Here are some translation and trivia/BG notes for the drama Oishii no Tsukurikata:So far Episode 1 has been released. I am not sure how this drama works but there is no press release or announcement yet as to when the next episode airs, or if it has even been filmed. If you watched Ep1, it seems like the story has pretty much ended and been resolved, and appeared more like an SP, rather than the usual episodic drama. But it did say "episode 1" though in the opening title. It might be a special drama that slowly releases its episodes, so let's wait patiently (What I know is: a similar drama that slowly released its episodes was "Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Season 2: Blue, The Training Arc" which had 2 hour long episodes, released at a slow span of like 5 years).
Meantime, here are some tidbits about the drama.
Director/actor Matsushige Yutaka and the two main stars Kitamura Yukiya (playing chef Mizuhashi) and Non (playing Kana) held a press conference on Oct 3, 2024 shown on YT. It has auto-generated subs so you can watch and understand quite a bit well:
I'm happy to finally sub a drama that has Kitamura Yukiya as the lead star, since he's one of my favorites. In the press con, when asked about his memories of food, the actor shared a moving story about honoring his late father, actor Kitamura Kazuo (who played the stepfather of Oshin in the famous asadora). After his father's death, Kitamura visited the Edo-style sushi restaurant his father used to frequent and asked the chef, "Can you prepare the sushi in the order my father used to eat it?" He recalled, "He brought them out one by one. It was an incredible feeling, and it really hit me." When the last sushi was brought out, the chef exclaimed, "Here is the last one!" with a dramatic flair of finality. It was a kanpyo roll with plenty of wasabi. Kitamura ate it, and revealed that all the emotions from that time came flooding back, saying, "It all came out at once then." Matsushige then commented jokingly that maybe he can incorporate this sushi anecdote in the next episode.
Btw, if you remember, Kitamura already guested in KNG
(Ep 10, Season 5) as the doctor who attended to Goro when Goro checked into a hospital for a back injury.
As you know, Matsushige is the PR ambassador of Fukushima prefecture so you can see some PR promotion going on in this episode.
The resto "Kitchen Osawa" is filmed in Otama Vilage, Adachi District, Fukushima Prefecture. The actual restaurant is "Takanoha", established in 1970, offering Western-style cuisine in a rustic, cozy atmosphere. Matsushige also revealed in his SNS, that the restaurant owners appeared in the drama as a customer couple towards the end of the episode. There were several couples so I don't which one was it.
Address: Araike-4 Oyama, Otama, Adachi District, Fukushima
Other Fukushima endorsements:
Hayama Kogen Pork. A high-quality brand of pork from Fukushima Prefecture raised with a commitment to plant-based feed. Source shown in the drama was Shiota Farm. Address: Ushibone-180 Tamuramachi Nukazuka, Koriyama, Fukushima 963-1242, Japan (
street view)
Exon Pie. The omiyage from Kana's mom. This is a European-style steamed bun (pie bun) made by wrapping a white bean paste filling with walnuts in a fragrant pie crust and baking it. It is one of the product specialties of Sanmangoku Co., Ltd., a long-established confectionery manufacturer headquartered in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Cream Box. The one Tomoko ate with gusto, a beloved soul food snack of Koriyama which is a thick bread slice topped with a creamy sweet milky spread. This was apparently brought from Otomo Bakery (location: 24-9 Toramarumachi, Koriyama, Fukushima), which was also featured in
Ep5, S1 of #IzakayaShinkansen
Matsushige's account of Kaga Mariko. Btw, he is sharing interesting things about making the drama in his
official SNS, including
this story about master class veteran actress Kaga Mariko (playing grandmother Tomoko). They apparently have worked together in the past. He mentions that he worked with her on a taiga drama where she scolded a veteran actor for complaining and delaying production. That drama was the 1997 Taiga, Mori Motonari. I wonder who the veteran actor was...
At the end of the episode, Isomura Hayato reprises his role as Nakagawa Daiki, the assistant producer of "Koko no Gurume" from the KNG movie. It means this drama is part of the KNG universe in which Goro exists lol. It would be interesting to see nursing home director Sugimura and imports businessman Goro meet one day, right? Btw, Matsushige said that he based Isomura's role on real life AD/Director of KNG, Nakayama Daiki.
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