E2 - Old Pal/One for the Road

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[00:04] Miwa
    We have our eyes on the target now.
    Let's give it our best shot.
[00:07] Yukari
    The problem is how to get Sasakura-san
    to come and work for us, isn't it?
[00:13] Miwa
    Yeah.
[00:14] Miwa
    For travelers from overseas who arrive
    at the hotel late at night,
[00:19] Miwa
    the first human being they speak
    to in this country is the hotel bartender.
[00:24] Miwa
    With just one smile, with just one gesture,
[00:27] Miwa
    he gives them their first
    impressions of this country.
[00:31] Miwa
    It isn't a job that just anybody can do.
[00:34] Yukari
    We'll definitely get him to say "yes"!
SIGN    Closed Today Due to
    Personal Circumstances
SIGN    Edenhall
SIGN    Glass of God
[02:15] Chief of Lapin
    You're a real lifesaver!
[02:18] Chief of Lapin
    Sorry to ask you on such short notice.
[02:21] Ryu
    Well, we've got to help each other out.
[02:23] Chief of Lapin
    If there's anything you don't
    understand, feel free to ask.
[02:27] Ryu
    All right.
[02:29] Chief of Lapin
    Oh, I forgot! Today is the 22nd.
[02:39] Ryu
    Welcome.
[02:44] Taizo
    Hi.
[02:45] Chief of Lapin
    Welcome!
[02:47] Chief of Lapin
    We've been expecting you.
[02:49] Taizo
    Ups-a-daisy.
[02:52] Ryu
    Please.
[02:57] Taizo
    A new employee?
[02:59] Chief of Lapin
    He's helping out today.
[03:01] Chief of Lapin
    Another employee got ill, and Maki-san
     introduced this fellow to me.
[03:06] Ryu
    My name is Sasakura. Pleased to meet you.
[03:09] Taizo
    Sasakura? Hmm. All right, then.
[03:15] Taizo
    So, what can you make?
[03:17] Ryu
    I believe I can handle most requests.
[03:20] Taizo
    Then why don't you make me a cocktail
    that you think I'd appreciate right now.
[03:26] Ryu
    Very well.
[03:31] Ryu
    A gin and tonic.
[03:33] Ryu
    It's been hot recently,
    so I added some bitters.
[03:41] Taizo
    Awful.
[03:44] Ryu
    My apologies. It appears it
    did not appeal to your tastes.
[03:48] Taizo
    Not even worth talking about.
[03:50] Ryu
    I sincerely apologize. Well then...
[03:54] Ryu
    a daiquiri.
[03:58] Taizo
    Awful.
[04:01] Ryu
    A Bellini.
[04:03] Taizo
    Awful!
[04:05] Taizo
    Every single one is really awful.
[04:09] Ryu
    My apologies.
[04:14] Taizo
    Phone call. Hello?
[04:21] Chief of Lapin
    I'm really sorry, Sasakura-kun!
[04:24] Ryu
    It's all right. What do you know about him?
[04:28] Chief of Lapin
    When the late owner here
    was still in training in Yokohama,
[04:32] Chief of Lapin
    that gentleman used to be his customer.
[04:34] Chief of Lapin
    He comes every month on the day of the
    owner's death, and he always acts like that.
[04:39] Ryu
    I see. So he's a long-time customer.
[04:45] Yukari
    Sasakura-san wasn't here either.
[04:49] Yukari
    If it said it's closed today,
    maybe we won't be able to find him.
[04:54] Miwa
    "Edenhall has an unscheduled off day today."
SIGN    Bar Hopper
SIGN             Edenhall has an unscheduled off day today.
SIGN    When this happens, he usually goes to help at other bars.
[04:58] Miwa
    "When this happens, he usually
    goes to help at other bars."
[05:04] Miwa
    There are 300 bars in Ginza,
    and the night is still young.
[05:08] Miwa
    Here we go, Yukari-chan!
[05:10] Yukari
    What?!
[05:20] Taizo
    Ups-a-daisy.
[05:22] Taizo
    So, what are you planning to make me next?
[05:25] Ryu
    Something orthodox.
[05:28] Ryu
    A martini.
[05:32] Taizo
    What a strange odor.
[05:34] Ryu
    It's a Holland-style martini.
