Gochisōsan

Gochisōsan
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yoshiko Morishita
Directed by	Takafumi Kimura Tetsuya Watanabe Yoshiharu Sasaki
Starring	Anne Watanabe Masahiro Higashide Naomi Zaizen Taizō Harada Midoriko Kimura Tsuyoshi Muro Yoshiko Miyazaki Kazuko Yoshiyuki Masaomi Kondō
Narrated by	Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Opening theme	"Ame Nochi Hallelujah" by Yuzu
Composer	Yoko Kanno
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	150
Production
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30) – March 29, 2014 (2014-03-29)

Gochisōsan (ごちそうさん) is a Japanese television drama series. It first aired from 30 September 2013 to 29 March 2014. It is scripted by Yoshiko Morishita, who wrote such dramas as Jin, and stars Anne Watanabe as Meiko Uno, a woman who lives through the Taisho and Showa eras and tries to excel at Japanese cuisine. It is the 89th NHK Asadora.

The word "gochisōsan" is an informal version of "gochisōsama", a term used to thank a host or a cook for a meal.

Cast

• Anne Watanabe as Meiko Nishikado (her maiden name was Uno)
• Masahiro Higashide as Yūtarō Nishikado, Meiko's husband
• Miyabi Matsuura as Fuku Nishikado, Meiko's daughter
• Taizō Harada as Daigo Uno, Meiko's father
• Naomi Zaizen as Iku Uno, Meiko's mother
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Tora Uno, Meiko's grandmother
• Takashi Yamanaka as Kosai Muroi