Jan. 27th, 2012 11:27 pm
Shinya Shokudo 2 Drama Notes (Ep. 9)
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earth_colorsStory 19 (Ep9 of S2): "Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)"
Episode Synopsis. One night, one of Meshi-ya's regular customers, Kanemoto (Kaneko Kiyobumi) comes in with his lovely date, a woman named, Chiaki (Kochi Machiko). Master serves them nikujaga (meat and potato stew). The dish reminds Chiaki of her poor family back home. "We couldn't afford to buy beef," she admits, "and so we used pork instead." Kanemoto is obviously smitten with her, and in full view of Master and the other patrons, the two unabashedly flirt with each other....
Soon, Master hears a similar story from Noriko (Maeda Aki), a woman who works as a part-time delivery girl of birthday cakes. She also likes nikujaga, and tells Master that growing up in Hokkaido, she and her family would eat nikujaga with pork because they did not have enough money to buy beef as well. In contrast, however, salaryman Goro (Matsuo Satoru) has had bad memories of nikujaga. He admits that a woman in his past used to cook nikujaga for him almost every day... "I grew increasingly fond of her, " he recalls. "Then, one day, she took all my savings and disappeared..."
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Character Spotlight: The Stripper, and the Salarymen
Matsushima Marilyn (Ando Tamae). The star dancer of strip theater, Shinjuku New Art, she constantly takes her act on the road. Some of her fans are the male regulars of Meshi-ya. In ep. 9 (S1), it was revealed she attended a performing arts school which means she once had ambitions to become a professional stage performer. Her favorite order is tarako (cod roe), preferably cooked medium rare.
Kanemoto and Goro. Kanemoto (Kaneko Kiyobumi) first appeared in Ep. 2 (S1). In ep. 7 of the first season, he said that he worked his way through college by delivering newspapers early in the morning. Goro (Matsuo Satoru), meanwhile, is a relatively newcomer for Season 2, first appearing in Ep. 12.
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Drama Notes:
Nikujaga. Literally means 'meat-potato.' It's a dish stewed in soy sauce, consisting mainly of potatoes, beef or pork, onions, and other vegetables.
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Shuumei. Literally means "succession name." Often in kabuki theater, an actor would inherit the stage name of their teacher or father, or grandfather in a ceremony called 'shuumei' or a grand-naming ceremony. In Yakuza tradition as well, they also hold a 'shuumei' ceremony when a boss passes on the reins to his next-generation successor.
By the way, on the cake, the radical 「衣 」(cloth) is missing from the kanji 「 襲 」 or 'shuu,' thus, it reads as 「龍 」('ryu' or dragon) instead.
The Yakuza cake. Honestly, I was confused with this one but thanks to danburi, she helped explain it for all of us: The second cake in the story was for the 3rd generation head of a Yakuza group calling themselves "Niwatori Entertainment Co." "Entertainment Co." is a name they go by as a 'front' being that Yakuza groups would often organize and handle summer evening festivals. When Chuu-san said, "Celebrate (the succession ceremony) with a cake? I guess the Showa era had long gone," he means those days when Yakuza would celebrate it with "a keg of beer like real men do." Thanks, danburi!!!
BTW, "niwatori" means chicken, that's why there were chickens on the cake.
Episode Synopsis. One night, one of Meshi-ya's regular customers, Kanemoto (Kaneko Kiyobumi) comes in with his lovely date, a woman named, Chiaki (Kochi Machiko). Master serves them nikujaga (meat and potato stew). The dish reminds Chiaki of her poor family back home. "We couldn't afford to buy beef," she admits, "and so we used pork instead." Kanemoto is obviously smitten with her, and in full view of Master and the other patrons, the two unabashedly flirt with each other....
Soon, Master hears a similar story from Noriko (Maeda Aki), a woman who works as a part-time delivery girl of birthday cakes. She also likes nikujaga, and tells Master that growing up in Hokkaido, she and her family would eat nikujaga with pork because they did not have enough money to buy beef as well. In contrast, however, salaryman Goro (Matsuo Satoru) has had bad memories of nikujaga. He admits that a woman in his past used to cook nikujaga for him almost every day... "I grew increasingly fond of her, " he recalls. "Then, one day, she took all my savings and disappeared..."
(info/pic: mbs)
Character Spotlight: The Stripper, and the Salarymen
Matsushima Marilyn (Ando Tamae). The star dancer of strip theater, Shinjuku New Art, she constantly takes her act on the road. Some of her fans are the male regulars of Meshi-ya. In ep. 9 (S1), it was revealed she attended a performing arts school which means she once had ambitions to become a professional stage performer. Her favorite order is tarako (cod roe), preferably cooked medium rare.
Kanemoto and Goro. Kanemoto (Kaneko Kiyobumi) first appeared in Ep. 2 (S1). In ep. 7 of the first season, he said that he worked his way through college by delivering newspapers early in the morning. Goro (Matsuo Satoru), meanwhile, is a relatively newcomer for Season 2, first appearing in Ep. 12.
(info: ja.wiki)
Drama Notes:
Nikujaga. Literally means 'meat-potato.' It's a dish stewed in soy sauce, consisting mainly of potatoes, beef or pork, onions, and other vegetables.
(info: wiki)
Shuumei. Literally means "succession name." Often in kabuki theater, an actor would inherit the stage name of their teacher or father, or grandfather in a ceremony called 'shuumei' or a grand-naming ceremony. In Yakuza tradition as well, they also hold a 'shuumei' ceremony when a boss passes on the reins to his next-generation successor.
By the way, on the cake, the radical 「衣 」(cloth) is missing from the kanji 「 襲 」 or 'shuu,' thus, it reads as 「龍 」('ryu' or dragon) instead.
The Yakuza cake. Honestly, I was confused with this one but thanks to danburi, she helped explain it for all of us: The second cake in the story was for the 3rd generation head of a Yakuza group calling themselves "Niwatori Entertainment Co." "Entertainment Co." is a name they go by as a 'front' being that Yakuza groups would often organize and handle summer evening festivals. When Chuu-san said, "Celebrate (the succession ceremony) with a cake? I guess the Showa era had long gone," he means those days when Yakuza would celebrate it with "a keg of beer like real men do." Thanks, danburi!!!
BTW, "niwatori" means chicken, that's why there were chickens on the cake.
Katagiri's poem. It's taken from the poster by Hashimoto Osamu featuring a drawing of a Yakuza (which I presume to be based on Ken Takakura's yakuza movies) with a ginkgo tree tattoo on his back. Printed on it were the words "Don't stop me, mother. The ginkgo tree on my back is weeping. Men of Todai, where are you going?" It was an iconic poster seen as a rallying support during the student activism days in 1969 wherein Todai (Tokyo University) students staged a strike at the Komaba Festival. To see the poster, link is here.
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