Bartender - Japanese Drama

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TV Show: Bartender
Romaji: Batenda
Japanese: バーテンダー
Director: Osamu Katayama, Takashi Ninomiya
Writer: Araki Joh (manga), Kenji Nagatomo (manga), Natsuko Takahashi, Masahiro Yamaura
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 9
Release Date: February 4 - April 1, 2011
Runtime: Friday 23:15
TV Ratings: 10.03%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Ryu Sasakura (Masaki Aiba) is a bartending prodigy who won a European cocktail contest. He got into an argument with his instructor and was fired. In a state of dejection he came back to his native country of Japan.

He finds work again in Tokyo and also meets Miwa Kurushima. Meanwhike, Ryu Sasakura is able to listen to his customer's problems and help alleviate their worries with his special cocktail mixes.

Cast



Masaki Aiba	Shihori Kanjiya	YosiYosi Arakawa	Toshinori Omi	Keiko Nishi
Ryu Sasakura	Miwa Kurushima	Kaoru Sugiyama	Hajime Sakura	Kotobuki Sakura



Ken Mitsuishi	Nobuaki Kaneko	Masahiko Tsugawa	Naoto Takenaka	Shoko Ikezu
Jyunji Mihashi	Ryuichi Kuzuhara	Taizo Kurushima	Goro Kase	Yoko Itsuki

Guests:

Satoshi Tokushige
Mao Daichi
Shingo Murakami
Yasuko Mitsuura
Ryuhei Ueshima
Koichi Otake - Uchida
Kana Kurashina - Yukari Yamagishi (ep.2)
Shigeru Joshima - Shimizu (ep.2)
Kanji Tsuda - Kimihiko Oda (ep.3)
Miho Tanaka - Nanbara (ep.4)
Takanori Takeyama - Aki Kitakata (ep.4)
Shigeru Muroi - Sanae Suwa (ep.5)
Sei Ashina - Mari Suwa (ep.5)
Teruhiko Saigo - Genichi Sasakura (ep.5)
Naomasa Musaka - Yuji Kikuchi (ep.5)
Kohei Otomo - Seiji Yamanouchi (ep.6)
Tetsuya Bessho - Hiroaki Hayase (ep.7)
Eriko Sato - Rumi Kimishima (ep.7)
Ryo Nishikido - Yuji Hongo (ep.8)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/14/2011	10.3%
02	02/04/2011	11.0
03	02/11/2011	10.6%
04	02/18/2011	10.9%
05	02/25/2011	9.2%
06	03/04/2011	8.9%
07	03/18/2011	8.8%
08	03/25/2011	9.1%
09	04/01/2011	11.7
Average		10.03

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Comment #3
XieXie Says:
May 09 2011 1:55 pm

I dont care what people say, Aiba did a great job and i like how Nishikido Ryo made an appearance at the end.
Comment #2
Keskiyo Says:
Feb 22 2011 7:49 pm

D:

Sorry Masaki Aiba, but Ryu's shoes are too big for you. He's way, way more charming and *warm*.
Comment #1
sandy Says:
Feb 09 2011 7:40 am

i love this drama.....love it so much!
aiba masaki look so handsome and hot~