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Home > Screenings > Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. > Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

Director: Yoshiaki Murao, Juntaro Furubayashi

Producer: Wataru Murashima, Keiko Matsumoto, Kaori Shiomura

Executive Producer: Hiroo Maruyama

Writer: Moral, Kenichi Tani, Reiko Murano, Akihiro Toda

Cast: Keita Machida, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Win Morisaki

Genres: Drama

Demographics: All audiences


6 x 24’

Once again today, with good cocktails and canned food, the three men give encouragement and a gentle push on the back to those who are experiencing some hardship.

Young, old, male, female… In life, there is always some kind of issue.

But in talking to people close to you, sometimes you worry them, and sometimes they try and cheer you up, which becomes more of a burden…

And then, there are people who don’t have anyone close whom they can count on.

"I don’t care who it is. I just want someone to listen to me."

Those thoughts you keep hidden, the three employees at “Nishi Ogikubo Three Star Bar” will hear you out.

In the not-too-popular town of Nishi Ogikubo, Kobayashi, the young owner, operates a small bar. Cocktails mixed by beautiful young man Amamiya, and the silent chef’s canned food dishes are what’s offered.

“Canned food, how unsuitable!” But it’s not like that. Their offerings are a gentle accompaniment for the troubled customers.

It’s proof that even without the elaborate process that goes into dishes from an expensive restaurant, you can create delicious dishes while cutting a few corners. Instead of useless advice, the dishes teach the customers who have hit a wall that, “you don’t need to be perfect, it’s okay to relax,” and provide a moment of respite.

And as for the customer, they can confront themselves at that moment and begin again the next day.