Episódio 1 - Episódio 1
08 de março 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.
Episódio 1 - Episódio 1
05 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.
Episódio 2 - Episódio 2
06 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.
Episódio 3 - Episódio 3
07 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.
Episódio 4 - Episódio 4
08 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.
Episódio 5 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 6 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 7 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 8 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 9 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 10 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 11 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 12 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 13 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 14 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 15 - Episódio 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.
Episódio 16 - Episódio 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.