[05:37] Ryu
    Today, it's common to use London gin
    that has been distilled in a column still,
[05:43] Ryu
    but instead, I tried using Holland gin that
    has been aged for 15 years in the old style.
[05:49] Taizo
    I don't need a lecture on booze.
[05:52] Taizo
    You gave me old liquor because I'm old.
[05:55] Taizo
    Do you have the imagination of a school kid?
[05:59] Taizo
    Also,
[06:00] Taizo
    that one is best drank chilled and straight.
[06:04] Ryu
    You're quite knowledgeable.
[06:06] Taizo
    If the owner was still alive,
    he'd never serve something like this.
[06:12] Taizo
    Oh well. I'll give you credit for trying
    to squeeze something out of those brains.
[06:17] Ryu
    You're very kind.
[06:19] Taizo
    But anyway, about the next drink...
[06:21] Ryu
    Yes, I can mix whatever you like.
[06:25] Taizo
    The liquor shop on the corner has
    a vending machine out front, right?
[06:28] Taizo
    Go and buy me a cup of Japanese sake.
[06:33] Taizo
    You can keep the change.
[06:35] Ryu
    Sure.
SIGN    Ogura
[06:45] Ryu
    Awful.
[06:46] Taisho
    Oh yeah? Well, too bad.
[06:48] Ryu
    No, that's not what I mean.
[06:51] Ryu
    Oh, right.
[06:52] Ryu
    I should've asked you what you'd do
    if a customer says your drinks are all "awful."
[06:57] Taisho
    Huh?
[06:58] Taisho
    Welcome.
[06:59] Yukari
    Ah!
[07:00] Yukari
    Of all places!
[07:03] Ryu
    Oh, it's you...
[07:06] Taisho
    What do you mean, "of all places"?
[07:07] Yukari
    We went back to your bar today.
[07:09] Ryu
    Oh... sorry. The owner asked me
    to fill in at a different bar today.
[07:15] Miwa
    We searched all over for you,
    at bar after bar.
[07:19] Yukari
    Even though we can't expense it.
[07:21] Ryu
    Why were you searching for me?
[07:23] Yukari
    For now, please read this.
[07:27] Miwa
    Pleased to meet you.
SIGN    Hotel Cardinal
     Business Planning Division
    Kurushima Miwa
[07:29] Ryu
    Hotel Cardinal... Kijima?
[07:32] Miwa
    It's Kurushima. Kurushima Miwa.
[07:36] Yukari
    I'm Higuchi Yukari.
[07:37] Ryu
    Oh.
[07:39] Miwa
    I'll get straight to the point.
[07:41] Miwa
    Will you come and work for us?
[07:43] Ryu
    What?
[07:44] Miwa
    We'd like to hire you to work behind
    the bar as the Hotel Cardinal's bartender.
[07:50] Taisho
    Huh?! The bartender you were
    searching for was him?!
[07:54] Taisho
    The guy who can make the Glass of God?
[07:57] Ryu
    I appreciate that, but I did
    just start working at Edenhall.
[08:02] Miwa
    If the conditions aren't acceptable,
    we're willing to review them.
[08:05] Ryu
    That isn't really the problem.
[08:07] Miwa
    Is it the benefits? The pay?
    Please give us a number to work with.
[08:12] Ryu
    Um... It's actually...
[08:15] Taisho
    They're paying that much?!
[08:17] Taisho
    I'm happy to go instead.
[08:19] Miwa & Yukari
    We never asked you.
[08:20] Ryu
    I'm not sure what to think.
[08:25] Ryu
    I'll have another, Chief.
[08:27] Taisho
    Long as you don't mind if it's awful.
[08:29] Ryu
    I told you, I didn't mean your drink was awful!
[08:32] Miwa
    What's that all about?
SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
SIGN    Ginza M's Building
[08:41] (Flashback) Chief of Lapin
    When the late owner here
    was still in training in Yokohama,
[08:45] (Flashback) Chief of Lapin
    that gentleman used to be his customer.
SIGN    Closed Today Due to
    Personal Circumstances
SIGN    Edenhall
[08:56] Miwa & Yukari
    Again?
[09:01] Taizo
    I got a call from Maki-kun.
[09:04] Taizo
    You wanted to see me?
[09:06] Ryu
    Yes.
[09:07] Ryu
    I apologize for requesting
    your company like this.
[09:09] Taizo
    What kinds of awful drinks
    are you going to serve me this time?
