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Hotel Hisui

Year 2020

I'm the only one who isn't here right now.

I have always felt like that.

The customers at table number three ordered 2 sets of lunch set B.

Yes, chef!

It's done.

No, re-do it! - Yes.

This plating is not aesthetic! What are you not understanding?

I'm sorry!

Hey, Nakagawa!

Yes! Ah... - Oy, what are you doing?

I'm sorry.

I wanted to run away to somewhere that's not here.

Little did I know, before long...

I'll embark on a mysterious journey.

The 56th Year of a Broken-Heart

It was announced that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics Games would be postponed.

But I had no interest in it... I was completely preoccupied about my work...

Is everyone here? - Yes.

We will put together a special menu for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This was a request from the hotel.

This plan will support the Games next year. It's an excellent opportunity to sharpen your skills.

Everyone here can submit their recipes for the menu.

The one whose recipes will be picked will receive a cash prize. Please try to submit.

Um...

How will it be judged?

Who are you again? - I'm the newbie, Sakaguchi Kiyohiko.

Please remember.

Chez Nishijima's owner is Nishijima Kazuo.

The menu will be decided by his tastebuds.

By my tastebuds, will that be enough?

Deadline is in a week, good luck!

Yes!

Okay, let's eat. Bon Appetit.

Thank you.

Who made today's meal?

I'm new, my name is Nakagawa Saori. It's my first time making lunch for the crew.

It's duck ballotine.

Is this pigfeed? It's inedible.

How long have you been here?

Two months...

Look for another job.

- I'll do it again. - I'll do it. I'm not a pig.

Baa-chan, I'm almost done with the cooking. Please wait.

I can't just sit and wait. I'm excited!

Today is your birthday, so let me do all of it.

Is that so? Thank you.

I love cooking, so when I'm older, I want to be a chef.

Chef? Oh you mean a cook?

Grandma, next April... I'm going to be working at Chez Nishijima.

It's a famous restaurant in the basement of Hotel Hisui.

Really? Congratulations!

I'll become a top chef, and will invite you for a meal.

It's a promise.

I'm looking forward to it. I won't die until then.

Baa-chan, there's a French cooking contest...

I won the students section of the contest... Isn't that amazing?

In the end, I couldn't deliver on my promise...

I'll become the best chef in the world...

So please make a visit from heaven then.

Baa-chan.

I thought I would be done with washing the dishes today...

I'm such an idiot.

Your dish was delicious. That's not surprising...

It's pigfeed though...

Chef Nishijima is someone who can respect others.

He's purposefully being tough because he's testing you.

Do you get better at cooking the more dishes you wash?

In this society where three-star chefs release their recipes on video...

What's the point of undergoing training?

I'm capable of being a top-chef now.

Don't rush it. - Stop.

Nakagawa Saori won the domestic French cooking contest while she was attending cooking school.

The one who hired her because of her potential was...

Me.

Her duck ballotine was delicious.

I know. She has chops.

But simply by having chops does not a real chef make.

Try it.

I'm conducting research on how to incorporate elements of Ethiopian food in French cuisine.

It's wrapped in a crepe-looking thing, right?

It's called injera, and it's made with spices. You use it as a wrap.

The acidity supports the mouthfeel. Very delicious.

You ferment an ingredient called teff for three days.

Here's the recipe. For you.

Thank you.

Your passion for research never changes. I respect that.

I've sealed away my feelings for you.

From now on, we are rivals.

Okay.

How about trying to submit the menu for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympics?

Tokyo Olympic?

It's an opportunity to redeem yourself. Try it.

There'll be another Olympics in Tokyo? I'm looking forward to it.

I must not die before then.

Go prove Nishijima wrong!

Shut it. Don't tell me what to do.

Hurry and come back. Break time is over.

The door is closing.

What? An earthquake?

What was that? That was so sudden...

Like I'll let it get me down.

What?

Western Restaurant Hisui-tei

Hisui-tei?

Is that you?

It's your first day and you're late? Come quick!

Hey!

No way, you're a woman? - So what?

