E11 - Bar Kaze - A Heartfelt Recipe
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SIGN Ginza M's Building
[00:10] (Flashback) Taizo
Listen, son, when I've made up my mind,
I always get what I want.
[00:16] (Flashback) Maki
I'll shut Edenhall down.
[00:25] Kitakata
Ryu.
[00:27] Ryu
What's the matter, Kitakata-san?
[00:30] Kitakata
Kase-san is scheduled to be temporarily
discharged from the hospital.
[00:34] Ryu
Huh?
[00:35] Kitakata
This will probably be the last time
he's able to go out.
SIGN Glass of God
SIGN Kawasaki Station
[02:13] Miwa
I apologize for tagging along like this.
[02:18] Kitakata
Well, it's no surprise that you'd
want to come and meet Ryu's mentor.
[02:23] Kitakata
If he didn't want you here,
he would've said so. Right?
[02:26] Ryu
Yes.
SIGN Kaze
[02:45] (Flashback) Kase
Welcome.
[02:47] (Flashback) Ryu
Um, I saw your ad for the part-time job.
[02:53] (Flashback) Kase
And you are?
[02:55] (Flashback) Ryu
Would you accept a college student?
[02:57] (Flashback) Kase
Mm-hmm.
[02:59] (Flashback) Kitakata
You know, bartending doesn't pay much,
and the hours are long.
[03:04] (Flashback) Kitakata
And if you think it'll make you popular
with girls, you're way off.
[03:07] (Flashback) Ryu
I'm serious about this.
[03:09] (Flashback) Ryu
However, if being a bartender means
I have to get a haircut like yours,
[03:14] (Flashback) Ryu
I'll happily give up on it.
[03:17] (Flashback) Kase
He got you there, Kitakata.
[03:19] (Flashback) Kase
My name is Kase Goro.
[03:21] (Flashback) Kase
It isn't easy work, but do you
want to give it a shot, son?
[03:27] (Flashback) Ryu
My name is Sasakura Ryu.
SIGN Kawasaki General Hospital
[03:33] Ryu
Kase-san... How is your condition?
[03:37] Ryu
And your legs? Are you
able to walk by yourself?
[03:42] Kase
Stop treating me like an old man, Ryu.
[03:46] Ryu
I'm sorry.
[03:48] Kase
And who might the young lady be?
[03:50] Miwa
Oh...
[03:51] Kitakata
She's recruiting Ryu to work
at a hotel bar. Uh...
[03:56] Miwa
My name is Kurushima Miwa.
It's an honor to meet you.
[03:59] Kase
Is that right? Please watch over Ryu for me.
[04:04] Ryu
Uh, no, nothing has been decided yet.
[04:08] Miwa
I have faith that we'll get Sasakura-san
to mix the Glass of God at our bar.
[04:15] (Flashback) Kitakata
So, what made you want to become a bartender?
[04:20] (Flashback) Kitakata
You must have plenty
of other options for work.
[04:23] (Flashback) Ryu
It's the Glass of God.
[04:24] (Flashback) Kitakata
Huh?
[04:26] (Flashback) Ryu
My father told me about it.
[04:28] (Flashback) Ryu
He said there's a kind of last drink
that can heal someone's soul.
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 50 0 50
SIGN Users
SIGN Images
SIGN Barhopper
Bar memories #175 Bar Kaze
A legendary bar that takes
you back to the good old days.
The many regulars there gave it
a lively atmosphere.
[04:36] Miwa
Even today, you can find a lot of posts from
people saying they want to go to Bar Kaze.
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 50 0 50
SIGN Sato
I'll never forget the feeling the first
time I opened the door to Bar Kaze
I wish I could drink there one more
time.
[04:41] Miwa
It seems you have many loyal fans.
[04:44] Kase
At this point, the majority of
my customers have passed away.
[04:50] Kase
It'll be my turn next.
[04:53] Kase
I did want to stand behind
the counter one last time, though.
[04:57] Miwa
In that case, can't we
borrow a bar somewhere?
[05:01] Kitakata
Oh, right! I can close my bar for today.
[05:06] Kitakata
So please do stand behind the counter again!
[05:10] Ryu
Kase-san?
[05:12] Kase
I think I feel up to that.
[05:15] Ryu
Great! Bar Kaze will live again
for one more day!
SIGN Kabukicho Ichi Bangai
[05:21] Kase
When I see these liquor shelves,
built the same way as mine,
[05:25] Kase
it feels like I've come back to Bar Kaze.
