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Grande Maison Tokyo Special

2024 · 101 min

A polished, earnest kitchen drama about pride and compromise, more talk than heat, best for viewers who like craft and quiet stakes.

Directed by
Ayuko Tsukahara
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki, Yuta Tamamori
Overview
Just one year after opening, Hayami Rinko became the first Asian woman to be the chef of a three-star restaurant, but shortly after, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the food and beverage industry hard. "Grand Maison Tokyo" was no exception, and in order to survive, the restaurant entered into a capital alliance with a food consulting company under a major corporation and found a way forward with frozen foods for mail order and recipe sites...

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Stream in the UK
  • HBO Max
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Ayuko Tsukahara
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki, Yuta Tamamori
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • work
    • class
    • power
    • betrayal
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama, tv movie
    Directed by
    Ayuko Tsukahara
    Written by
    Tsutomu Kuroiwa
    Starring
    Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki, Yuta Tamamori, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Ikki Sawamura, Kikugoro Onoe VIII, Kanichiro, Ai Tominaga
    Runtime
    101 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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