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The Road to Red Restaurant List

2020–2022 · 2 seasons

A gentle, unhurried escape into small culinary adventures that soothes like a warm meal after a long week.

Created by: Hiroto Hara, Sugai Yusuke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Takayuki Hamatsu, Wakana Sakai, Ruka Nishimura

Overview: Suda Tamio is an ordinary salaryman. He experiences various stress throughout his daily life. His only pleasure is to set out on trips to find "Zetsumeshi." Zetsumeshi refers to endangered meals, that may no longer exist in the future. While his wife Kanae and child go attend concerts by their favourite idol groups, he leaves home on Friday after work and returns home Saturday night.
How it feels: Warm, light and melancholic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Work, isolation, family, healing
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Created by: Hiroto Hara, Sugai Yusuke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Takayuki Hamatsu, Wakana Sakai, Ruka Nishimura

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How it feels

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Full breakdown

Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
isolation
family
healing
Places: small town
countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	2
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

Cast

Takayuki HamatsuSuda Tamio
Wakana SakaiSuda Kanae (Tamio's Wife)
Ruka NishimuraSuda Tsumugi (Tamio's Daughter)
Koji YamamotoKaburagi Tsutomu
Kohki OsamuraHoriuchi Masato (Tamio's Junior)
Masayasu KitayamaHikita (Tamio's Boss)
Atsuko HirataUmezawa Takako [Taka-chan Udon owner's mother] (Ep. 1)
Tetsu HiraharaTabuchi [Regular customer] (Ep. 1)
Tamae AndoUmezawa Reiko [Taka-chan Udon employee] (Ep. 1)
Yohta KawaseNanjo [Regular customer] (Ep. 2)
Eita OkunoTaichi [Regular customer] (Ep. 2)
Kaoru IidaWatanabe Tomohiro [Tomiko's son] (Ep. 2)
Toshie NegishiWatanabe Tomiko [Tomi Restaurant owner] (Ep. 2)
Choei TakahashiZenyoji Shizuo [Kochin owner] (Ep. 3)
Toru NomaguchiIkezaki [Tamio's client] (Ep. 4, 9)

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Details

Genres: drama
Created by: Hiroto Hara, Sugai Yusuke
Written by: Hayashi Mori
Starring: Takayuki Hamatsu, Wakana Sakai, Ruka Nishimura, Koji Yamamoto, Kohki Osamura, Masayasu Kitayama, Atsuko Hirata, Tetsu Hirahara
Length: 2 seasons, 20 episodes
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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