Samurai Gourmet Explained

Genre:	Comedy
Starring:	Naoto Takenaka Tetsuji Tamayama Honami Suzuki
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	12
Runtime:	16–22 min.
Network:	Netflix

Samurai Gourmet is a twelve-part 2017 Japanese-language television series on Netflix, based on Masayuki Kusumi's essay and the manga of the same title. The premise revolves around Takeshi Kasumi (Naoto Takenaka), told in a slice of life style. Now a retired salaryman, Kasumi discovers the joys of eating and drinking, which awakens his inner persona—a wandering samurai living freely in Japan's age of civil wars.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Naoto Takenaka as Takeshi Kasumi
• Tetsuji Tamayama as Samurai
• Honami Suzuki as Shizuko

Release

Samurai Gourmet has been released on Netflix streaming.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Samurai Gourmet: A Catastrophic Review . Kitchen Catastrophe . August 4, 2019.
2. Web site: Netflix's Latest Food Show Is Like 'Anthony Bourdain' With a Samurai Twist . Thrillist . August 4, 2019.
3. Web site: Bored by British food shows? Netflix's Asian ones have more flavour . The Guardian . August 4, 2019.
4. Samurai Gourmet . Netflix.