I've never seen a female cook. Oh well, just come!

Umm... - Hurry up!

Quickly!

Head Chef.

This is the new trainee.

A girl? That's not what was discussed.

I'm Head Chef Tanioka Kinzo.

My name is... - I don't need to know. I won't remember it anyways.

It's tough working here. The trainees all run away with their tails between their legs.

It's the first time a female cook has worked here, but I won't go easy on you because of that, alright?

Where's your reply?

- Okay. - Any questions?

1964, June, Showa 39

Umm... What year is it?

Showa 39 of course, why are you asking?

Showa?

Hisui-tei. Long before Chez Nishijima opened, I heard that it used to be Hisui-tei, a long-established Western Restaurant.

I went back in time to that Hisui-tei.

Why me?

It doesn't seem to be a dream...

But even here, I'm still washing the dishes.

Hey, peel the vegetables.

Ummm... Do you have a peeler?

What's that?

A vegetable peeler that French chefs use.

So... The peeler? What do you use it for?

You use peelers to peel the skin off of vegetables. You don't know what that is?

Don't you peel skin with a knife?

Have you worked at a Western Restaurant?

A little bit at a place called Chez Nishijima.

Is that a Western Restaurant? What can you make?

Maybe something for pigs... - For pigs?

Nevermind... I'll go put this away.

I took the staff elevator up and down many times...

But there was no time slip...

Trying to escape?

Whatever, just go.

Please wait. I'm going back.

Hey, you!

- Yes? - Do you have any rare dishes?

Ahh... Well...

Anywho, the war took my arms and my legs...

Food is the only thing I can look forward to...

Shinichiro-san, please stop that.

It's that customer again.

Rare dishes? What can we do?

What do we do?

In the kitchens of 1964, ingredients and seasonings are limited...

Try it.

Um, could I take a stab at it?

Cuisson sous-vide...

Or in other words, cooking in vacuum...

It's the fifth cooking method after grill, boil, steam, and deep-frying.

It was invented in France in 1974.

But here in this day and time, no one knows about it yet.

What are you trying to do?

Why did I travel back 56 years in time?

Why are you only putting sauce on the plate?

He's not eating the plate...

Please be quiet.

The meat's so soft it's melting in my mouth.

It's my first time eating something this delicious.

That's good. Would you like to have some more?

If only my war buddies could try this...

What's your name?

Nakagawa Saori.

You're hired. - Wha?

What? - What-?

Head Chef, wait a second. You're not going to hire a female cook?!

If we let females wander round the kitchen, it'll dirty the place up. Give me a break.

Head Chef. - Be quiet!

Her gender has nothing to do with her her skills. Anyone got other complaints I haven't heard of?

At last, I've been accepted as a chef.

We are closed today due to gas maintenance.

Are you planning to go home dressed like that?

Where do you live?

Are you a runaway?

I had a feeling. The Head Chef is famous due to his appearances on TV.

Young and willing apprentices come and go frequently.

Though, a lot of them leave after less than a week.

I see.

But it's the first time we've had a girl... It's surprising...

What's that?

It's nothing.

Onii-chan. - Oh, it's Kazuko! What are you doing here?

I'm going to the nearby library to look up sources for my thesis.

I heard you finished work early so I thought we could go home together.

This is my sister, Kazuko. This is...

Onii-chan! She looks beautiful! Congratulations!

Are you a cook? That's amazing, even though you're a girl.

She's a junior that I just met.

Nakagawa Saori, do you have a place to stay?

Maybe I'd stay at a capsule hotel or a manga cafe...

Manga cafe? What's that?

A hotel? Do you have money?

Money?

I left my wallet and smartphone in my locker in 2020.

Why don't you come to our place? - Eh?

You're welcome to. Right Onii-chan? - Yeah, that's fine.

We should help each other out when we are struggling.

There's going to be an Olympics in Tokyo in October huh?

It's all just a bunch of unstable dudes frolicking about.

He says stuff like this all the time. Don't mind him.

It was only a little while ago that we were at war.

Are people pretending to forget? Or did they really forget?