[09:13] Ryu
    Today, would you mind
    listening to an old story?
[09:16] Taizo
    Oh?
[09:18] Ryu
    The time is right after the war.
[09:21] Ryu
    The place is Yokohama.
[09:23] Ryu
    The history of Japanese bars
    begins in the harbor.
[09:27] Ryu
    Imported Western liquors
    weren't accessible to common folk
[09:30] Ryu
    because the bars all started out of hotels.
[09:33] Ryu
    Brilliant colors that you had
    never seen. Complex odors.
[09:37] Ryu
    I imagine that the drinks served then were
    rich with flavor and sparkled with color.
[09:46] Ryu
    Here you are.
[09:48] Ryu
    An Old Pal.
[09:50] Ryu
    The name means...
[09:54] Taizo
    A dear old friend, huh.
[09:57] Ryu
    You visit us every month on the 22nd,
[10:01] Ryu
    the day that the former owner passed away.
[10:04] Ryu
    I suspect that you are coming here
    to meet him, in a sense.
[10:08] Taizo
    You sure sound like you know it all.
    But I'm sure this is just another...
[10:15] Taizo
    Good! This is exactly the flavor...
[10:19] Taizo
    The flavor that the late owner made!
[10:24] Ryu
    In an age when ice and
    refrigerators were still rare,
[10:27] Ryu
    it wasn't possible to chill
    the liquors or the glasses,
[10:30] Ryu
    so apparently, cocktails
    weren't as cold as they are today.
[10:33] Ryu
    However, at a time with
    little air conditioning,
[10:37] Ryu
    even a slightly cooler flavor
    could be quite refreshing.
[10:41] Taizo
    That's right. This reminds me of that time.
[10:47] Ryu
    "Do not change the flavor of the liquor."
[10:50] Ryu
    That's something I learned from my mentor.
[10:53] Ryu
    Because then you can be
    reacquainted with your older self.
[10:57] Ryu
    I am sure that no matter how the times
    changed, the late owner here
[11:01] Ryu
    continued to serve drinks with their
    classic flavors unchanged, just for you.
[11:06] Ryu
    Because, for you, they hold
     memories of irreplaceable friends.
[11:09] Ryu
    No matter how much time passes, the
    memories of those flavors will always remain.
[11:15] Taizo
    Out of respect for him, I never
    drank anyone else's cocktails.
[11:21] Taizo
    I never enjoyed them.
[11:24] Taizo
    However...
[11:31] Taizo
    To tell the truth, I may have been
    searching for a man like you all along.
[11:38] Taizo
    Starting today, you can be my new pal.
[11:43] Taizo
    If you ever get into any trouble,
    just give me a call.
[11:51] Ryu
    Thank you very much.
[11:56] Taizo
    Sasakura Ryu? The Glass of God?
[12:02] Taizo
    Got me thinking back
    on my times with the missus.
SIGN    Kurushima Industries Chairman
    Hotel Cardinal CEO 
    Kurushima Taizo
[12:07] Ryu
    Hotel Cardinal?
[12:09] Ryu
    Kurushima? I'm sure I've heard that before.
[12:14] Ryu
    But where was it?
[12:21] Miwa
    Aww! Where in the world did he go?!
SIGN    Glass of God
[12:29] Yukari
    He turned us down.
[12:31] Miwa
    His response is still pending.
[12:33] Kamishima
    So which one is it?
[12:34] Miwa
    We'll definitely get him to say "yes."
[12:37] Kamishima
    You sure you can handle this?
[12:39] Miwa
    Yes. Please leave it to us.
SIGN    French
[12:43] Miwa
    Like I said, you can keep telling us "no,"
    but our position hasn't changed.
[12:49] Miwa
    We would like you to come work for us.
[12:52] Ryu
    Well, it's like I told you before...
[12:53] Miwa
    Isn't there something we can do?
SIGN    French
SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
SIGN    Ginza M's Building
[12:56] Ryu
    You're putting me
    in an uncomfortable position.
[13:12] Yukari
    Please help us out here!
[13:15] Ryu
    More importantly,
    what would you like to drink next?
[13:18] Yukari
    Huh? Um, let's see.
[13:22] Ryu
    Welcome.
[13:30] Goshima
    I wonder if you'd let me have one drink,
     just to get out of the rain.
