{"id":22800,"date":"2026-05-04T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=program&#038;p=22800"},"modified":"2026-05-04T00:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:49:01","slug":"ep_01","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/program\/sushi\/ep_01\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;22776,22777,22778,22775&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">After losing her husband in an accident, Minato Machiyama (Hiromi Nagasaku) has devoted her life to her son,\u00a0Nagisa (Motoki Nakazawa). When he finally leaves home to start his career, she\u2019s left on her own for the first time. At 50, she\u2019s forced to confront what comes next\u2014but the sudden quiet brings an unexpected sense of emptiness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Struggling to figure out who she is beyond being a \u201cmother,\u201d Minato is handed a brochure by her friend Izumi Isoda (Yumiko Udo) for a sushi academy that promises to turn out chefs in just three months. Almost on impulse, she decides to enroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">On her first day, she comes face-to-face with Umiya Oedo (Kenichi Matsuyama), a strict,, no-nonsense instructor whose piercing gaze alone commands the room. He wastes no time laying down the rules: \u201cIf you can\u2019t even greet properly, you\u2019re not fit to stand at the starting line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Her classmates couldn\u2019t be more different\u2014a refined older gentleman taking it up as a hobby (Shiro Sano), a former top consultant chasing a career change (First Summer Uika), and a quiet young man (Soma Santoki), among others. Surrounded by strong personalities from all walks of life, Minato finds herself overwhelmed by the gap in drive and perspective. Unsure how to begin her \u201csecond chapter,\u201d she gradually loses confidence and begins to falter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;22776,22777,22778,22775&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; autoplay=&#8221;yes&#8221; hide_prev_next_buttons=&#8221;yes&#8221; wrap=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] After losing her husband in an accident, Minato Machiyama (Hiromi Nagasaku) has devoted her life to her son,\u00a0Nagisa (Motoki Nakazawa). When he finally leaves home to start his career, she\u2019s left on her own for the first time. At 50, she\u2019s forced to confront what comes <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/program\/sushi\/ep_01\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22776,"parent":22797,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"program_category":[370],"program_tag":[],"class_list":["post-22800","program","type-program","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","program_category-370"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22804,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22800\/revisions\/22804"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program\/22797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"program_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_category?post=22800"},{"taxonomy":"program_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_tag?post=22800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}