Japanese people are so naive... Don't you think so?

Maybe so...

Onii-chan, do you resent a peaceful world?

Peace above all else... It's a shame that we had war a second time.

The year 1964 was as mysterious as an old photograph that suddenly started moving.

Come in.

Please excuse me.

Ahh... Kazuko is studying a difficult subject at university...

All of my meager income has been used to buy books for her.

I'm sorry.

Let's go to the sento. Kazuko, lend her a change of clothes.

Sure. I'll be right back. - Thank you.

Onii-chan, Saori-san is going to change, so please leave the room.

Okay.

My brother is stubborn, but his cooking is topnotch.

I'm sure he'll be a good husband. A good investment!

I'll keep that in mind.

What are you talking about?

Nothing. Come in.

Ohh, she's wearing the same clothes, but it looks totally different on her.

You should teach Kazuko about how to dress fashionably.

Ah, how rude!

You two get along well.

Wow, physics? That's a very difficult topic to study!

Do you know Madame Curie?

I'm going to be the first Japanese woman to receive the Nobel Prize!

That's so admirable.

There isn't a thing in this world that can't be explained using science.

Really? - Really.

Umm... - What is it?

Would you believe me... if I said I was from 56 years in the future?

That I'm from the year 2020?

Are you saying you travelled back in time?

Hey, what you said earlier, I think it's theoretically possible.

Eh? That I came from the 21st century? Do you believe me?

If so, tell me what 2020 is like!

Is there world peace? Has discrimination been extinguished?

Has illness and starvation been eradicated?

Hmmm...

Temperatures all over the Earth are increasing, and strange phenomena occur frequently...

Even though a novel virus is spreading...

Countries around the world are in disagreement over it...

It would not be surprising for anything to happen at any time.

Artificial intelligence has replaced humans in all aspects....

Wow...

Also, in the near future, anyone will be able to travel to outer space.

It's as if you've seen it before...

I almost believed you.

Ah... I'm just kidding.

I wanna go to the year 2020.

Men shouldn't take longer baths the the laides. - Sorry I made you wait.

Onii-chan, Saori-san told me her secret.

Secret? What's that? - Do you wanna know?

No way... You can't be married...?

Are you concerned?

I'm single.

Allow me to reveal...

Stop being pretentious.

Saori-san is a person of the future, she's from the year 2020!

Person of the future?

I don't look it but I'm from the future...!

How lame. I'm sorry I asked.

He didn't believe us...

He thought I was married... - I think he may have been worried about that.

Saori-san, why don't you tell my brother about the year 2020?

I already know. We signed a peace treaty after a war with Martians, right?

Ah, in the year 2020, everyone has a telephone that they carry and walk around with.

A telephone? What for?

I wonder... - That'd be heavy... What about the telephone lines?

Onii-chan, it's a joke! - Right?

A telephone.

He believed it!

What are you going to do with this much food scraps?

Food scraps?

These aren't food scraps.

Eh?

The vegetable waste that was thrown away...

And the French baguette that has gone stale and cannot be served to customers...

Head Chef refused them, so I took them.

The skin and root of vegetables are very nutritious and delicious.

To throw them away would be a waste.

Are you making French toast?

You know French toast?

Thank you for the food.

Delicious.

I'm sorry I called it food scraps.

No...

I...

How do I become a proper chef?

You should listen to the voices of the ingredients.

Voices of the ingredients?

Concentrate on the voices of the ingredients.

They will teach you how to cook.

What is referred to as chef, often includes listening carefully.

That's all.

"I'll thank you when you have eaten every part of me."

Smells great.

Good evening. It's ready to eat!

Thank you for cooking always.

I'm hungry. - It's done now!

Ken-chan, can you eat vegetable soup?

Good boy. - Thank you so much.

Oh, what's for today?

I made vegetable soup and French toast.

Let's eat! - Let's eat!

Do you cook for the residents of this apartment building like this all the time?

Sometimes. Everyone is struggling. We're all in this together.

You should call your parents at home. I'm sure they're worried about you.