[13:35] Ryu
    Yes, of course.
[13:38] Ryu
    Please, have a seat.
[13:42] Goshima
    I didn't expect to find a bar
    in a place like this.
[13:45] Ryu
    We were closed for a period of time.
[13:48] Ryu
    Please. Use this to dry off.
[13:52] Ryu
    May I take your order?
[13:55] Ryu
    If you have any special preferences,
    please let me know.
[14:00] Goshima
    I'd love to get more drunk,
     but I'm kind of sick of alcohol tonight.
[14:06] Ryu
    I see.
[14:09] Goshima
    If that sounds impossible,
    just give me something strong.
[14:14] Ryu
    All right. Very well.
[14:21] Goshima
    People really are disgusting, aren't they?
[14:27] Ryu
    Disgusting? Are they?
[14:29] Goshima
    Like you with that forced smile on your face,
[14:32] Goshima
    when you're really thinking,
    "now this is a nasty customer."
[14:36] Goshima
    But keeping that to yourself
    is part of the job, right?
[14:40] Goshima
    At the end of the day, a bartender earns
    money just listening to people bitch.
[14:45] Goshima
    It's a job for assholes.
[14:52] Goshima
    Everyone is afraid of me.
[14:55] Goshima
    Because I've got a dirty mouth,
    as you can tell.
[14:57] Goshima
    But despite that, they still come to me
    with their ridiculous demands.
[15:02] Goshima
    But the customer gets to be selfish.
    That's what they're paying me for.
[15:09] Goshima
    Are you even listening to me?
[15:11] Ryu
    Oh! Pardon me.
[15:14] Ryu
    I had been thinking about
    what drink to serve you.
[15:19] Goshima
    Ever the hypocrite, I see.
[15:22] Ryu
    If the other option is to be called a
    hypocrite, I'd rather be an asshole.
[15:30] Ryu
    There is one drink, although
    it may take a little time.
[15:34] Ryu
    Would you mind waiting?
[15:37] Goshima
    Go ahead. But one thing.
[15:40] Goshima
    If you let me down,
    I'm not going to be happy.
[15:45] Ryu
    He stepped out even though he has customers?
[15:48] Miwa
    She wants to get drunk,
     but doesn't want to drink alcohol...
[15:51] Miwa
    I wonder what he's going to do.
[15:52] Yukari
    That really is selfish.
[16:02] Ryu
    Thank you for your patience. I asked
    the restaurant upstairs to share some.
[16:07] Ryu
    I'll mix it straight away.
[16:11] Miwa
    A pot?
[16:13] Yukari
    That is a pot.
SIGN    Worcester
    Sauce
[16:24] Ryu
    Thank you for waiting.
[16:27] Ryu
    This is a cocktail called the bull shot.
[16:30] Goshima
    A cocktail? Isn't it just soup?
[16:35] Ryu
    I thought it would be perfect
    for you right now.
[16:53] Goshima
    This...
[16:55] Goshima
    It seems like soup.
    Is there really alcohol in it?
[16:59] Ryu
    Yes. It's beef bouillon with vodka in it.
[17:04] Ryu
    It was conceived by the owner of an
    American steak restaurant in the 1950s.
[17:13] Goshima
    Delicious.
[17:15] Goshima
    It feels like it's warming my body to the core
    and bringing me back to life.
[17:23] Goshima
    Today...
[17:24] Goshima
    I had to sit through three terrible parties.
[17:28] Goshima
    Each one made me hate
    how much of an asshole I am.
[17:32] Goshima
    And I tried to take that out on you.
[17:35] Ryu
    Do you know the phrase
[17:37] Ryu
    "one for the road" and what it means?
[17:41] Goshima
    No.
[17:43] Ryu
    The dictionary says, "a final round shared
    with someone before reluctantly separating."
[17:47] Ryu
    So then, who would you be
    reluctant to separate from?
[17:51] Goshima
    If it's over a round of drinks,
[17:53] Goshima
    a bartender?
[17:55] Ryu
    That may also be true. However,
[17:58] Ryu
    sometimes deceiving and fooling
    yourself can be part of adult life.
[18:04] Ryu
    Even then, not every day will be a good one.
[18:07] Ryu
    So, with that one last drink
    before returning home...
[18:12] Goshima
    "One for the road"...
