“小腹も心も満たします。”
街のある一角に、深夜0時になると開くめしやがある。掲げられたメニューは豚汁定食、ビール、酒、焼酎しかないが、マスターができるものだったら言えば作ってくれる。めしやにはいつもマスターの味と居心地の良さを求めて人が集まる。ある日、店に骨壷が置き忘れられていた。常連客たちが骨壷をネタにああだこうだ話に花を咲かせていたところ、久しぶりにたまこがやってくる。最近愛人を亡くした彼女は、新しいパトロンを探している最中だった。めしやに住み込みで働くことになったみちるも、常連客のあけみに会いたいと騒ぐ謙三も、何か訳ありの様子。マスターのどこか懐かしい味は、そんな彼らのおなかも心も満たしていく。
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監督: 松岡錠司
脚本: Kensaku Kojima / 松岡錠司 / 真辺克彦
音楽: 福原希己江
制作: 筒井竜平
制作会社: Toei Company / Geek Sight / AMUSE / Shogakukan / Kinoshita Group / GEEK PICTURES / MBS / RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
> In the dark hours where everything's so alive. Based on the manga series of the same name. A movie about a chef, foods and his small restaurant that opens at midnight till the dawn. There are random scenes with fresh characters all along, but it also centres on a set of few particular characters to stabilise the development. Whatsoever the tale sticks around the restaurant and reveals every happenings, no matter what characters they are. A very fun, realistic, calm narration, with cool characters. Anyone slurping their food around me really annoys, but that's the way of pleasurably consuming food among the east Asians, especially that makes me my mouth-watering. So I suggest you better have some snacks with, at least you will have something with you while watching this delicious movie. Initially I did not know whose story it was, but a chef began to narrate his story by telling about his tiny restaurant located somewhere in the middle of partially both residential and commercial areas. And his unique customers with their stories that definitely gets our attention. In the meantime a young female character was introduced who is going to be a prime focus for the rest of the film that told alternately with other small happenings around. > "Don't let your tears enter the stew pot. Tears is salt after all. It will change the taste." I'm not sure whether it was the great performances or the writing and direction that brought a soul to it, but overall it was so simple and very likeable film that looks like kind of everything worked so finely. Of course the cultural influence was a big impact. The society, its people with their state of mind and lifestyle - totally moving. Other than the whaling, I don't see the reasons to I hate this beautiful country and its people. I think that's why I loved this film like usual and it is one of my favourite film industry. Impressive, how the customers respect their chef by calling him master. I have seen the actor who played that important role in the movie 'Quill'. He was excellent in this with his casual effort. There's no way to predict anything from the movie. It would be like you go and sit in a small restaurant near you for a whole day, interacting with every customer who gets in with their story of the day with all kinds of moods, that's how watching this film feels like with surprises. Those who read the original manga and those who saw the television series might have reason to compare with this to bring some positive and negative points, but as I'm not familiar with other material, I ended with very happy for this. The runtime really scared me, but once sat for it, I spent those two hours without any trouble. This kind of storytelling really suits for television to split into plenty of episodes, but the movie was equally amazing and can be compared to any top movies related to 'food, chef and restaurant' themes. This was a great drama with fine humours. I want to suggest it and I surely do, especially for those who love drama films with a moderate pace. 8/10
