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This show is beautiful and I enjoyed it thoroughly. The main character is very likable and relatable. This isn't a cooking show or one where they rate places, no, it's more honest than that, more intimate. I sincerely have never watched anything as pure or relaxing. It can be a little over dramatic at times, acting wise, but i feel like it adds something instead of lowering it's value. Samurai Gourmet is very immersive and it will make you hungry, i recommend watching it while you eat. And even more, I recommend you watch it!

The stories surrounding each episode aren't particularly interesting but I couldn't help but smile during every episode as this 60 year old man sat down and ate a meal.

Samurai Gourmet is the story of a 60-year-old Japanese man, newly retired, and still figuring out what to do with all the time he now has on his hands. He explores a variety of different simple, local restaurants, and at each meal he encounters some kind of moral dilemma. For example, should he intervene when a chef is being rude to two young foreign customers? He is a cautious man and tends to keep himself to himself, but daydreams of a vigorous, wandering samurai from the middle ages – what would a samurai do in these circumstances? Each short episode tends to follow this format, so becomes a little predictable, yet it has sufficient charm to still be enjoyable. The main character Takeshi Kasumi, played by Naota Takenaka, loves his food and has a great range of facial expressions whilst eating – the pure enjoyment of a good meal really comes through. There are plenty of lingering shots of the dishes being prepared and cooked, and there are some touching scenes with the Takeshi's tolerant and caring wife. This series is the very opposite of a Hollywood drama: the characters are just ordinary people, very little happens in dramatic terms, yet somehow each episode, with its little story of a small incident in a man's life, manages to be engaging and uplifting.

The show is pretty simple, and its worth is exactly the highlights it gives to ordinary stuff of life. The attention to the details, the beautiful looks on the food, and the smoothness of the story sustain this great show. Don't expect the episodes to be full of drama and extraordinary stuff. This is just a charming, sometimes comic and, above all, very light and buoyant series.

Excellent show that embellishes on Japan's food culture. It is based on a manga (comic) of a retired businessman who spends his new found time exploring different cuisines Japan has to offer. Some of his food adventures are intentional, and some are not. During his adventures, he has to summon his inner samurai (alter ego, so to say) to get him out of sticky situations. This show is purely fictional. The main character's chemistry with his very well played wife (famous Honami Suzuki from Tokyo Love Story) is so natural and genuine. Excellent directing, editing, and screenplay as well. Each episode is only about 20 minutes long, so it has a very high watchable rating. I was hooked after the first episode, and I hope they continue to make more. If you have an appreciation for good food and Japanese culture, you will enjoy this show.

In Japan, working is involving....anything else stay in second place. When the character wakes up in the day he's retired, he felt lost, walking no destination. Then he realized that there is a completely different world around him...and he like this. Tasting foods of memories he feels pleasure and a reason to life. Very good

I have really fallen in love with the series. It's not food porn at all, which what it first assumed it to be. It's the story of Takeshi Kasumi, recently retired salaryman. After 40 years of never doing anything besides work, he suddenly finds himself thrust into a world without expectations. He's lost at first. But he ventures out, meeting up with an imaginary, unnamed Ronin who gives him lessons in being free. Along the way, he eats a lot.

It's tempting to say it's all about the food, but that's not really the point at all. It's a warm look into someone discovering the simple pleasures of life - food, people, and memories. Kasumi is child-like in every way, but that just adds to his charm. And his expressions are just so over the top comical that you cannot help but be enchanted by him.

It's a slow series, with very little action. But it's so much fun to watch. It's probably not for anyone who needs a lot of action, conflict, changes of scenery, or characters, but it will appeal to those of us who have experienced that slowing the pace of life and appreciating every moment brings happiness.

It's so nice to have a show that's relaxing and completely non-taxing to watch, even if it's all inconsequential.

I do have one problem with it, though. The lead is SO self-conscious, so worried he's putting a wrong foot forward, that (even accounting for cultural differences) it's unrealistic. I realize the samural has to play a supportive role in each episode, but it's all over the top.

I do have to wonder if all those dinners that his wife is going to with the "yoga instructors" has another, less wholesome purpose.:)

A joy to watch , in one word charming. In the days of bang, bosh, super hero , monster's , drug lords , British period drama overkill this by contrast is a relaxing oasis. I watched an episode every night on Netflix and when the series finished I was genuinely upset. Take pleasure in the subtle humour and delight in the food. The actor's excitement in the facial expressions when ordering the food left me hungry every time.

These are some disjointed stories of a frustrated old man that still needs his imaginary friends to be able to deal with real life. Slow. Boring. And xenophobic. Are Japanese old men like that? Probably some are. For me the stories were pretty much like South American telenovelas: one goes rapidly past the opening. Which is really filler. Than watch a bit from the beginning of the story. Than fast forward past the inner dialogue for some dull high point. And push for the next episode as the ending is also fluff.

