Manpuku

Details

 * Title: まんぷく
 * Title (romaji): Manpuku
 * Also known as: Mampaku
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Drama
 * Episodes: 151
 * Viewership ratings: 21.4%
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Broadcast period: 2018-Oct-01 to 2019-Mar-30
 * Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00
 * Theme song: Anata to Turattatta♪ by Dreams Come True

Synopsis
The 99th NHK asadora, based on the life of businessman Ando Momofuku who brought instant ramen into this world and his wife, Masako, is the success story of a married couple who lived desperately during the period before the war through the high economic growth era in Osaka. The story is narrated by Ashida Mana, the youngest narrator in the history of asadora.

Cast

 * Ando Sakura as Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
 * Hasegawa Hiroki as Tachibana Manpei
 * Matsushita Nao as Koda Katsuko
 * Kaname Jun as Koda Tadahiko
 * Uchida Yuki as Imai Saki
 * Otani Ryohei as Onozuka Shinichi
 * Matsuzaka Keiko as Imai Suzu
 * Matsui Rena as Kano Toshiko
 * Kiritani Kenta as Sera Katsuo
 * Kataoka Ainosuke as Kagaya Keisuke
 * Hashimoto Manami as Hoshina Megumi
 * Hashizume Isao as Mitamura Ryozo
 * Seto Koji as Kanbe Shigeru
 * Kishii Yukino (岸井ゆきの) as Koda Taka
 * Kureshiro Kumi (呉城久美) as Ikegami Hana
 * Hamano Kenta as Maki Zennosuke
 * Fujiyama Senjiro (藤山扇治郎) as Noro Kokichi
 * Nakao Akiyoshi as Oka Kosuke
 * Ashida Mana as narrator

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Fukuda Yasushi
 * Executive Producer: Manabe Hitoshi (真鍋斎)
 * Producer: Horinouchi Reijiro (堀之内礼二郎)
 * Director: Watanabe Yoshio, Adachi Mojiri (安達もじり)
 * Music: Kawai Kenji