Our neighbor, Okamoto-san will lend you their phone.

My parents have passed away. - In the war?

My father died in a traffic accident.

My mother was in the passenger seat.

My condolences.

What about your parents?

My father died in the war in the Philippines. My mother died from an air raid.

I was seven.

I remember clearly wandering the debris of the raid, while piggy-backing Kazuko, who wasn't even three yet.

That sounds tough.

It was even more tough after the war.

We were homeless, and lived in Ueno Station.

We stole food from the black market to stave off starvation.

Stealing is wrong.

But I couldn't let my sister die from starvation.

Thank you, Onii-chan.

I used to make soup from vegetable scraps scrounged from the occupying forces.

When I fed the soup to Kazuko who was sick, she gradually recovered.

It saved her life.

I owe a debt of gratitude to this soup.

It felt and sounded like a story from a foreign country to me.

We were always hungry.

I couldn't endure the pain of starvation.

Right?

Yes...

That's why I became a cook.

More than anything, I love it when customers are satisfied from eating delicious food to their heart's content.

Me too.

Cooks are all like that.

No one is going to help you out.

If so, how does a cook improve their skills?

You steal.

Steal? How?

For example, tasting and memorizing the leftover sauce from the pot with your finger in secret.

You can become better that way.

Hurry up and wash it. - Okay.

I won't go easy on you because you're a girl. We're both cooks.

I'm not afraid of you. I'm going to be a proper chef here.

Ummm... Where is Hisui-tei?

Hisui-tei is in this building.

Umm, are you in a rush? - I'm late for my appointment.

I know a shortcut. I'll guide you.

Thank you for your kindness. - Let's go.

Umm... Have we met somewhere?

No, I'm sure you've got the wrong person.

There shouldn't be anyone I'd recognize from the year 1964.

Why did I...?

What is the matter?

Have you ever been to Hotel Hisui?

Hotel Hisui was where your grandfather proposed to me.

Umm... what is your surname?

It's Wakabayashi. - What is your first name?

It's Masayo.

Umm... What about Hisui-tei?

Oh, it's this way. Let's hurry.

1964 was the year of the Tokyo Olympics.

That year was like a dream.

Right over there. - Thank you very much.

You're late. - I'm so very sorry.

I never thought I would meet you this way, Baa-chan.

Nice to meet you. My name is Kuroda Nobuyoshi.

Kuroda?

Hmmm...

Thank you so much for earlier.

Masayo-san, do you remember me?

I was in the same grade as you from high school. My name is Nakagawa Saori.

I'm sorry. I can't recall.

No problem. Don't worry. There's no way you'd remember me.

Hey, Grandma, can we talk for a little?

Grandma?

Did you just have an arranged marriage meeting?

My aunt and uncle are seriously recommending me to go through with it.

Do you plan to marry the person you met for the first time today?

I don't have an inheritance and my parents have both passed, so I'm grateful for this opportunity.

You have another person you like right?

You know, a classmate from high school named Nakagawa Makoto? Right?

How do you know...?

My Grandpa...

Ah, ummm, I'm a distant relative of Nakagawa-san.

I didn't know.

Anyway, if you have feelings for someone, you should tell him.

That's too improper for a girl...

What decade are you in?

There's no way you'd be happy if you marry someone you just met who you have absolutely no interest in...

We can hear you from out here. What's going on?

Nothing. - Keep quiet, okay?

I'm sorry.

Not problem...

Good afternoon.

Nakagawa Makoto?

You are...

Did you like my Grandpa?

Of course!

Grandpa was such a good man that he gave me shivers!

Baa-chan... You have bad taste in men...

Hm? What?

Ah, Do you remember a classmate from high school called Wakabayashi Masayo?

I have a message from her.

Um... I have something to discuss with you.

What is it? Tell me.

You want to be in charge of the full course?

Please!

You should know your place!

If you fail and the restaurant gets a bad reputation, how do you plan to take responsibility for it?

Head Chef, I'll take responsibility as well by assisting... Please.

Please!

There's something special going on right? Let them do it, Head Chef.

