The Solitary Gourmet 2025 New Years Eve Special ~Refills will be delivered by Goro himself!

Part of Solitary Gourmet (Compilation) Collection

2025•1h 8m•7.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(2)

nogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) is tasked with procuring rice and ingredients for onigiri (rice balls) to be distributed at a New Year's Eve countdown event at Asakusa Hanayashiki Amusement Park. A job request he can't refuse, Goro, along with his Mini, set off on the long journey, from Sado Island, Niigata to Yonezawa, Yamagata, to collect the perfect onigiri ingredients. As Goro races to beat the deadline, he finds himself hungry and indulges in the bounty of the sea and mountains he encounters at every stop... What kind of gourmet delights will Goro discover this year? Will he be able to finish off New Year's Eve with freshly cooked onigiri rice balls during the live broadcast? Also for the first time in five years, this 2025 New Year's Eve Special will feature a partial live broadcast!

Open in PickFlick

Production

TV Tokyo

Language

Status

Released

Release Date

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

No providers available for this region.

Cast

Yutaka Matsushige

Inogashira Goro

Yua Shinkawa

Yuki Morinaga

Jyubun Fukuzawa

Kina Yazaki

Atsuko Hirata

Reiko Tajima

In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.

The Ballad of Narayama

1983

7.5

Radiance

6.5

2017

Movie

The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.

Radiance

2017

6.5

Penance

7.3

2013

Movie

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.

Penance

2013

7.3

It Feels So Good

6.5

2019

Movie

When it rains it pours. Kenji divorced his wife, lost his job and his old squeeze Naoko is getting married back home in the north of Japan, specifically in Akita. He returns there in order to attend her wedding. Naoko surprises him by proposing that they have sex again. The one night stand is the new beginning.

It Feels So Good

2019

6.5

The Kindness of Strangers

6.3

2019

Movie

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.

The Kindness of Strangers

2019

6.3

Kisses

7.1

2008

Movie

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.

Kisses

2008

7.1

My Neighbor Adolf

6.5

2022

Movie

South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.

My Neighbor Adolf

2022

6.5

Blood and Bones

6.6

2004

Movie

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.

Blood and Bones

2004

6.6

The Visit

7.1

1964

Movie

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...

The Visit

1964

7.1

Hana Yori Dango: Final

7.9

2008

Movie

Four years have passed since that emotional marriage proposal at Tsukushi Makino's high-school prom, and Tsukasa Dōmyōji announced his engagement to Tsukushi to the entire world. At an engagement dinner between their families, Dōmyōji's mother, who has been strongly against their relationship before, presents Tsukushi a tiara, which is estimated to be worth roughly 10 billion yen, as a token of their engagement. But that night, the tiara is stolen by somebody! Then, Dōmyōji and Tsukushi travel around the globe to Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and even a deserted island to get the tiara back—the legendary tiara that has been believed to "bring eternal love." In the meantime, where and what are the "F4" fellows, who have just gone separate ways, doing now?

Hana Yori Dango: Final

2008

7.9

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

7.5

2016

Movie

Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

2016

7.5

Shara

6.4

2003

Movie

The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with his childhood friend, Yu.

Shara

2003

6.4

The Solitary Gourmet 2025 New Years Eve Special ~Refills will be delivered by Goro himself!

Ratings

Production

Language

Status

Release Date

Cast

Yutaka Matsushige

Yua Shinkawa

Yuki Morinaga

Jyubun Fukuzawa

Kina Yazaki

Atsuko Hirata

Reiko Tajima

More from Solitary Gourmet (Compilation) Collection

孤独のグルメSeason4 真夏の博多・出張スペシャル

孤独のグルメSeason4 真夏の博多・出張スペシャル

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special ~Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition~

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special ~Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition~

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

Solitary Gourmet Summer trip to Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan

Fried levanilla with rib steak from Tsudanuma in Nakano

Fried levanilla with rib steak from Tsudanuma in Nakano

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Final Meal! Setouchi Business Trip~

孤独のグルメ 大晦日スペシャル 京都・名古屋出張編

孤独のグルメ 大晦日スペシャル 京都・名古屋出張編

孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！

孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令！ 成田～福岡～釜山 弾丸出張編！

孤独のグルメ 2020大晦日スペシャル～俺の食事に密はない、孤独の花火大作戦！～

孤独のグルメ 2020大晦日スペシャル～俺の食事に密はない、孤独の花火大作戦！～

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Full Throttle Driving! Picturesque Sceneries~

Solitary Gourmet New Year's Eve Special ~Full Throttle Driving! Picturesque Sceneries~

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~

孤独のグルメ2023大晦日SP 井之頭五郎、南へ逃避行『探さないでください。』

孤独のグルメ2023大晦日SP 井之頭五郎、南へ逃避行『探さないでください。』

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル 太平洋から日本海 五郎、北へ あの人たちの所まで。

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル 太平洋から日本海 五郎、北へ あの人たちの所まで。

Recommended

The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

Radiance

Radiance

Penance

Penance

It Feels So Good

It Feels So Good

The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

Kisses

Kisses

My Neighbor Adolf

My Neighbor Adolf

Blood and Bones

Blood and Bones

The Visit

The Visit

Hana Yori Dango: Final

Hana Yori Dango: Final

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday

Shara

Shara

孤独のグルメ大晦日スペシャル京都・名古屋出張編

孤独のグルメ大晦日スペシャル京都・名古屋出張編

孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル緊急指令！成田～福岡～釜山弾丸出張編！

孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル緊急指令！成田～福岡～釜山弾丸出張編！

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル太平洋から日本海五郎、北へあの人たちの所まで。

孤独のグルメ2024大晦日スペシャル太平洋から日本海五郎、北へあの人たちの所まで。