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SG is a quiet celebration of the joy of food. Here, a retired corporate drone gets to slice and dice that corporate mold and kick back with a 🍺 and a coquette. Early in his retired life he discovers that small plates create a big appetite for new experiences. It's the small things that season life to perfection. The episodes, at 15 minutes each, are barely longer than a commercial break. (Ask your grandparents what a commercial break is. It's like waiting for that "skip ⏭ ads" button, just longer). Each episode is its own small plate.

Without a 🕰 to punch, Takeshi Kasumi (Sincere. Warm. Optimistic. Cute. Played by Naoto Takenaka), has no idea how he should spend his time. He starts wandering... aimlessly. Eventually, he gets hungry. So, he stops for a bite to eat in the middle of the day, when most people are stuck in a cubicle. One of the other diners ordered a beer! Smack dab in the middle of the day! ~❗⚡❗~ Like the entire city of Pittsburgh, here's a guy that understands how well 🍻 goes with food. TK decides to indulge; something he never would have done when he was working. He almost feels like he's committing a crime. He looks up and sees a samurai sitting a few tables over. It's his imagination, isn't it? The samurai is tough, he orders freely, eats with gusto, and doesn't let rude patrons intimidate him. ✂⛓ - He's /not/ decisive. The samurai /is/. TK is inspired now. He becomes positively ravenous to go out and bravely try new restaurants and new foods ~ like a lone wolf... ummm... lone samurai.

He meets with friends, fellow retirees, and family - including his petulant niece, an aspiring band member (her parents are getting desperate: "Would you talk some sense into her?"). He also revisits places he loved as a child, all on the hunt for food. He even becomes a movie set extra for the free lunches. He's upset to learn from a professional extra, who's had 120 appearances, (thank you very much), that today's caterer is subpar. Thank goodness some locals volunteered to make pork soup for the cast, which made the long day nearly worth it. Got a doctor's appointment? That's an opportunity for a 🍱 out. Ya gotta eat, right? The samurai is always there, watching from the shadows, giving him strength. The biggest drama in the series is when a grumpy chef scolds some foreigners for putting pepper on "his" food before they even taste it. Our corporate dude is mortified at the rudeness, but another customer manages to smooth out the situation nicely by putting pepper on his yakitori and declaring it /amazing/.

It wasn't immediately clear if the woman that he lives with, Shizuko (Honami Suzuk), is his daughter or wife. Apparently she's his wife, so he's doing alright. We find out that she's a little bit younger than him; she was in middle school when he was in college. When the sales clerk hands him shampoo his wife asked him to pick up, and then starts pitching the shop's men's product line, he may run away. But still, he's doing alright.

He does need more of that samurai spirit, however. A samurai isn't afraid of sales clerks or ordering a beer for lunch, and a samurai isn't afraid to tell customers to be quiet because they're loudness is disturbing others. I must say that the burly samurai is attractive. He's that friend who saves you from becoming too "normal". Mundane. PHONY. In a buttoned-up society that must feel daring. "You're trying something new?" His wife recognizes the shifting attitude. "That's nothing compared to the first person who tried sea urchin." TK's already looking at things in a new light. Afterall, in his mind, he just watched the samurai be the first ever to guzzle a spiky urchin and proclaim it delicious.

Apart from safety, food and drink are life's most fundamental needs. They also happen to be one of great life's greatest pleasures. It's quite wonderful that spinal taps and walking on glass are not one of life's fundamental needs. We all know this world is deeply flawed, but food is evidence that the world is a wonderful place, too. Food is comfort, a connection to others, a way to unite and spend time: Food brings us together.

Not only is food one of the greatest pleasures in life, but it is strongly connected to memory. It has the power to transport us to our youth. Just a few decades ago, ingredients were limited and there was less exposure to the wide 🌎 of culinary delights. (I remember, in the early 70's, when lasagna became a big deal, and how my family first made it with cottage cheese! Not only did we have no knowledge of ricotta cheese, but it wasn't even available for purchase at our suburban grocery store.) Food also has powerful emotional connections for us. While my grandmother made delicious food, some of it was unappealing. My grandparents, like everyone, loved some foods, not because they are inherently delicious, but because they grew up on them. Now that the whole 🌏 🌍🌎 of cuisine has been opened up to most, we demand things be taste sensations. People, nowadays, have access to the most delicious food in the history of the world. We eat better than royalty did 100 years ago. Manga!

Simple clothes, a simple, small house, an uncomplicated & respectful relationship... & croquettes. Somehow, that plain potato croquette he ate in that one episode has haunted me. It looked so crunchy. It sounded so crunchy. I could have sworn I /smelt/ it 😛. I want to go to Japan just to get 🍘ne. SG is a reminder that it is not luxury and Michelin star restaurants that create happiness. Happiness and contentment come from within, which allows the simple things from without to make life special.

