Details
Title: 人生はフルコース
Title (romaji): Jinsei wa Full-Course Dinner
Also known as: Life is a Full-Course Dinner
Episodes: 3
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2006-Jul-08 to 2006-Jul-22
Air time: Saturday 21:00-21:58
Synopsis
A drama portrays the life of Murakami Nobuo, former head chef at the Imperial Hotel Tokyo who died in 2005. In 1939, Murakami started to work at the hotel as a cook. Fifteen years later, he went to Paris to be trained at a hotel. Returning to Japan, Murakami played a significant role in introducing the French cuisine to the Japanese people by appearing in a TV cooking show. During the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, he took charge of serving meals for the athletes from all around the globe. In the drama, Makimura Shintaro, the leading character who is modeled on Murakami, looks back on his career. -- NHK
Cast
Takashima Masanobu as Makimura Shintaro
Kirishima Reika as Ikuta Aki
Makise Riho
Furuya Ikko
Matsuo Toshinobu
Asaka Mayumi
Sato B-saku
Ito Ayaka
Umezawa Masayo
Yabe Kenji (ep1)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Fujimoto Yuki
Jinsei wa Full Course
