TV series

The Happiness Recipe
2017 · 1 season
A slow, warm immersion into a bygone world of food and loss, rewarding patience with quiet emotional depth.
- Created by
- Takeshi Shibata
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Haru Kuroki, Mirai Moriyama, Kento Nagayama
- Tagline
- A delicious mix of period drama and Japanese cuisine
- Overview
- In 1802, 8-year-old Mio lost her parents in a river flood in Osaka and feels all alone after she is also separated from her childhood friend Noe. She is saved by Yoshi, the proprietress of "Tenman Icchōan", one of Osaka's famous restaurants, whom she happened to meet.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, warm and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Takeshi Shibata
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Haru Kuroki, Mirai Moriyama, Kento Nagayama