Yeah, Head Chef. Let them do it.

Let them try it!

Nakagawa-kun.

Masayo-chan, I haven't seen you since graduation.

So, what did you want to talk about? - What?

You're the one that wanted to talk to me, right? That's what Saori-san said.

Is Saori-san your friend?

She's your relative right? you have the same last name...

Nakagawa-kun.

I had an arranged marriage meeting last week. - Arranged marriage?

Ohh... I see.

Don't you have something else to say?

It's not my place to say anything.

I'm going to be a great chef, and invite you for a meal.

Delicious.

It's my first time eating something this delicious.

Um, Nakagawa-kun.

What is it?

Would I have kept on going, pretending to forget something important...

How is it?

It's good.

Yes, pretty good.

Thank you. - It's just for tonight.

If a girl like you stole my position as the Head Chef, I wouldn't be able to live.

It's delicious.

Yes.

I think it is a happy life to be able to eat delicious food with your loved ones everyday.

I am happy.

Let's get married.

Okay, let's.

Excuse me.

How was the food?

After eating the delicious food, I was able to say what I couldn't say.

He proposed?

We will get married.

Congratulations!

Thank you for your invitation. It's all because of you.

I was finally able to fulfill my promise, Grandma.

Why do you sometimes call me "Grandma"?

I'm only eighteen.

I'll go get dessert.

How did it go?

It was a big success!

He proposed and they're going to get married!

Thank you so much!

Let's get back to work! - Yes!

That's great. - I'm so glad to hear.

Thanks so much for today.

I'm glad it went well.

I was really happy to see them so delighted by food.

All cooks are like that.

That's a wonderful watch.

It's a keepsake from my dad. It's the only thing I inherited from him...

When I couldn't afford Kazuko's university tuition, I pawned it... But eventually managed to get it back.

I'll support her dreams in any way I can.

Ryuichi-san? What about you?

What is your dream?

I want to work at a real French restaurant to fine-tune my chops.

That's my dream.

I've never told anyone that...

I'm sure your dream will come true.

Nakagawa, did you come from the year 2020?

Why do you ask?

I just had a feeling that it's true.

Maybe I did.

Let's go after we finish our drinks. Kazuko-san must be worried.

Bathroom.

It sucked.

That guy... From earlier.

How humiliating, getting rejected...

I'm not interested in such a basic bitch.

I went for her because of her inheritance and her uncle's land.

I had to dump all four bitches I was dating to get her...

You'd do the same if you were in my shoes!

Hey, how about me?

You're a cutie.

You wanna be my girl? Great, you'll do.

I refuse.

You've got the guts to play around huh? If it's free, I won't go through with it...

If you had to go through with it, then what?

Ah, I'm sorry. Ow!

Let's go.

Hey.

Ah, let's drink more.

You can't hold your liquor... Sorry for keeping you out late.

My condolences.

But the slap across his face was splendid.

Oh, you saw that? What he said was unforgivable.

It's been fun since you arrived.

She fell asleep, huh?

Welcome home.

I'm home. - You were out late.

We were working overtime.

It's overtime! - Well, well!

What?

Stinking of alcohol and coming home in the early morning is overtime?

I'm sure that's true.

Stop that.

Good morning!

Toshie-chan! - Here's some bean stew. Please have some.

Thank you! Saori-san, this is our neighbour, Toshie-chan.

She works at a cafe near here.

I'm Nakagawa Saori. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. - Thank you! Sorry for your troubles.

It's nothing.

- It's the elevator we always take. Why's it being so slow?

What's wrong?

I'm taking the stairs.

Hey, the hall that we're preparing in is on the third floor!

How impatient.

I don't know when, but I started avoiding taking the staff elevator.

And finally... The anchor of the Parade of Nations, the 94th country to participate in these Olympics, delegates from Japan!

The Japanese delegates are entering the venue.

Four months has passed...

And the Tokyo Olympics started.

Welcome to Tokyo!

Today's dishes were made by her.

It was very delicious. Thank you.

Customer... You are inconveniencing us.

Please wait over here.

