Episode 1 - Episode 1
March 8, 2013
• 65 minutes
Toshiyuki Umino and his wife Chiyoko were born and raised in Japanese-occupied Busan. After the war, they endeavor to make mentaiko in their homeland.
Episode 1 - Episode 1
August 5, 2013
• 13 minutes
The Uminos own a grocery store named Fukunoya in Nakasu. Toshiyuki buys a popsicle machine for business, but abruptly abandons the idea altogether.
Episode 2 - Episode 2
August 6, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki is at a loss after giving up the popsicle idea. He recalls the taste of mentai at the Choryang Market in Busan and tries to recreate it.
Episode 3 - Episode 3
August 7, 2013
• 13 minutes
The manager of a famous Chinese restaurant wants to make a deal with Fukunoya. Meanwhile, Chiyoko bumps into an old friend from her school days.
Episode 4 - Episode 4
August 8, 2013
• 13 minutes
Chiyoko’s classmate from her Busan days tries a taste of the mentaiko and spits it out. Toshiyuki starts working even harder to perfect his mentai.
Episode 5 - Episode 5
August 12, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki is just about to give up on making mentai when something reignites his passion again. There is talk of reviving the Yamakasa festival.
Episode 6 - Episode 6
August 13, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki feels dejected when no one buys the homemade mentai he starts to sell. The store sales money vanishes just as finances are running low.
Episode 7 - Episode 7
August 14, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki struggles to produce satisfactory mentai. Meanwhile, a promise is made to treat the local gang leader to some delicious mentai.
Episode 8 - Episode 8
August 15, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki sees the wife of a former soldier. He is moved when she gives him jellied sweets from her husband’s shop, and offers some mentai in return.
Episode 9 - Episode 9
August 19, 2013
• 13 minutes
Chiyoko starts working with Michie, a woman Toshiyuki brought over from the cabaret. A product very similar to the Fukunoya mentaiko is found.
Episode 10 - Episode 10
August 20, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki catches a man who snuck into his place to copy his mentaiko. Happy to know that he likes his product, Toshiyuki shows him how to make them.
Episode 11 - Episode 11
August 21, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki thinks of a way to make an employee who likes Michie to pose as her fiancé when her stubborn father pushes her to find a marriage partner.
Episode 12 - Episode 12
August 22, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki introduces Michie’s fake fiancé to her father, but her father sternly disapproves without giving him a chance to have any say in the matter.
Episode 13 - Episode 13
August 26, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki’s mentaiko sales are going well. A worker that’s been with Fukunoya from the start wants to gain independence, but Toshiyuki won’t allow it.
Episode 14 - Episode 14
August 27, 2013
• 13 minutes
Toshiyuki may turn down a huge mentaiko order to avoid compromising its freshness. Chiyoko searches all over town for a refrigerated warehouse.
Episode 15 - Episode 15
August 28, 2013
• 13 minutes
The Shinkansen connects to Hakata Station in 1975. Fukunoya has grown and is about to move to a new facility. The Uminos get invited to visit Busan.
Episode 16 - Episode 16
August 29, 2013
• 13 minutes
The Uminos are reminded of the war during their visit to Busan. Something mysterious happens when they visit the Choryang Market where they first met.