Dinner
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Details
- Title: dinner
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Drama
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 09.5% (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-13 to 2013-Mar-24
- Air time: Sunday 21:00
- Theme song: Music by Sakanaction
Synopsis
Everyone has secrets or dreams they can't tell anyone else. Nevertheless, we work and live everyday like any other day. Ezaki Motomu is no exception, a chef whose skills prove as top class, but whose personality is sometimes problematic to those around him. As the culinary master the most important equation to him is "Ingredient x Cooking method = Taste". No less, no more. He believes that things like relationship, love, and tradition are without substance and therefore completely unnecessary. However, it was not long before Ezaki was one day appointed to be a chief chef at a famous Italian restaurant.
The renowned restaurant "Roccabianca" run by owner Tatsumi Saori is a restaurant that is booked with reservations 3 months ahead of time. The 40 available seats are always occupied by regulars, ranging from office workers to culture ambassadors, all making frequent visits. "Roccabianca" is a restaurant that was opened by Saori's father and chief chef Tatsumi Hideo, a culinary charisma who came to be known as the pioneer in Italian food in Japan. Such a restaurant is not to be left unmentioned in the media, of course, and Fuji TV's "Iron Chef Japan" gives Tatsumi an offer to appear on the show. Saori goes to meet the producer of the show at the studio. After their meeting, her restaurant employees are well convinced that Tatsumi belongs on the show. Things take a turn for the worst, however, when Tatsumi suffers a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The operation is a success but there is no telling when he will regain consciousness.
Owner Saori continues to operate the restaurant even without her father, under his will. However, empty seats begin to appear. Saori feels that the restaurant is in threat of closing down and decides to take on a new chief chef. She had heard rumors about a Japanese chef who had earned an apprenticeship at the world famous restaurant "Tereza" in Italy, where her father Tatsumi had once worked as well. And that man was no one other than Ezaki himself. -- Fuji TV
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Cast
- Eguchi Yosuke as Ezaki Motomu
- Kurashina Kana as Tatsumi Saori
- Matsushige Yutaka as Imai Kosuke
- Hakamada Yoshihiko as Natsuno Daiki
- Seki Megumi as Muto Hazuki
- Endo Rina as young Hazuki (ep4)
- Shiga Kotaro as Hamaoka Kotaro
- Shibamoto Yuki as Motomiya Eriko
- Ikezu Shoko as Otsuka Yayoi
- Koshimura Tomokazu as Kaji Nobushige
- Kazama Morio as Tatsumi Hideo (ep1-2,4,6,8,10-11)
- Shinohara Mai as Nakano Chihiro
- Machida Hiroki as Furuta Hiromi
- Watanabe Kunito as Hiraishi Masahiro
- Ito Yuki as Ohashi Satoru
- Yashima Norito as Kimura Kazuma
- Mizoguchi Reigo as young Kazuma (ep8)
- Yusuke Santamaria as Segawa Soichi
Guests
- Hamada Mari as Okuzono Akemi (ep1-4)
- Yashiba Toshihiro as Kikuchi Naoto (ep1)
- Oshima Yoko as Yokoyama Mizuho (ep1)
- Shimizu Shin as Sasaki Noriyuki (ep1-4)
- Kobayashi Hiroshi as Asano Takuya (ep1-4)
- Kaneko Hiroshi (金子裕) as staff of Iron Chef (ep1)
- Unou Tasuku as a doctor (ep1)
- Todo Yukiko (藤堂悠紀子) as a customer (ep1)
- Kreda Di Matteo (クレダディマッテオ) as Mrs. Cara (ep1)
- Sakisaka Tatsuoki (向坂樹興) as a news reporter (ep1,11)
- Tamaki Hiroshi as himself (ep1, cameo)
- Ibu Masato as Yuasa Seizo (ep1)
- Masu Takeshi as Kawada (ep2)
- Minami Yoshihiro as the wine provider (ep2)
- Suma Kazuya (須間一也) as a butcher (ep2)
- Ueno Futoshi (上野太) as a butcher (ep2)
- Tsumura Kazuyuki as a customer (ep2)
- Arai Shiro (荒井志郎) (ep2)
- Kikawa Junichi as a customer (ep2)
- Miyasaka Ayumi (宮坂あゆみ) (ep2)
- Miura Ken (三浦健) as a chef at Kawada’s restaurant (ep2)
