Is Bushimeshi!: The Samurai Cook coming back?

Bushimeshi!: The Samurai Cook ended on February 28, 2017, on NHK.

The series was a historical drama set during the Bakumatsu period. It was about Sakai Banshiro, a lower-class samurai who left his family behind to work at his lord's castle. The show depicted how he used recipes sent from his wife to prepare food that helped console and resolve the worries of the people around him.

The show starred Koji Seto as Sakai Banshiro and Kei Tanaka as Yazawa Goroemon. It was a single-season series that aired 8 episodes, each approximately 29 minutes long.