[05:29] Kitakata
It's the same with the bar tools.
I saved all the old ones.
[05:35] Kase
Well then, I should give you
these while I can.
[05:40] Kase
Please accept them.
[05:44] Kase
If there's anything else you want...
[05:46] Kitakata
Pops.
[05:48] Kitakata
I want you to have this, Pops.
SIGN Kaze
[05:51] Kitakata
It's the actual sign from the old bar.
[05:54] Kase
Ah.
[05:57] Kase
This is...
[06:02] Kase
where I belong.
[06:09] Itami
This isn't fair, Kase-san.
[06:12] Itami
Suddenly reopening Bar Kaze for just one day?
[06:15] Yukari
Excuse me! Please let me through!
[06:18] Miwa
How...?
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 60 0 60
SIGN The legendary Bar Kaze is
reopening for just one day!!
SIGN Has it been about 7 years?
8 years?
SIGN And that's where I am right now!
[06:20] Yukari
What do you mean, how?
You were the one who put out the news!
[06:24] Yukari
I convinced the boss to
let me go and came running!
[06:27] Miwa
I apologize. I never meant
for this to become a big deal.
[06:31] Kase
Well then, let's pull out the bar
chairs and let everyone in.
[06:37] Ryu
Huh? But...
[06:39] Kase
One or two hundred
cocktails will be a breeze.
[06:45] Kase
Let's get things ready.
[06:49] Kase
I'm going to change clothes,
so please give me a moment.
SIGN Kaze
SIGN Kaze
[07:00] Kase
Well then, everyone, please
order whatever you would like.
[07:05] Itami
That's a tough one. Do I go for
the first drink I ordered from him?
[07:11] Miwa
That must be a difficult decision.
[07:13] Miwa
Especially since it might be the last time
you drink one of his cocktails.
[07:17] Yukari
All right! May I place an order?
[07:20] Kase
Certainly.
[07:22] Yukari
I'd like a Bond Martini.
[07:25] Yukari
"One vodka Martini. Shaken, not stirred."
[07:29] Yukari
Like that! I always wanted to
drink one of those!
[07:32] Customer
You're kidding. Not stirred?
[07:34] Customer
Must not be a regular.
[07:36] Miwa
Please forgive my coworker.
[07:38] Yukari
Oh. Was that a bad idea?
[07:39] Kase
Not at all. Many wonderful cocktail
recipes have come from the movies.
[07:45] Kase
Kitakata?
[07:47] Kitakata
Yes, sir.
[08:16] Kase
Here you are. One Bond Martini.
[08:26] Yukari
It's delicious! It's really delicious!
[08:29] Kase
Thank you for saying so.
[08:32] Kase
What shall I make next, then?
[08:35] Itami
Kase-san, I'll have...
[08:40] Kase
I'll take your orders one at a time.
[08:53] Yukari
Bar Kaze really is a wonderful place.
[08:56] Miwa
It is.
[09:02] Kase
Thank you very much for coming today.
[09:06] Kase
To tell the truth, there are some other
customers I'd also like to drink with.
[09:18] Kase
Please turn off the lights.
[09:29] Kase
Shiroyama-san, you always
said you'd stop at three,
[09:34] Kase
but then drank five or six cocktails.
You drank too much.
[09:41] Kase
Kimoto-san, the epicure.
You did enjoy your single malts.
[09:46] Kase
Even thought I kept telling you to cut back.
[09:49] Kitakata
The "flame of the dead."
[09:52] Kitakata
A light to mourn your lost comrades in arms.
[09:57] Miwa
I guess for bartenders,
their guests are like comrades.
[10:23] (Flashback) Ryu
I'm so sorry!
[10:25] (Flashback) Ryu
I know this glass was
very special to you, Kase-san.
[10:29] (Flashback) Kase
You have to handle special glasses carefully.
[10:33] (Flashback) Kase
That's why this is good training.
[10:35] (Flashback) Kase
If it breaks, then that's unfortunate.
[10:39] (Flashback) Ryu
Tomorrow, I'll go buy a replacement.
[10:41] (Flashback) Kitakata
Don't you give a damn about a pro's craft?!
[10:43] (Flashback) Kitakata
You idiot, that glass
[10:45] (Flashback) Kitakata
was one of a dozen that his late wife
scraped together the money to buy for him.
[10:49] (Flashback) Kitakata
It was the last one!
[10:58] (Flashback) Kase
There's only one kind of person
that never makes any mistakes at work.
