Manpuku

Manpuku
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Original titleまんぷく
GenreDrama
Written byYasushi Fukuda
Directed byYoshio Watanabe
Mojiri Adachi
Keita Hosaka
Kazufumi Matsuoka
Kei Nakaizumi
Starring
Narrated byMana Ashida
Opening theme"Anata to Toulattattta" by Dreams Come True
ComposerKenji Kawai
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes151
Production
Executive producerHitoshi Manabe
ProducerReijirō Horinouchi
Running time15 minutes
Production companyNHK Osaka
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseOctober 1, 2018 (2018-10-01) –
March 30, 2019 (2019-03-30)
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Manpuku (まんぷく), sometimes romanized as Mampuku, is a Japanese television drama series and the 99th Asadora series, following Hanbun, Aoi. It premiered on 1 October 2018, and concluded on 30 March 2019. The series is based on the lives of Momofuku Andō, who invented instant ramen, and his wife Masako.[1] Sakura Ando was selected to play the lead and is the first actress to play an Asadora heroine who is herself a mother.[2]

  1. ^ "朝ドラ『まんぷく』のモデル「安藤百福」の本当の素顔とは". 週刊現代 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ "朝ドラ:「まんぷく」ヒロインに安藤サクラさん - 毎日新聞". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 October 2018.