Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
TV Show · Drama

Amamiya (Keita Machida), Nakauchi (Kisetsu Fujiwara), and Kobayashi (Morisaki Win), former high school classmates, reunite unexpectedly at a bar in Tokyo's Nishi Ogikubo District. Nakauchi, a chef who lost his sense of taste, joins Amamiya, a bartender, and Kobayashi, a struggling writer, at the bar left by Kobayashi's grandfather. The trio forms an unlikely team, with Amamiya mixing cocktails, Kobayashi offering advice, and Nakauchi cooking with canned food. Their unique approach attracts customers with various problems, who often find solutions through their collective wisdom. As they work together, the bar becomes a sanctuary of support and friendship, with an underlying question of what will happen when their canned food supply runs out. This is a 2021 Japanese drama series directed by Murao Yoshiaki.

2021 · 24m
Starring Keita Machida
Director Yoshiaki Murao, Juntaro Furubayashi

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Satoru Nakauchi, a chef at a top-class restaurant, is forced to quit his job. He then meets his high school classmates, Ryoichiro Amamiya and Naoki Kobayashi, at Mitsuboshi Youshudou bar, where Amamiya works as a bartender and Kobayashi is the owner.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Nakauchi sees his classmate Yoshiko Asada while shopping at the supermarket and invites her to Mitsuboshi Youshudou. He gets surprised when Asada shows up at the bar with a newborn baby.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    The trio set up a surprise birthday party for a regular customer, but the arrival of a retired office worker forces them to change their plan.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Episode 4
    Amamiya and Kobayashi notice something strange about Nakauchi, who has lost his sense of taste; construction site worker Kanji Nishi arrives at the bar after meeting Akira Harada, with whom he used to do comedy work.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Episode 5
    Kobayashi and Amamiya think about their future as their grandfather's legacy of canned goods dwindles; a struggling musician plans a surprise for his girlfriend at the bar.
    23 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Episode 6
    At last, there is only one canned food left in stock, so the trio greet the members of the bar. Designer Saikawa Naomi arrives at Mitsuboshi Youshudou to meet the previous master and becomes the last customer.
    23 min

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Cast & Crew

  • Keita Machida
    Ryoichiro Amamiya
  • Y‌M
    Yoshiaki Murao
    Director
  • J‌F
    Juntaro Furubayashi
    Director
  • Y‌K
    Yuuna Kamiura
    Director

About

Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

Drama

Amamiya (Keita Machida), Nakauchi (Kisetsu Fujiwara), and Kobayashi (Morisaki Win), former high school classmates, reunite unexpectedly at a bar in Tokyo's Nishi Ogikubo District. Nakauchi, a chef who lost his sense of taste, joins Amamiya, a bartender, and Kobayashi, a struggling writer, at the bar left by Kobayashi's grandfather. The trio forms an unlikely team, with Amamiya mixing cocktails, Kobayashi offering advice, and Nakauchi cooking with canned food. Their unique approach attracts customers with various problems, who often find solutions through their collective wisdom. As they work together, the bar becomes a sanctuary of support and friendship, with an underlying question of what will happen when their canned food supply runs out. This is a 2021 Japanese drama series directed by Murao Yoshiaki.

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毎日放送
Released
2021
Rated
15

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Japanese
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