[REVIEW] Hungry!
May. 22nd, 2012 11:22 amJapanese Drama

Genre: Food, Romance, Comedy
Cast:
- Mukai Osamu as Yamate Eisuke
- Takimoto Miori as Okusu Chie
- Kuninaka Ryoko as Tachibana Maria
- Inagaki Goro as Aso Tokio
- Ttsukamoto Takashi as Sumiyoshi Kenta
- Miura Shohei as Hiratsuka Taku
- Kawabata Kaname as Fujisawa Tsuyoshi
- Katagiri Hairi as Ebina Chikako
- Ishiguro Hideo as Kashiwagi Ippei
- Tayama Ryosei as Higashi Norio
- Suzuki Sawa as Shiyarama Yuki
- Yamashita Rio as Takagi Nana
- Osugi Ren as Yamate Taro
- Sato Shiori as Okusu Sasuke
- Hashimoto Jun as Okusu Yoshiaki
Synopsis:
Mukai is taking on the role of Eisuke, a former bassist of a rock band who gave up his music dreams to carry on the tradition of his family’s French restaurant. The show will involve a love triangle as Kuninaka and Takimoto play rivals for Eisuke’s heart.
Kuninaka has been cast as Eisuke’s older girlfriend Maria, who works at a bank. She is shocked to learn that Mukai has abandoned his music to devote himself to the restaurant, leading her to uncertainty about their relationship. Takimoto’s character is a 20-year-old college student named Chie who comes from a farming family. Although she initially had a bad impression of Eisuke, she begins to develop feelings for him after tasting his cooking.
SMAP’s Inagaki will play Tokio, the owner of a competing French restaurant. In the past, he was fond of the restaurant that Eisuke’s mother ran, but after she passed away, he deceived Eisuke’s father and bought out the restaurant’s chefs and staff. Knowing of Eisuke’s ability as a chef, Tokio views him as a rival.
Eisuke’s friends, who were part of his band ROCKHEAD, are being played by Tsukamoto (guitarist) and Miura (vocalist). Both of them help Eisuke with his restaurant.
info credits: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hungry!
Sukaretto says:
read at your own risks. spoilers coming up.
i enjoyed this drama. watching this makes me hungry. XD Mukai Osamu is still not good with crying. and okay, maybe he did good with his acting cox i was really irritated with his 'ha?' reactions and cursing. i like it that his character Eisuke is always fighting with his friends. i mean, they made his friends a human being. not like in some other dramas that friends are perfect and never get pissed off and will just support your dream, yay.
i don't like Chie going after Eisuke and Eisuke having special feeling for Chie that he hasn't realized yet. i mean, come on. there's already Maria and Eisuke. Chie should be with Taku. i was really happy when Chie said she's giving up with her feelings and Taku confessing to her and they should be together. they messed it up in the end.
but i like what they did with the story in the end. it's like there's two endings. one is the perfect ending, Eisuke going to France and returning successful and he continues Le Petit Chou with his friends. and the less perfect but more suitable ending, them refusing Aso's proposal and continues Harapeko Kitchen as unprofessional/amateurs.
special mention to Sato Shiori's character, Sasuke. hahaha XD
My Ratings: i'll give this 8/10 :)