Episodio 1 - Episodio 1
8 de marzo de 2013
• 65 minutos
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.
Episodio 1 - Episodio 1
5 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
The Uminos own a grocery store named Fukunoya in Nakasu. Toshiyuki buys a popsicle machine for business, but abruptly abandons the idea altogether.
Episodio 2 - Episodio 2
6 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 3 - Episodio 3
7 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 4 - Episodio 4
8 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 5 - Episodio 5
12 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
Toshiyuki is just about to give up on making mentai when something reignites his passion again. There is talk of reviving the Yamakasa festival.
Episodio 6 - Episodio 6
13 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 7 - Episodio 7
14 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
Toshiyuki struggles to produce satisfactory mentai. Meanwhile, a promise is made to treat the local gang leader to some delicious mentai.
Episodio 8 - Episodio 8
15 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 9 - Episodio 9
19 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
Chiyoko starts working with Michie, a woman Toshiyuki brought over from the cabaret. A product very similar to the Fukunoya mentaiko is found.
Episodio 10 - Episodio 10
20 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 11 - Episodio 11
21 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 12 - Episodio 12
22 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 13 - Episodio 13
26 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 14 - Episodio 14
27 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
Toshiyuki may turn down a huge mentaiko order to avoid compromising its freshness. Chiyoko searches all over town for a refrigerated warehouse.
Episodio 15 - Episodio 15
28 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.
Episodio 16 - Episodio 16
29 de agosto de 2013
• 13 minutos
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.