Manpuku
| Manpuku | |
|---|---|
Fukiage beach | |
| Original title | まんぷく |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Yasushi Fukuda |
| Directed by | Yoshio Watanabe Mojiri Adachi Keita Hosaka Kazufumi Matsuoka Kei Nakaizumi |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Mana Ashida |
| Opening theme | "Anata to Toulattattta" by Dreams Come True |
| Composer | Kenji Kawai |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 151 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Hitoshi Manabe |
| Producer | Reijirō Horinouchi |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | NHK Osaka |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | October 1, 2018 – March 30, 2019 |
Manpuku (まんぷく), sometimes romanized as Mampuku, is a Japanese television drama series and the 99th Asadora series, following Hanbun, Aoi. It premiered on 1 October 2018, and concluded on 30 March 2019. The series is based on the lives of Momofuku Andō, who invented instant ramen, and his wife Masako. Sakura Ando was selected to play the lead and is the first actress to play an Asadora heroine who is herself a mother.