A few days ago, the 103rd Japanese Drama Academy Awards announced the list of winners, and "Tokyo Grand Hotel" became the biggest winner!
Won the best work, best actor: Takuya Kimura, best supporting actor: Yuta Tamamori, best composer: "RECIPE" Yamadaro, best director, five awards
In fact, this "Tokyo Hotel", starring Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki, Kazuki Sawamura and many other senior Japanese drama bones, has been high in word of mouth and popularity since its inception
The average rating of the first five episodes in Japan is as high as 12.6%, and the current Douban score is 8.7, which is also Kimura Takuya's highest-rated film and television work in the past decade
After the full episode was launched on station B yesterday, the bullet screen exploded! Kang Kang What is called the big god's noodles~
What's even more interesting is that "Tokyo Grand Hotel" is in line with reality, not only mentioning Michelin but also mentioning the hot topics of the world's 50 best restaurants
Three Michelin French restaurant L'Ambroisie (canteen of the gods)
Japan's top three-Michelin-starred French restaurant, Quintessence
It also presents a variety of professional French food production methods, so that we who love food can enter the world of Michelin at close range
Every time the food is made in the play, it has its own sense of high-end: "exquisite ingredient combination + top cooking techniques + art-like presentation", these pictures are infinitely looped...
In fact, the story line of "Tokyo Hotel" is very simple, the down-and-out genius chef Natsuki Ohana (Takuya Kimura) meets the same female chef Hayami Ryuko (Kyoka Suzuki) who also has a dream of cooking at the low point of her life.
Hovering on the verge of giving up, the two rebuilt their dreams and gathered their former friends to fight together to create a three-Michelin-starred restaurant "Tokyo Hotel" and open a new chapter in their lives
Failed first half of life + dreams + friends + struggle, typical Japanese blood drama setting
The only difference is that it is not about how a group of young people chase their dreams, but about the unwillingness and non-abandonment of several middle-aged people
Takuya Kimura plays celebrity chef Natsuki Ohana, a world-class French chef with an innate talent for cooking and a sensitivity that is difficult for ordinary people to match
Running a two-Michelin-starred French restaurant in Paris, he has gathered a group of excellent culinary talents behind him, and as the head chef, he has the absolute right to speak in the kitchen, from the way food is handled to seasoning, one-handed control
Treat employees who can't meet his standards, and there are often Japanese rants, "Never heard of a chef who can leave work on time", "If you want to do this, go to your own shop, listen to me here!" ", Xiaoming possessed (no
However, the first half of niu x's smooth life came to an abrupt end at a Japanese-French political exchange meeting
At a banquet where Ohana is the head chef, a French official faints from eating a dish mixed with allergic ingredients
While under investigation, the hard-mouthed Oehana single-handedly took on all the mistakes, even beating up French officials and being arrested and imprisoned
After this incident, Ohana's restaurant closed down, and his friends who had followed him left him because they did not know the truth
In the time of one meal, from the myth of the industry to the "shame of Japan", began the life of hiding in Tibet
But some people, no matter what time it is, will still retain a heart of blood, will not be easily defeated
By chance, Natsuki Owana met Takako Hayami, who had come to Paris for an interview, and saw in her herself who had once dreamed of herself, and the two hit it off and decided to open a restaurant in Tokyo
When a person has something he loves, the whole person shines
In preparation for the new restaurant, Owana returned to Tokyo to recruit and look for former employees and partners
But everyone declined his invitation for one reason, "Tail Flower is a personal scum"
In this action of "smashing pots and selling iron, calling friends and attracting companions", the former "scum" gradually began to accept the opinions of the collective and became more and more humane
In order to invite old friends to come back, you can lie in other people's garages and not go, you can sell Meng Biye to attack each other's children, and you can face the accusation that "you have become a burden"
The once kitchen Tyrannosaurus Rex was no longer self-centered in everything and began to accept criticism from others and listen to the team's opinions:
Customers don't like it, he says that "people's tastes change when they say it", and privately they are already thinking about how to improve;
Investors do not recognize, he will not be as arrogant as before, but calmly and confidently invite him to taste next week;
The suggestions made by the employee, he is no longer stubborn and chooses to ignore, and now he will seriously consider the possibility of each one...
More importantly, Natsuki Oga has also found the true meaning of cooking:
"Delicious cuisine is made by everyone working together. If one cannot make one's family and work partner happy, how can one make one's guests happy? ”
Of course, opening the "Tokyo Hotel" is not the dream of Natsuki Ohana alone
The heroine, Renzi in the morning, is particularly sensitive to taste, can say how to cook after eating, and her life pursuit is also to run a three-Michelin three-star restaurant
Although he is not young, he still came to France alone to pursue his culinary dreams
Unfortunately, the reality is always unsatisfactory, and Lunzi's application in Paris has repeatedly failed, as if "no matter how hard you try, you can't achieve your dreams"
Just as Ryuko was about to give up, she met Natsuki Obiki. He offered her cooperation and promised: I will help you get a Michelin star
In fact, compared with the tail flower summer tree, Hayami Lunzi is closer to the image of a middle-aged dreamer who works hard: delicate and elegant, gentle and powerful, providing emotional counseling and spiritual support for the team
After all, geniuses like Tailflower are a minority, and most of us, like Lunzi, are embracing ideals while experiencing the baptism of reality
It's just that there are a very few people who can be like Ryuko Hayami, no matter how many times they have tried and made mistakes, they still don't give up, don't compromise, and bury their heads forward
In addition to these two protagonists, the other characters in the play also have different experiences and distinct personalities, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they have dreams and fight for them
The rational and gentle manager, Rikutaro Kyono, was the first person to take responsibility after the collapse of the restaurant where Ohana had previously worked. He doesn't have the genius of Okuhana, but he is the most reliable, organized, and trustworthy partner
Chef Aizawa, who also loves cooking, is also injured in his heart because of a restaurant accident, refusing to accept Oshinagi, but at the same time he will be shaken by Oyama's three-star declaration, because he is soft...
When you are young, you have nothing, there are no taboos in chasing your dreams, and people are too involved in middle age, they can't give up anything, and they dare not dream. Because of this, they also have the courage to bet desperately, which is more bloody and touching
In fact, for the career, for the dream, for the lifelong pursuit has never been a threshold, young people can be brave to try and make mistakes, middle-aged people can also bet from scratch
Perhaps not everyone with a dream is lucky enough to have such an ideal team
But when the world of one person's struggle finally forms a world in which a group of people struggle with you, you will find how beautiful it is to live with the original heart and blood!