Seasons & Episodes
Episode 1
Toshiyuki Umino and his wife Chiyoko were born and raised in Japanese-occupied Busan. After the war, they endeavor to ma
Episode 1
The Uminos own a grocery store named Fukunoya in Nakasu. Toshiyuki buys a popsicle machine for business, but abruptly ab
Episode 2
Toshiyuki is at a loss after giving up the popsicle idea. He recalls the taste of mentai at the Choryang Market in Busan
Episode 3
The manager of a famous Chinese restaurant wants to make a deal with Fukunoya. Meanwhile, Chiyoko bumps into an old frie
Episode 4
Chiyoko’s classmate from her Busan days tries a taste of the mentaiko and spits it out. Toshiyuki starts working even
Episode 5
Toshiyuki is just about to give up on making mentai when something reignites his passion again. There is talk of revivin
Episode 6
Toshiyuki feels dejected when no one buys the homemade mentai he starts to sell. The store sales money vanishes just as
Episode 7
Toshiyuki struggles to produce satisfactory mentai. Meanwhile, a promise is made to treat the local gang leader to some
Episode 8
Toshiyuki sees the wife of a former soldier. He is moved when she gives him jellied sweets from her husband’s shop, an
Episode 9
Chiyoko starts working with Michie, a woman Toshiyuki brought over from the cabaret. A product very similar to the Fukun
Episode 10
Toshiyuki catches a man who snuck into his place to copy his mentaiko. Happy to know that he likes his product, Toshiyuk
Episode 11
Toshiyuki thinks of a way to make an employee who likes Michie to pose as her fiancé when her stubborn father pushes he
Episode 12
Toshiyuki introduces Michie’s fake fiancé to her father, but her father sternly disapproves without giving him a chan
Episode 13
Toshiyuki’s mentaiko sales are going well. A worker that’s been with Fukunoya from the start wants to gain independe
Episode 14
Toshiyuki may turn down a huge mentaiko order to avoid compromising its freshness. Chiyoko searches all over town for a
Episode 15
The Shinkansen connects to Hakata Station in 1975. Fukunoya has grown and is about to move to a new facility. The Uminos
Episode 16
The Uminos are reminded of the war during their visit to Busan. Something mysterious happens when they visit the Choryan
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