Our protag is infused with the samurai spirit. He boldly goes to new destinations and boldly orders new fare. In the last episode, he tries getting a little more samurai with his wife. I wonder how that will work?

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Age - there is nothing inappropriate for elementary school kids. It is a matter of their interest. The ML is warm to the watch. The show radiates comfort.

I have watched the whole first season. I really enjoyed how he found joy in the foods he remembered growing up eating and trying new things. Just in life foods can reminds us of our childhood or special moments in our life. I hope they will write another season with the same characters.

The format is similar to "Kodoku no Gurume", which is way more enjoyable to watch than this one. Instead of being a retired company man who is uncertain about his life after retirement, the lead in Kodoku no Gurume is a businessman who frequently travels around Japan to meet his clients, sometimes with an interesting side story, therefore, he has the chance to taste different local cuisine. Also episode 2 in season 1 is a bit xenophobic ...and that is where I stopped the show.

The Samurai allegory is a way to praise Japan's past against the current foreign influences (the wife cooking a good ole Japanese dinner vs. the new Chinese restaurant with the evil woman).

This is a show for people who think foreigners should stay abroad and the wife in the kitchen.

Skip it at all costs and watch Midnight Dinner instead.

Well there is no plot so nothing to be spoiled. This series is the visual equivalent of a tone poem. It goes nowhere but it is relaxing and pleasurable. For me very much so. Retirement is an adaptation process. After a lifetime of the self-discipline and regimentation of the salary man, what does one do? Travel? Volunteer? Start a new career or hobby? None of the above in this case. The food and the imaginary samurai are mcguffins. The series explores the exalted state of personal freedom to structure one's day however one wishes.

Story about a recent retire men that realize his freedom from corporate world he was living for decades to discover a new passion for simple and traditional japanese dishes from his past.

Its a delightful experience watching the enjoyment of old japanese dishes and how it is combined with past memories.

Bad thing that there is no more episodes to watch

Watching a story about a retired 60 year old Japanese man, eating in restaurants and have hallucinations about a Samurai Warrior is not something I would rush to watch. But, because of Midnight Diner I thought I would give it a try.

What happened next was a meeting of many small but perfect moments that left me, at some points, laughing and at others quietly nodding when I empathized with the main protagonist and his simple journey through his later years.

"Thank You for the food."

I sincerely love this show. There's a comforting sense of pace that focuses on nostalgia and the food preparation. The music composition is brilliant and compliments the character's situations. I truly love this show and am scared that one day Netflix will remove it. I want to buy it on DVD so i have it forever in my collection. I also hope that one day netflix realise how great this show was and make season 2

Just a simple, nice, sweet and funny little show. It's relaxing and inspiring. It will make you want to enjoy your food the way you want to, it will make you want to stand up for yourself but also be more humble. The samurai is handsome and sexy and a thrill when he appears. The 60 year old lead character is sweet and cute and almost like a very polite Japanese version of Larry David, talking to himself and realising how awkward he is in modern social situations. He tries to do the right thing but usually wimps out but it's funny when that happens because that's more realistic!

It's got a lovely setting and aesthetic and music. It's so relaxing to just watch and escape and follow his thoughts and memories and his imagination of how men or samurais or Japan used to be.

I hope there is more!

Itadakimas!!!!

It's about a man that thought his life is nothing without work but he starts to enjoy and try to do things that he have missed out.

I'm on episode 7 and I still don't see him doing stuff with his wife. If he focused on work for 30 years, he should take his wife with him.

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Maybe the greatest 'stop and smell the roses' show in existence, best watched over a meal you're excited about. Also if you're stressed and looking for distraction this deeply relaxing show gives some perspective with a soft handed approach.

I wouldn't call myself a foodie but seeing how this lone masterless samurai enjoyed every morsel of food, and the philosophical tidbits simmered out of his culinary adventures, I may have to reconsider my position.

Incredible series - wish there 100 more!

A simple journey through the trivial activity of eating. What unfolds is an unforgettable masterpiece, its so unique in its content that it will stay with you after the series is over. Brilliant

I began Samurai Gourmet thinking it was a low-key food-related show I could have on in the background while cooking or cleaning at home, something for a little quiet noise and great food shots. Instead, I ended up captivated with the whimsical nature of the show, and the childlike delight of the lead, Takeshi Kasumi. I watched all 12 episodes over the course of an evening, smiling more and more each new episode.

Kasumi's reverence for food and memory is sweet, but not saccharine, and his relationship with his wife is just darling. While the pacing might feel slow to some, each episode went by quickly for me, without dragging. His interactions with the Ronin are fun each time, and his subsequent actions (or inaction) after each appearance of the Ronin add to the subtle complexity of his character. In all, I was surprisingly enchanted, and adored every gentle moment of joy in the series. It made me feel nostalgic, and wistful, in a lovely way.

I so loved this show. It was wondeful to watch It made me hungry