[11:02] (Flashback) Kase
Do you know what kind of person that is?
[11:05] (Flashback) Ryu
No.
[11:06] (Flashback) Kase
The answer is someone
who doesn't work in the first place.
[11:10] (Flashback) Kase
A person's mistakes are
the proof that he's alive.
[11:12] (Flashback) Kase
That's exactly why...
[11:15] (Flashback) Kase
you can work as hard
as you can toward something,
[11:17] (Flashback) Kase
but you'll learn the most from
the mistakes you make along the way.
[11:22] (Flashback) Kase
Right now, I'm mixing a cocktail.
Do you know what it is?
[11:30] (Flashback) Ryu
An Old Fashioned.
[11:32] (Flashback) Kase
Yes.
[11:33] (Flashback) Kase
One month ago, when you first came to
this bar, you didn't even know that much.
[11:39] (Flashback) Ryu
Thank you very much.
[11:43] (Flashback) Ryu
What?
[11:44] (Flashback) Kase
Even after just one month,
when you've been training behind the bar,
[11:48] (Flashback) Kase
the same cocktails will start
to taste differently to you.
[11:51] (Flashback) Kase
That's proof of how you've grown
over the last month.
[11:57] (Flashback) Ryu
But... will I ever be able to become
a bartender like you, Kase-san?
[12:02] (Flashback) Kase
Sasakura-kun...
[12:05] (Flashback) Kase
Bartending isn't a job
people are hired to do.
[12:09] (Flashback) Kase
Bartending is a lifestyle that one chooses.
[12:16] Ryu
In that moment, Kase-san became my mentor.
[12:27] Ryu
A bartender's...
[12:30] Ryu
way of life.
SIGN Glass of God
[12:36] Interviewer
The Hotel Cardinal will be celebrating
its one-year anniversary before long.
[12:41] Interviewer
Chairman Kurushima, would you mind
telling us how you entered the hotel business?
[12:47] Kurushima
At first, I was working at
a Japanese restaurant and inn in Yokosuka.
[12:51] Kurushima
I was the fourth-generation owner there.
[12:54] Kurushima
I realized that the future would be
in hotels, so I changed tracks.
[12:59] Interviewer
I imagine that inns and hotels must
provide very different kinds of services.
[13:04] Kurushima
They're fundamentally the same, though.
[13:06] Kurushima
Hotels and inns both sell much
more than just lodging and meals.
[13:11] Interviewer
What do you mean?
[13:13] Kurushima
I can remember a school trip
I took as a child.
[13:17] Kurushima
There were 100 students. We walked through
the rain and made our way to an inn.
[13:23] Kurushima
Our shoes were soaked from the rain and mud.
[13:26] Kurushima
But the next morning, our shoes were
spick-and-span, lined up neatly on the shoe rack.
[13:32] Kurushima
That's 100 pairs of shoes!
[13:35] Kurushima
Our hosts stayed up all night cleaning
and polishing them to save us the trouble.
[13:41] Kurushima
That sort of thing fills guests' hearts
with an unforgettable feeling of gratitude.
[13:47] Kurushima
For me, that became the foundation
of what I consider service work.
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 115 0 115
SIGN Chairman Kurushima, praised far and
wide for his ability to successfully manage
numerous hotels across Japan.
His Objective Moving Forward
To make the Hotel Cardinal a world-class
hotel. That was his late son's dream.
Originally, his decision to enter the hotel
business was inspired by one thing his
late son told him. "In an age of
international competition, one must not
simply preserve traditions, but also be
able to provide a level of service that will
fully satisfy guests from overseas. Taking
on new challenges is the best way to
preserve the generations-old family
business."
[13:52] Ryu
"His objective moving forward is 'to make
the Hotel Cardinal a world-class hotel.'
[13:58] Ryu
That was also the dream of his son,
whose life was taken in an accident."
[14:02] Ryu
Is that so?
[14:04] Miwa
Yes.
[14:07] Miwa
Actually, I'd like to ask
for your advice on something.
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 115 0 115
SIGN Chairman Kurushima, praised far and
wide for his ability to successfully manage
numerous hotels across Japan.
His Objective Moving Forward
To make the Hotel Cardinal a world-class
hotel. That was his late son's dream.
Originally, his decision to enter the hotel
business was inspired by one thing his
late son told him. "In an age of
international competition, one must not
simply preserve traditions, but also be
able to provide a level of service that will
fully satisfy guests from overseas. Taking
on new challenges is the best way to
preserve the generations-old family
business."
