Solitary Gourmet

Solitary Gourmet

Solitary Gourmet

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Solitary Gourmet

2012- 2026

11 Seasons

132 Episodes

8.9(24 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.

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Production Companies

TV Tokyo

Kyodo Television

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

3 featured cast members

Starring

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Goro Inogashira

Tomoki Uekusa

Tomoki Uekusa

Narration

Masayuki Kusumi

Masayuki Kusumi

Himself

Creative team

Written by: Yoshihiro Taguchi
Kodama Yoriko
Produced by: 小嶋志和
笠島徳竜

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