Kakuregiku: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Housewife Ueshima Michiko is the heir to a Japanese-style restaurant ‘Hanazumi' by Lake Hamana. One day, Yahagi Tae, a woman who calls herself the lover of Michiko's husband Shunpei, suddenly shows up with the completed divorce papers signed by Shunpei. Michiko proposes that Shunpei let her be the proprietress of the restaurant in exchange for the divorce. But she does not know that it has a lot of debt and will go bankrupt. After her divorce, she even has to be work partners with Shunpei and Tae. Michiko's life battle begins, but she has to face a series of difficult challenges that lie before her.

Series details

• Title: Kakuregiku
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2016-09-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-10-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK BS Premium
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20823
• TVDB ID: 316585

Cast and credited roles

• Alisa Mizuki — Ueshima Michiko

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-09-04; final listed air date 2016-10-23; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kakuregiku on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.