[14:12] Miwa
It isn't about the Cardinal.
It's something more personal.
[14:16] Ryu
And what would that be?
[14:17] Miwa
I'd like you to find
a certain kind of liquor for me.
[14:21] Miwa
Certain people weren't able to drink it
because of a mistake I made 25 years ago.
SIGN Sumida
River
SIGN Ogura
[14:29] Ryu
They were arguing?
Your father and grandfather?
[14:33] Miwa
Yes.
[14:35] Miwa
My father kept saying
that hotels were the future,
[14:39] Miwa
but my grandfather was
completely opposed to that.
[14:42] Miwa
Anyhow, I'm sure you've seen
how stubborn he can be.
[14:44] Miwa
And at the time, he still
hated Western things.
[14:48] Ryu
Now that you mention it, he does
always wear traditional Japanese clothes.
[14:52] Ryu
So they both refused to budge,
and that drove a wedge between them.
[14:57] Taisho
It's not an uncommon story.
[14:59] Ryu
So then, what is this liquor
you want me to look for?
[15:03] Miwa
One day, my father invited
my grandfather to our house.
[15:08] Miwa
He wanted to patch things up.
[15:11] Miwa
And then...
[15:12] Ryu
He set aside a special bottle
for the occasion?
[15:15] Miwa
Yes.
[15:16] Miwa
But that special bottle my father had...
[15:20] Miwa
I was still a child.
I knocked it over and broke it.
[15:24] Miwa
And they never made up after that.
[15:27] Miwa
Six months later, my father
was killed in an accident.
[15:31] Miwa
Back then, I thought that
if I hadn't broken the bottle,
[15:34] Miwa
maybe things would have turned
out differently between them.
SIGN m 0 0 l 100 0 100 115 0 115
SIGN Chairman Kurushima, praised far and
wide for his ability to successfully manage
numerous hotels across Japan.
His Objective Moving Forward
To make the Hotel Cardinal a world-class
hotel. That was his late son's dream.
Originally, his decision to enter the hotel
business was inspired by one thing his
late son told him. "In an age of
international competition, one must not
simply preserve traditions, but also be
able to provide a level of service that will
fully satisfy guests from overseas. Taking
on new challenges is the best way to
preserve the generations-old family
business."
[15:38] Miwa
Whenever my grandfather talks about my
father, I can't help but think about that.
[15:44] Miwa
It's not like I was punished.
They didn't blame me for it either.
[15:48] Miwa
But I still want to apologize
to my father and grandfather.
[15:53] Ryu
All right. Let's find that bottle together.
[15:58] Ryu
What do you remember about your father?
[16:01] Ryu
Did he have any favorite foods? Did he
enjoy luxury items like coffee or cigarettes?
[16:07] Miwa
I don't know. All I can remember...
[16:11] Miwa
is that the bottle seemed to sparkle.
[16:15] Ryu
The bottle sparkled?
[16:17] Taisho
Could it be a crystal bottle, then?
[16:19] Ryu
Definitely. In that case, maybe cognac.
[16:23] Taisho
They wouldn't be drinking a cheap bottle
on such an important occasion.
[16:27] Taisho
If Rémy Martin, then maybe Louis XIII.
If Hennessy, then Richard.
[16:32] Ryu
First Landing would also be
perfect for mending bridges.
[16:35] Taisho
Oh. That's a safe bet.
[16:38] Ryu
Well, there must be even better ones.
[16:41] Taisho
Yeah, it's hard to be sure.
[16:44] Miwa
Um...
[16:45] Ryu
Oh, sorry. We got carried away.
[16:48] Miwa
Could you tell me those names again?
[16:50] Miwa
I'll buy them and take a look.
[16:52] Ryu
Uh, but none of them are cheap.
[16:54] Taisho
And they're more than just a little expensive.
[16:57] Miwa
That's fine.
It's 25 years worth of atonement.
[17:03] Ryu
Wow. You have a... really nice home.
[17:09] Miwa
This is what you call a ship bottle, right?
[17:11] Ryu
Right.
[17:12] Ryu
Ship bottles are one kind of crystal bottle.
[17:15] Ryu
And Yokosuka, where your grandfather grew up,
is intrinsically linked to ships.
[17:19] Ryu
Well? Do any of these look familiar?
[17:23] Miwa
Hmm. They're all very pretty.
[17:26] Miwa
But I feel like it was more sparkly overall.