What is it? - It seems like he really wants to dine here.

But he's not wearing any shoes. If he can't buy shoes, he probably doesn't have any money either.

How can we help you?

It's okay.

It's okay. I just want to eat.

Customer, we can't serve you. Please wait.

Excuse me, may I help you?

Can you speak English? - A little.

Do you know Ethiopia in Africa?

I want to eat Ethiopian cuisine.

Do you have any money?

Don't worry about money.

The Team Representative will pay later.

Team...

Ethiopia... When I trained in France, I heard a little about Ethiopian cuisine...

But I have no idea where to begin...

I'm conducting research on how to incorporate elements of Ethiopian food in French cuisine.

Here's the recipe. You can keep it.

Would it be okay for me to handle this?

I've been taught how to.

Okay. Go and try it.

What does he mean by the "team representative will come and pay"?

Is he competiing in the Olympics?

Could he be Abebe?

That's right! Abebe! - Abebe? No way...

Abebe... Who's that?

He's the Ethiopian marathoner who runs barefoot.

He received the gold medal in the Rome Olympics.

He's a VIP… Take him to the private room. - Okay.

Sorry, we didn't have the right ingredients and spices.

But I managed to make it with substitutes.

How is it?

You made this?

It's great. It tastes like my mom's cooking.

Thank you.

You're Ethiopian Olympian Abebe, right?

Please give me your autograph!

Autograph? Okay.

Thank you!

Thank you.

Hey. You're not really Abebe, right?

How did you find out?

Abebe! I remember!

Abebe? - He was so fast.

In the Rome Olympics, he ran barefoot.

Oh, I see.

Abebe finished in two hours 12 minutes 11 seconds...

I saw him clearly on TV.

You're much younger.

I'm an US soldier.

I deserted from the army.

Soldier?

Yeah.

I lost my shoes when I was crossing the river at night.

When I was walking down the street...

People often took me for Abebe... Because Abebe is a Black guy.

Then I got the idea to go with it...

Play the hero of my mother's homeland... Ethiopia.

Why did you desert from the army?

Blacks in the US... Volunteering in the army is the only way to move up the ladder.

I don't want to kill anyone... or be killed.

I hate war.

You will be caught.

In two days...

A cargo ship off to Brazil leaves Tokyo port.

I'll escape on it.

So please...

Let me go.

Please.

Nakagawa.

After work today, can we talk?

What is it?

It's important.

Okay.

The Head Chef asked me if I want to try to work at a French restaurant in Paris.

What?

The French restaurant that the Head Chef trained at is looking for a Japanese chef.

Sounds like they want to develop a menu with Japanese cooking techniques.

It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for me.

Are you going to France?

Will you come with me?

What?

Let's talk tonight.

Okay...

You're...

You're not going to disappear somewhere are you?

No, why would I...?

I just had a feeling. See you tonight.

Yes please.

Have you seen this foreigner?

Ah... sorry, hold on.

This African-American man is an American soldier who escaped from the stationed troops.

He's been eating without paying under the guise of Abebe.

What? He's not Abebe?

No he isn't.

We thought... Because he came in barefoot...

That's his modus operandi.

He used the same trick to eat freely at other restaurants.

Police are here.

The Police are here. Come on!

Who called the Police?

I don't know.

You'll help me?

Yes, let's go! Hurry!

Come on!

If you go to the ground floor, you will see a door leading to the lobby.

Thank you.

You could get cash if you sell it.

I guess it's not enough for what you've done for me.

Forgive me.

Isn't this important to you?

It's a keepsake of my mom.

She's from Ethiopia.

But she died of illness before I enlisted.

But her cooking was awesome.

Don't worry about paying.

I will take care of it.

One day, the world... The world will be free from war, right?

I'm sure it will.

Hey.

You have to run faster than Abebe, or you will be caught.

Can I get a gold medal if I make it?

An earthquake?

No way...

The door is closing.

Hey, breaktime is over. Come quick.

I've returned to the year 2020.

Was I dreaming?

These aren't food scraps.

Hey, did you know?

