Devoted Cookbook
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78% Critic Match

Devoted Cookbook

7.8 / 10 2014NR Japanese
TV Movie

Storyline

It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of “Tsuru-ka”, Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers’ shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to “Tsuru-ka”. Even though Seiemon criticized Mio’s cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily.

Cast & Crew

Keiko Kitagawa

Keiko Kitagawa

Lead
Masahiro Matsuoka

Masahiro Matsuoka

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Shihori Kanjiya

Shihori Kanjiya

Yuta Hiraoka

Yuta Hiraoka

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Hiromasa Taguchi

Hiromasa Taguchi

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Osamu Katayama's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Devoted Cookbook is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker