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After graduating from junior high school, 16-year-old Kiyo leaves her home of Aomori and heads to Kyoto with her friend Sumire with dreams of becoming a beautiful maiko (apprentice geisha). However, she is told she is not suited to being one. As a tearful Kiyo is about to return to Aomori, her skill for cooking is discovered and she is hired as a makanai, a cook for a house where maiko live together. During this time, Sumire rapidly grows into a beautiful maiko and becomes famous along the streets of the traditional Gion town. The beautiful, fun, and delicious days of a makanai and a maiko start here.
Original Release
01/12/2023
US Release
01/12/2023
Cast
Name | Character |
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Arata Iura | Masahiro Tanabe |
Lily Franky | Ren |
Keiko Matsuzaka | Chiyo |
Keiko Toda | Kimie Sakurai |
June Angela | Chiyo Tateishi |
Kanji Furutachi | Kanjiro Furutachi |
Ai Hashimoto | Momoko |
Takako Tokiwa | Azusa |
Kayoko Shiraishi | Kiyo Nozuki's Grandmother |
Yukiya Kitamura | Takeshi Ishida |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Change | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
2 | Guardian Spirit | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
3 | Taboo | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
4 | Wish | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
5 | Choice | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
6 | One-sided | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
7 | Illness | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
8 | Carnival | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
9 | Passage | Thursday, 12 January 2023 |
Directors
Writers
Mami Sunada, Hiroshi Okuyama, Megumi Tsuno, Aiko Koyama
Cast
Name | Character |
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Arata Iura | Masahiro Tanabe |
Lily Franky | Ren |
Keiko Matsuzaka | Chiyo |
Keiko Toda | Kimie Sakurai |
June Angela | Chiyo Tateishi |
Kanji Furutachi | Kanjiro Furutachi |
Ai Hashimoto | Momoko |
Takako Tokiwa | Azusa |
Kayoko Shiraishi | Kiyo Nozuki's Grandmother |
Yukiya Kitamura | Takeshi Ishida |
Mayu Matsuoka | Yoshino |
Harrison Xu | Hiroshi Ishida |
Ren Hanami | Sensei Kimie Sakurai |
Aju Makita | Ryoko / Ryо̄ko |
Nana Mori | Kiyo Nozuki / Kiyo |
Heather Muriel Nguyen | Tsurukoma |
Momoko Fukuchi | Tsurukoma |
Yuuki Luna | Sumire Herai |
Natsuki Deguchi | Sumire Herai / Sumire |
Kotona Minami | Kotono |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Genki Kawamura | Producer |