Lunch no Joou

Details

Name: ランチの女王 / Lunch no Joou
Also known as: The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine / Lunch Queen
Episodes: 12 Episodes
Viewership: 18.91%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2002-07-02 to 2002-07-30
Theme Song: Joy To The World by Three Dog Night

Synopsis

Here's one restaurant where hunks with distinctive personalities put their hearts and souls into cooking.

Natsumi, who works in a cafe, loves lunchtime. In fact, nothing excites her more than walking down the street thinking where she'll eat lunch at.

One day, a man by the name of Kennichiro suddenly interrupts Natsumi as she is savoring her favorite rice omelet. He pulls the furious Natsumi out of the restaurant and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick, and since leaving home two years ago after a big fight, the only way he can return home is if he has a fiancee with him.

Kennichiro's father Kenzo and 3 younger brothers - Yuujiro, Junzaburo, and Koshiro - run a restaurant called "Kitchen Macaroni." Also working at the restaurant are Mamoru, a live-in trainee; and Minoru, an apprentice cook.

As Kennichiro and Natsumi approach the restaurant, Kennichiro asks Natsumi to go in alone and check out what is happening inside. Natsumi reluctantly enters alone. As she takes a look around, she sees Koshiro talking to Tomato Shiomi, who works at the nearby grocery store called "Shiomi." Kennichiro's other brothers are working in the kitchen. Next she spots Kenzo, who according to Kennichiro is supposed to be ill. Naturally, Natsumi can't believe how irresponsible Kennichiro is for telling such lies. While she is thinking this, the omelet that she ordered arrives. She takes one bite out of it, and as she smiles, the next thing out of her mouth is, "delicious!" A short time after, Kennichiro walks into the restaurant, and his brother Yujiro grabs him and starts lecturing him for showing his face. Natsumi breaks them apart, but senses Kennichiro isn't appreciated there.

This is the first day that Natsumi gets a real "taste" of "Kitchen Macaroni," and also Kennichiro's brothers, who are bent on serving delicious lunches to their customers.

Fuji TV

Cast

Takeuchi Yuko as Mugita Natsumi
Tsumabuki Satoshi as Nabeshima Junzaburo
Yamada Takayuki as Ushijima Minoru
Yamashita Tomohisa as Nabeshima Koshiro
Eguchi Yosuke as Nabeshima Yujiro
Ito Misaki as Shiomi Tomato
Wakabayashi Go as Nabeshima Kenzo
Tsutsumi Shinichi as Nabeshima Kennichiro
Morita Go
Eita
Ishiguro Ken
Toyohara Kosuke
Okada Kohki
Takubo Issei
Suzuki Emi
Sato Eriko
Moro Morooka
Osugi Ren (ep1)
Umemiya Masako

Production Credits

Producer: Yamaguchi Masatoshi, Genouen Yoshimasa
Director: Mizuta Naruei
Screenwriter: Omori Mika (ep3), Takeda Juri (ep2, 3), 二木結希(ep1)
Music by: 吉俁良

Awards

34th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Drama
34th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Casting
34th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Actress: Takeuchi Yuko
34th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Tsumabuki Satoshi
34th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Music: 吉俁良

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