- Ando Hiroo (安藤広郎) (ep2)
- Hayase Kana (早瀬かな) as a customer (ep2)
- Yanai Yoko (柳井洋子) (ep2)
- Mika Taressa Todd (みか) (ep2)
- Takano Keiko (高野けい子) (ep2)
- Yamanaka Takashi as Kobayashi Katsunori (ep3)
- Murai Miki as Kobayashi Ayano (ep3)
- Nagamune Yoshimichi (長棟嘉道) as Omiya (ep3)
- Sakurai Hijiri as a magazine reporter (ep3)
- Iwata Gan as a sushi chef (ep3)
- Asakura Takuya (麻倉卓也) as Clair de Lune waiter (ep3)
- Suda Eito as Kobayashi Kenta (ep3)
- Yamada Eru as Kimura Shoma (ep3,8)
- Otani Mirei (大谷美玲) as Kobayashi Miku (ep3)
- Ozawa Yumeha (小沢夢羽) as Kobayashi Miku (ep3)
- Maya Kyoko as Asakura Kyoko (ep3)
- Kitami Toshiyuki as Muto Hirofumi (ep4)
- Kato Yayoi (加藤やよい) as Fujiwara Mika (ep4)
- Kurata Taisei (倉田大誠) as a news reporter (ep4)
- Kato Ayako (加藤綾子) as herself (ep4, cameo)
- Hara Sachie as Ezaki Mari (ep5)
- Mori Kanna as Natsuno Manami (ep5)
- Ogino Yuri as Manami's friend (ep5)
- Tomokura Yumiko (友倉由美子) as Manami's friend (ep5)
- Ota Aika (織田あいか) as Manami's friend (ep5)
- Ikeda Yuina (池田結南) as Natsuno Moe (ep5)
- Horiuchi Keiko as Nakamura Yumiko (ep6)
- Yuge Tomohisa as a restaurant guest (ep6)
- Koide Mika (小出ミカ) (ep6)
- Yamada Mayuko (山田真由子) (ep6)
- Fukuda Yumi (福田ゆみ) (ep6)
- Goto Ken (後藤健) (ep6)
- Azuma Mikihisa as Kuroki Haruhito (ep7)
- Saeki Arata as Kuroki’s manager (ep7)
- Kawashima Shumei (川嶋秀明) as Nishizawa (ep7)
- Nishiyama Satoshi (西山聡) as a reporter (ep7)
- Kawano Tatsuro as a reporter (ep7)
- Sato Daisuke (佐藤大助) as a reporter (ep7)
- Kurauchi Hideki as cafe owner (ep7)
- Iwadera Masashi (岩寺真志) as a sushi chef (ep7)
- Matsuo Midori (松尾翠) as a news reporter (ep7)
- Nishida Naomi as Kimura Masami (ep8)
- Komiyama Takumi (込山巧) (ep8)
- Matsumoto Ryo (松本諒) (ep8)
- Eiki Asuka (栄木明日香) (ep8)
- Nishikawa Ayano (西川綾乃) as a restaurant guest (ep8)
- Unezawa Mami (采沢真実) as Kimura Kazuma’s little sister (ep8)
- Nukumizu Youichi as a car mechanic (ep9)
- Tajima Reiko as Shinozaki (ep9)
- Umoto Yuki (ep9)
- Yashiro Asako (矢代朝子) (ep9)
- Horai Teruko (蓬莱照子) (ep9)
- Ichikawa Chieko as Iwasaki (ep9)
- Tsubaki Yukiko (椿ゆきこ) (ep9)
- Kuroshima Yuina as Iwasaki’s granddaughter (ep9)
- Katsumura Masanobu as Fuyuki Tsunehiko (ep10)
- Watanabe Makiko as Kaido (ep10-11)
- Seino Yumi (清野優美) as Sato Kumiko (ep10)
- Kametani Sayaka (亀谷さやか) as Ando (ep10)
- Endo Tatsuo as a bank staff (ep10)
- Kyu Taro (邱太郎) as Rocabbianca supplier (ep10)
- Imai Eiji (今井英二) as Zero Loan staff (ep10)
- Yamamoto Yuika (山本由夏) as a restaurant guest (ep10)
- Niwa Sae (丹羽咲絵) as a restaurant guest (ep10)
- Ono Hitomi (大野ひとみ) as a restaurant guest (ep10)
- Suzuki Sakiko (鈴木咲子) as a restaurant guest (ep10)
- Higuchi Sho (樋口翔) (ep10)
- Nagata Yo (長田陽) (ep10)
- Osawa Yuki (大澤侑紀) (ep10)
- Sato Tomo (佐藤朋) (ep10)
- Shiramizu Yuya (白水友也) (ep10)
- Ricardo Balzarini as Carlo (ep11)
- Silvia Telloni as Anna (ep11)
- Roberto Colasanti as Fellini (ep11)
- Tate Misato as a restaurant guest (ep11)
- Kintoki Musuko (金時むすこ) as a butcher shop owner (ep11)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Kuroiwa Tsutomu
- Producers: Ogura Hisao, Yamazaki Junko
- Directors: Hoshi Mamoru, Hijikata Masato, Jouhou Hidenori
- Music: Sahashi Toshihiko
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The worst chef comes to the best restaurant | 08.8 |
| 02 | The chef that has lost his place | 11.9 |
| 03 | The gourmet queen pays a visit! The unpleasant order | 11.2 |
| 04 | Please let it reach you! The feelings that went into the making of the pasta |
09.5 |
| 05 | The flying octopus and the small miracle | 11.0 |
| 06 | First, the appetizer | 08.6 |
| 07 | The "Last Supper" for the dishwasher | 09.0 |
| 08 | The worst nemesis who called it disgusting! | 09.0 |
| 09 | Oh, God! The head chef isn't here | 08.3 |
| 10 | We're losing the restaurant!? The decision | 09.1 |
| 11 | The final flavor | 08.5 |
| Average | 09.5 | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
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