The Solitary Gourmet

I'm hungry

Part of Solitary Gourmet Collection

2025•1h 51m•7.4/10

AdventureComedyDrama

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7.4/10(14)

Upon receiving a message from an old friend’s daughter, Goro arrives in Paris and learns of the elderly man’s wish to taste a particular soup he had in his childhood before he dies. Deciding to help, Goro sets out on a quest to find this mysterious soup, traveling through Japan, braving a storm, and even ending up in South Korea.

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Production

TV Tokyo, TOHO, Kyodo Television, FILM, NIKKEI, MONDO, ZAZOUS, BS TV Tokyo, Pony Canyon, FUSOSHA Publishing, TV Osaka, TV Setouchi Broadcasting, Television Hokkaido Broadcasting, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, TV Aichi, ZEROUM

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Cast

Yutaka Matsushige

Goro Inogashira

Yuki Uchida

Shiho

Hayato Isomura

Nakagawa

Takehiro Murata

Takiyama

You Chea-myung

Korean Immigration Inspector

Sansei Shiomi

Ichiro Matsuo

Kenichi Endo

Anne Watanabe

Chiaki Matsuo

Joe Odagiri

Shop Owner

Michael Keida

Daniel Hatta

Shungicu Uchida

Tae

Cheuni

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The Solitary Gourmet

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Language

Status

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Trailers & Videos

Cast

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Yuki Uchida

Hayato Isomura

Takehiro Murata

You Chea-myung

Sansei Shiomi

Kenichi Endo

Anne Watanabe

Joe Odagiri

Michael Keida

Shungicu Uchida

Cheuni

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