Gochisōsan

Gochisōsan (ごちそうさん) is a Japanese television drama series. It first aired from 30 September 2013 to 29 March 2014. It is scripted by Yoshiko Morishita, who wrote such dramas as Jin, and stars Anne Watanabe as Meiko Uno, a woman who lives through the Taisho and Shōwa eras and tries to excel at Japanese cuisine.[1] Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries, moves to Osaka with her husband, and experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and Osaka, as she lives as a mother and wife in Osaka. It is the 89th NHK Asadora.

Gochisōsan
Also known asBon Appetit!
GenreDrama
Written byYoshiko Morishita
Directed byTakafumi Kimura
Tetsuya Watanabe
Yoshiharu Sasaki
StarringAnne Watanabe
Masahiro Higashide
Naomi Zaizen
Taizō Harada
Midoriko Kimura
Tsuyoshi Muro
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Masaomi Kondō
Narrated byKazuko Yoshiyuki
Opening theme"Ame Nochi Hallelujah" by Yuzu
Composer(s)Yoko Kanno
Country of originJapan
Original language(s)Japanese
No. of episodes150
Production
Running time15 minutes
Production company(s)NHK Osaka
Release
Original networkNHK
Original releaseSeptember 30, 2013 (2013-09-30) –
March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29)
External links
NHK Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu Gochisōsan

The word gochisōsan is an informal version of gochisōsama, a term used to thank a host or a cook for a meal.

Cast

Main characters
  • Anne Watanabe as Meiko Nishikado (her maiden name was Uno)
    • Hana Toyoshima as young Meiko Uno
  • Masahiro Higashide as Yūtarō Nishikado, Meiko's husband
    • Ryūnosuke Hosoda as young Yūtarō Nishikado
  • Miyabi Matsuura as Fuku Nishikado, Meiko's daughter
    • Tomoka Harami as young Fuku Nishikado
  • Masaki Suda as Taisuke Nishikado, Meiko's son
    • Ryūto Misawa as young Taisuke Nishikado
  • Daigo Nishihata as Katsuo Nishikado, Meiko's son
    • Teruo Ninomiya as young Katsuo Nishikado

Uno family
  • Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Tora Uno, Meiko's grandmother (also as narrator)
  • Naomi Zaizen as Iku Uno, Meiko's mother
  • Taizō Harada as Daigo Uno, Meiko's father
  • Kai Inowaki as Teruo Uno, Meiko's brother
  • Chiemi Matsutera as Kuma

Nishikado family
  • Masaomi Kondō as Shōzō Nishikado, Yutaro's father
    • Masahiro Kobori as young Shōzo Nishikado
  • Yoshiko Miyazaki as Shizu Nishikado
    • Saki Furuwa as young Shizu Nishikado
  • Midoriko Kimura as Kazue Yamashita (her maiden name was Nishikado), Yutaro's older sister
  • Mitsuki Takahata as Noriko Kawakubo (her maiden name was Nishikado), Yutaro's younger sister and Keiji's wife
    • Yura Arata as young Noriko Nishikado

Others
  • Yasuhi Nakamura as Umasuke Takagi
  • Takashi Yamanaka as Kosai Muroi, Sakurako's husband and Meiko's friend
  • Aki Maeda as Sakurako Muroi (her maiden name was Horinohata), Kosai's wife
  • Abe Yohana as Ayame Muroi, Kosai and Sakurako's eldest daughter
    • Akira Sugimoto as young Ayame Muroi
  • Akiko Kimata as Tatsuko Takagi, Umasuke's sister
  • Mai Miyajima as Tamiko Nogawa, Meiko's friend
  • Kaoru Okumeki as Mrs. Miyamoto
  • Masato Wada as Genta Izumi, Meiko's childhood friend
  • Ai Kato as Akiko Matsuda
    • Kotoko Noda as young Akiko Matsuda
  • Ippei Shigeyama as Keiji Kawakubo, Noriko's husband

International broadcast
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References
  1. "Anne Watanabe to star in NHK's new morning drama". Japan Today. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805000558/http://www.jamco.or.jp/en/symposium/24/5/
Preceded by
Amachan		 Asadora
30 September 2013 – 29 March 2014		 Succeeded by
Hanako to Anne


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