[17:30] Ryu
In that case,
[17:33] Ryu
could it be like a decanter?
Like ones you pour liquor into?
[17:37] Ryu
There are a lot of different styles, though.
[17:40] Miwa
Hmm.
[17:42] Miwa
I do think it was the original bottle.
[17:46] Ryu
Okay.
[17:47] Taisho
Hmm, okay.
SIGN Ogura
[17:50] Ryu
If it isn't a ship bottle or a decanter...
[17:55] Ryu
Then what's left?
[17:56] Taisho
In the first place...
[17:58] Ryu
Hmm?
[17:58] Taisho
Well, her grandpa hated things
from the West, right?
[18:03] Taisho
Do you think his son would use
a Western liquor to make up?
[18:06] Ryu
Oh. You're right. It might
not be an imported bottle.
[18:16] Taizo
Miwa explained it to me.
Sorry for the trouble.
[18:19] Ryu
It's all right.
[18:21] Ryu
I thought about it one more time. I tried to
imagine how your father might have felt.
[18:26] Ryu
If it had been me, I would
definitely have used this.
[18:32] Miwa
Is that...
[18:35] Taizo
A Kakubin square bottle?
[18:38] Ryu
The person who designed
this bottle was Japanese.
[18:42] Ryu
Do you know what this design is?
[18:45] Taizo
It's a tortoise-shell pattern, right?
[18:47] Ryu
Yes. And the glass is cut
in the Satsuma kiriko technique.
[18:53] Miwa
That's why I thought
it looked like it sparkled!
[18:57] Ryu
This is a bottle of whisky,
[19:01] Ryu
but it's a distillation
of very Japanese preferences.
[19:05] Ryu
I expect your son was trying to say that,
even if the inn was replaced with a hotel,
[19:09] Ryu
that he would still be able to
provide Japanese-style service.
[19:15] Ryu
And wanted to express that
while sharing this drink with you.
[19:22] Taizo
He put that much thought
into this one bottle?
[19:28] Taizo
It tastes a little different
from current batches, though.
SIGN Special-Grade Whisky
SIGN Suntory Whisky
[19:32] Ryu
It has the "Special-Grade" mark.
It's a bottle from before 1989.
[19:36] Ryu
I was able to find one.
[19:39] Miwa
Because the flavor changes as it gets older?
[19:41] Ryu
The ingredients transform inside the bottle.
[19:45] Ryu
Also, perhaps some difference in materials
and numbers of bottles produced.
[19:49] Ryu
There are a lot of different theories, but
the reason older bottles seem to taste better
[19:54] Ryu
may be because they hold
experiences that can never be relived
[19:58] Ryu
or perhaps memories that
only live on in our hearts.
[20:05] Taizo
I might have been working myself
to the bone all this time
[20:08] Taizo
to try to forget that accident 25 years ago.
[20:15] Taizo
I'm sorry to have put you through all that.
[20:19] Miwa
Grandpa...
[20:21] Taizo
But for today, would you mind
leaving me alone with my son?
[20:26] Taizo
It's been 25 years. I want to
listen to whatever he has to say.
[20:45] Miwa
I'm worried I might have
hurt Grandpa all over again.
[20:53] Ryu
Well, then! I've worked up an appetite,
so today will be my treat!
[20:58] Ryu
Anything you want. Don't hold back.
[21:01] Miwa
Okay, what I want is a Kaku Highball.
[21:08] Ryu
Very well.
SIGN French
SIGN Ginza Shopping Center
SIGN Ginza M's Building
[22:43] Taizo
Thanks for coming so far out the other day.
[22:47] Ryu
It was nothing.
[22:49] Taizo
After my son died, I tried
to build up a world-class hotel
[22:55] Taizo
as a way of atoning for my sins.
[22:58] Taizo
I was extremely lonely during those years.
[23:02] Taizo
The only thing that gave me comfort
was a drink from the late owner of Lapin.
[23:09] Taizo
In the end, comfort doesn't come from money
or possessions, but only from other people.
[23:16] Taizo
It's all about the person.
It's all about the bartender.
[23:19] Taizo
That's the reason bars exist.
[23:22] Taizo
And that final Glass of God, well,
[23:27] Taizo
it's the last salvation for a soul, hurt by
loneliness, that has nowhere else to go.
[23:33] Taizo
And I think you're able to make that.
[23:35] Taizo
No, I absolutely want you to make that.
SIGN Episode 12
SIGN An Important Job
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