Devoted Cookbook

Running 1s and made in Japan, Devoted Cookbook (2014) is a TV Movie film in the 123movies catalog. The cast includes Keiko Kitagawa and Masahiro Matsuoka; Osamu Katayama directs. 4 votes put it at 7.8/10. It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of “Tsuru-ka”, Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers’ shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to “Tsuru-ka”. Even though Seiemon criticized Mio’s cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily.