915m
116.Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (1)
18-02-201915m
117.Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (2)
19-02-201915m
118.Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (3)
20-02-201915m
119.Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (4)
21-02-201915m
120.Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (5)
22-02-201915m
121.Chapter 21 - Please Come Up With a Plan (6)
23-02-201915m
122.Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (1)
25-02-201915m
123.Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (2)
26-02-201915m
124.Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (3)
27-02-201915m
125.Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (4)
28-02-201915m
126.Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (5)
01-03-201915m
127.Chapter 22 - Are We Being Too Naïve? (6)
02-03-201915m
128.Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (1)
04-03-201915m
129.Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (2)
05-03-201915m
130.Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (3)
06-03-201915m
131.Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (4)
07-03-201915m
132.Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (5)
08-03-201915m
133.Chapter 23 - A New Product?! (6)
09-03-201915m
134.Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (1)
11-03-201915m
135.Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (2)
12-03-201915m
136.Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (3)
13-03-201915m
137.Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (4)
14-03-201915m
138.Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (5)
15-03-201915m
139.Chapter 24 - All We Can Do Is Wait and See (6)
16-03-201915m
140.Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (1)
18-03-201915m
141.Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (2)
19-03-201915m
142.Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (3)
20-03-201915m
143.Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (4)
21-03-201915m
144.Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (5)
22-03-201915m
145.Chapter 25 - It's Ready, Manpei-san! (6)
23-03-201915m
146.Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (1)
25-03-201915m
147.Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (2)
26-03-201915m
148.Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (3)
27-03-201915m
149.Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (4)
28-03-201915m
150.Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (5)
29-03-201915m
151.Chapter 26 - Let's Go Together! (6)
30-03-201915m

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