There is 28 million tons of food waste every year.

That exceeds the 27 million tons of agriculture production every year.

What? What are you talking about?

There are a 6.43 million tons of still edible and yet thrown away foodstuffs every year.

How did it become like this?

Never mind that... Did you submit a special menu for the Tokyo Olympics?

Did you?

I submitted seven times, but they were all rejected.

You tried seven times?

You're surprisingly determined. I should be like you.

Tomorrow's the deadline. I thought we were rivals?

After the pigfeed, I guess you're using food waste to make soup?

You're very daring.

How is it?

We're a high-end French restaurant.

Do you think we can serve soup that was made from food waste to our customers?

Soup that contains nutrients from the skin and roots of vegetables have anti-oxidants and boosts immunity.

It also has anti-aging effects... For customers who are health-conscious...

I understand your reasoning.

Nakagawa, I have one question for you.

What do you think it's the most important thing for chefs?

You should listen to the voices of the ingredients.

To listen to the voices of the ingredients.

They will teach you how to cook.

Sorry, these are the words of someone I respect.

I don't care if you borrow someone else's opinion...

It's good that you know.

Delicious. You pass.

It was surprisingly easy to prove myself to Chef Nishijima.

Isn't that perplexing?

I was really happy to see his look of satisfaction after drinking the soup...

I used Shiokoji, and the umami increased tremendously.

It was Shiokoji.

You probably didn't know about it, right?

It's existed since the Edo period.

It became popular in 2011.

I miss you, Ryuuichi-san.

I want to see you.

It makes me happy when customers like my cooking.

That's why I'm working.

Cooks are all like that.

Hey Nakagawa, the customers in the private room really liked your special dish.

It's a couple celebrating their gold anniversary. Go say hi.

Okay.

Come in.

Excuse me.

How was the food?

The vegetable soup was very delicious.

Did you make it? You're so young! - Thank you so much.

My husband used to be a chef, so he's very picky about food.

But he loved it!

I'm honored to be complicated by someone of the same trade.

This used to be a Western Restaurant called Hisui-tei.

Did you know that?

Yes, I did.

My husband used to be the Head Chef of Hisui-tei.

This place looks very different now.

He said that we can celebrate here for our golden anniversary.

How amazing to be celebrating your golden anniversary. I'm envious.

We have been married for 50 years.

You know, my husband was interested in someone else.

But suddenly she disappeared.

He searched for her for a long time.

But in the end, he couldn't find her.

It's a keepsake from my dad. The only thing I inherited from him...

I waited a long time for him before he gave up on her.

Saori-san, this is our neighbour, Toshie-chan.

Thank you! Sorry for your troubles.

Oh no, I talked too much! Maybe I've had too much wine.

Where is your husband?

He started crying suddenly after a mouthful of soup.

He said, "This tastes like my cooking."

Maybe he might be remembering his time as a chef. Oh, he's in the restroom.

Did your husband not go to France?

He gave up on moving to France to wait for that girl.

How do you...?

Excuse me.

Ah, please stay.

I'm sure my husband would want to meet you.

I must not see him.

I can't. - Why not?

I'm sorry.

Please, be happy.

Hey, what's wrong?

What happened?

Hey, get a room!

It's... not like that.

My first love traversed 56 years, but still ended so soon.

You probably also have a girl whom you can't stop thinking about.

It's been 56 years, and even now I still can't forget the first girl I ever fell in love with.

I waited to meet her again, but in the blink of an eye, I have turned into an old man.

It's true! Are you listening? - I am.

It couldn't be...

I did go back in time to the last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics.

Why won't you believe me?

You probably fell asleep in the elevator and dreamt it, right?

You dumbass. It wasn't a dream. - It was definitely a dream.

You're...

You look exactly like my first love.

What?

No way, is it him?

Ryuuichi-san?

There was a beautiful woman who slapped me 56 years ago at this same bar, when Tokyo had the Olympics last...

Please stop.

She was my first love. - Please stop.

You haven't changed a bit.

Stop!

My first love traversed 56 years, but still ended so soon.