52 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
LatestAkiko lives with her mother, but suddenly her mother passes away. Since then she quits her editing job and takes over her mother's small restaurant. At the restaurant there's only two items on the menu: sandwich and soup.
Acting
Satomi Kobayashi's silences speak entire grief memoirs.
Production
Every soup steam shot deserves its own Instagram account.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a novel by Yoriko Kodama, who famously wrote about women finding purpose in mundane work.
The 'healing' genre (iyashikei) exploded in 2010s Japan as economic anxiety made slow living aspirational.
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