[18:15] Ryu
    The person you're toasting
    farewell to with that final drink
[18:18] Ryu
    may be the bad part of yourself
    you struggled with that day.
[18:21] Ryu
    The asshole inside yourself.
    It might just be.
[18:32] Goshima
    So...
[18:33] Goshima
    Would it be against the rules
    to get one more "one for the road"?
[18:38] Ryu
    It's perfectly okay.
[18:40] Ryu
    In that case, how about I add lemon and tomato
    juice to make the bull shot a bloody bull?
SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
SIGN    Ginza M's Building
[18:51] Goshima
    Thank you very much.
[18:53] Goshima
    I came in to get out of the rain,
    but then gave you a hard time. I'm sorry.
[18:57] Ryu
    It's fine.
[18:59] Ryu
    You were kind enough to rely on me
    as your bartender in a very difficult moment.
[19:05] Ryu
    That's another way to think about it.
[19:10] Ryu
    I'm sure it's the same for you
[19:12] Ryu
    and the clients you work with.
[19:20] Miwa
    The same? But what kind of work does she do?
[19:25] Ryu
    Oh, didn't you notice?
[19:29] Ryu
    She had a particular kind of bag.
[19:31] Yukari
    It looked heavy, didn't it?
[19:33] Ryu
    Yes.
[19:34] Ryu
    A former American Secretary of State
    used to prefer a bag like that,
[19:38] Ryu
    so it was called a Dulles bag.
[19:40] Ryu
    It's very sturdy and can carry
    a large amount of paperwork,
[19:42] Ryu
    so it's sometimes also called a lawyer's bag.
[19:46] Miwa
    A bag for lawyers and people working in law?
[19:49] Yukari
    Wow, you can figure out
    someone's job from just a bag?
[19:55] Miwa
    Sasakura-san.
[19:57] Ryu
    Yes?
[19:58] Miwa
    Please come to work at our hotel.
[20:00] Ryu
    Haven't we already discussed that?
[20:04] Miwa
    You can say "no" all you want, but
    I'll still recruit you one way or another.
[20:08] Ryu
    I guess I have no choice.
[20:11] Miwa
    What?
[20:11] Yukari
    You mean...?
[20:13] Ryu
    I didn't want to tell you this until now...
[20:16] Miwa & Yukari
    Yes?
[20:18] Ryu
    but... I'm actually afraid of heights.
[20:22] Ryu
    I'm very sorry that
    I cannot accept your offer.
[20:26] Miwa & Yukari
    Huh...?
[20:31] Yukari
    The bar at the Latz Hotel is on the
    top floor! That's super high up!
[20:38] Miwa
    Afraid of heights, huh?
    Why would he tell such a transparent lie?
[20:45] Taizo
    Sasakura Ryu? That sounds very interesting.
[20:49] Taizo
    Do whatever's necessary to
    get him behind the counter.
[20:53] Taizo
    Got it?
[20:54] Miwa
    Mm-hmm.
[20:58] Miwa
    That's easy for Grandpa to say,
    but this isn't going to be a walk in the park.
[21:07] Goshima
    Yajima-kun, what's on the books for today?
[21:10] Yajima
    Uh, estate division and child custody.
    And there are two divorces.
[21:17] Goshima
    Assholes!
[21:18] Goshima
    Why is every single one of them "me, me, me"?
[21:22] Yajima
    I'm not sure I have the answer.
[21:24] Goshima
    But I shouldn't say that. They're relying
    on my help in a very difficult moment.
[21:30] Goshima
    That's another way to think about it.
[21:35] Goshima
    Yajima-kun.
[21:37] Yajima
    Yes?
[21:38] Goshima
    Have you ever heard of a bull shot?
[21:40] Yajima
    I have. The cocktail, right?
[21:44] Yajima
    Or do you mean the mystery novel?
[21:47] Goshima
    Mystery novel?
[21:49] Yajima
    It's a story about a lawyer who acts really
    tough but actually has a gentle heart.
[21:54] Yajima
    Who calls everyone "assholes."
[21:59] Goshima
    Yajima-kun, when we're done,
    want to go out for a drink?
[22:03] Goshima
    I found a really nice bar.
[22:05] Yajima
    That sounds great!
[22:07] Goshima
    The bartender is a complete asshole, though.
SIGN    Episode 3
SIGN    The Perfect Taste