Name: Bartender
Released: 2006-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ayumi Fujimura, Iemasa Kayumi, Masaaki Yajima

TV Show · Animation · Anime

Situated in Tokyo is the Eden Hall, a quiet bar that few people come across. It is run by legendary bartender Ryu Sasakura, a genius at mixing dinks. Customers from all walks of life arrive for a godly glass at the Hall and a kind word with Ryu, both of which assist in clearing their problems up and reviving them for another go at life.

2006 · 22m

Starring Ayumi Fujimura, Iemasa Kayumi, Masaaki Yajima

Director Masaki Watanabe

EPISODE 1

The Bartender

Ryū Sasakura creates cocktails dubbed "The Glass of the Gods" at the Eden Hall bar in Ginza; hotel redesigner Kamishima holds deep disregard for bartenders because of an embarrassing mistake he made as a younger man.
EPISODE 2

The Menu of the Heart

Miwa Kurushima comes to Eden Hall to ask Ryū to help find her "Menu of the Heart" due to family misfortune linked to her breaking a bottle of alcohol as a child.
EPISODE 5

Things Left Behind in a Bar

Ryu lifts the spirits of downtrodden salesman Shibata by making a daiquiri and recounting Ernest Hemingway's story "The Old Man and the Sea."
EPISODE 6

The Story Inside the Glass

Screenwriter Shizuo Kasahara has trouble writing so he goes to various bars, orders four brands of Scottish single malt whisky and poses a riddle to bartenders no one can solve until his director friend catches up with him, and they encounter Ryū.
EPISODE 8

The Lies at the Counter

Ryū serves Angel's Tip to a couple out on a date, including a man who claims to be a doctor but whose behavior makes the bartender suspect that he's a conman seeking to cheat the woman.
EPISODE 10

A Christmas Miracle

After being entranced by Miwa, professor Okita follows her into Eden Hall on Christmas night.