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.
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SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
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[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.
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SIGN    An Important Job