Heaven?: My Restaurant, My Life

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Drama: Heaven?: My Restaurant, My Life
Romaji: Heaven?: Gokuraku Resutoran
Japanese: Heaven？～ご苦楽レストラン～
Director: Hisashi Kimura, Aya Matsuki, Yoshiaki Murao
Writer: Noriko Sasaki (manga), Erika Yoshida
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: July 9 - September 10, 2019
Runtime: Tuesday 22:00-22:57
Genre: Food / Restaurant / Based on a Comic
TV Ratings: 8.6%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Kan Iga (Sota Fukushi) works at a family restaurant. He is sincere, but rigid in his ways. He can't even fake smiles for his customers. Kan Iga doesn't have a good reputation with his co-workers or customers, but Kanako Kurosu (Satomi Ishihara) recognizes something in him. Kanako Kurosu is a mysterious woman. She tells Kan Iga that she is going to open a French restaurant soon and that "The staff needs originality. You will be a good service man."

The French restaurant is located in a cemetery, which is itself away from the busy streets and residential areas. The staff at the French restaurant do not appear suited for such a restaurant. Taichi Kawai (Jun Shison) was once an apprentice to become a hairdresser. Keitaro Tsutsumi (Masanobu Katsumura) worked as the manager of a rice & beef bowl restaurant for 5 years. Yukio Ozawa (Yasunori Danta) worked as a chef, but all of the restaurants where he worked went out of business. Lastly, Shigeomi Yamagata (Ittoku Kishibe) worked as a sommelier after he retired as a bank executive. Why does Kanako Kurosu gather these people? Will the French restaurant open?

Notes

"Heaven?: Gokuraku Restaurant" takes over TBS' Tuesday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "I Will Not Work Overtime, Period" and followed by "You, Me, and Bach" on October 15, 2019.
Based on manga series "Heaven?: Gokuraku Restaurant" by Noriko Sasaki (first published from 1999 to 2003 in manga magazine Big Comic Spirits).

Cast



Satomi Ishihara	Sota Fukushi	Jun Shison	Masanobu Katsumura	Yasunori Danta
Kanako Kurosu	Kan Iga	Taichi Kawai	Keitaro Tsutsumi	Yukio Ozawa



Ittoku Kishibe	Hiromasa Taguchi	Chika Uchida	Toshihiro Yashiba	Haruka Ueda
Shigeomi Yamagata	Katsuo Suzuki	Hideyo Wada	Shigeru Koeda	Minori Miki



Wataru Ohshige	Shishimaru Matsumoto	Hiroshi Tachi
Yohei Tsukikawa	Daichi Takatoo	mysterious gentleman

Additional Cast Members:

Haruto Nakano - Kan Iga (young)
Kazuki Namioka - Washio (ep.1)
Keisuke Yamamoto - Yaokyu (ep.1)
Atom Shukugawa - Maruo (ep.1)
Oolong ta Yoshida - health center staff (ep.1)
Masakazu Akino - (ep.1)
Ryo Ishibashi - Yoji Okano (ep.2)
Rika Makino - (ep.2)
Naomi Zaizen - Katsuyo Iga (ep.2-3,8-10)
Toru Nomaguchi - Tatsu Oban (ep.2)
Shingo Tsurumi - Shizuka Iga (ep.3,10)
Naomasa Musaka - Taizo Yamada (ep.3)
Tomokazu Koshimura - Masao Seki (ep.3)
Miyuki Torii - Harumi Seki (ep.3)
Takaya Yamauchi - Chikafumi Nemoto (ep.3-4,9)
Yu Koyanagi - Hitoshi Hanaoka (ep.3-4,9)
LiLiCo - commentator (ep.3)
Nobuyoshi Kuwano - (ep.3)
Naoto Takenaka - Keisuke Okayama (ep.4-5)
Daimao Kosaka - Shigeomi Yamagata's boss (ep.4)
Yuta Koseki - Kazuhiko Mine (ep.5,10)
Reiya Masaki - Shuji Shindo (ep.5)
Mika Ahn - complaining customer (ep.5)
Kaori Manabe - reporter (ep.5)
David Ito - Fumiya Tsuchiya (ep.6)
Kenta Hamano - Hiromasa Tani (ep.6)
Tomoka Kurokawa - Mayumi Otonashi (ep.6)
Masaki Kaji - Daigoro Morita (ep.6)
Saki Aibu - Ruriko Kamiya (ep.7)
Tomomi Maruyama - Koichi Yuasa (ep.7)
Maika Yamamoto - Mitsuyo Kuze (young - ep.7)
Mariko Kaga - Mitsuyo Kuze (ep.7)
Takafumi Imai - Ruriko's assistant (ep7)
Sei Hiraizumi - Jiro Hikosaka (ep.8)
Ittoku Kishibe - Haruomi Uminoura (ep.8)
Natsuko Yokosawa - Nonomura (ep.8)
Akira Shirai - Masato Naka (ep.9)
Mari Nishio - Kazuko Okamura (ep.9-10)
Kyoko Toyama - Satoko Kitago (ep.9-10)
Mayumi Sato - Miyuki Minami (ep.9-10)
Jun Inoue - Takeshi Hibino (ep.9-10)
Kenichi Yajima - Hideshi Ebioka (ep.10)
Bokuzo Masana - Shinzo Mizushima (ep.10)
Ike Nwala - Zimbabwe comedian (ep.10)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	07/09/2019	10.8%
02	07/16/2019	9.2%
03	07/23/2019	8.7%
04	07/30/2019	10.0%
05	08/06/2019	7.8%
06	08/13/2019	7.5%
07	08/20/2019	8.1%
08	08/27/2019	7.5%
09	09/03/2019	8.5%
10	09/10/2019	8.7%
Average		8.6%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Henry Feb 16 2023 11:56 pm I love Satomi but this drama is boring. I watched 3 episodes and am sure not if I should spend 7 more hours to finish the series.

midnight lunch Apr 23 2022 10:15 am love this drama, it's so chaotic but in a good way! each episode focuses on a specific employee's story, giving each character depth and equal screen time. i love kawai kun though, he makes the drama 10x better hehe but love the whole cast too <3

Karin Mar 24 2022 11:10 pm harold kun : I laready watched it but still I dont enjoy it and I am bored to death :) why?

AIG3RN0N Jun 20 2021 12:32 am A lot of fourze references

Sam Jul 10 2020 4:14 pm I enjoyed the drama, it's funny. But then again I mostly like all of Satomi and Sota's works.

Harold kun Jul 07 2020 7:54 pm @Karin, don't tell me you haven't seen Satomi's drama called unnatural, that series was excellent tho

Karin Jul 06 2020 1:46 am Sorry to say, this drama is boring. I cant enjoy watching this drama. Ishihara Satomi's acting in this drama is not good enough.

Btw i watch most of her dramas but I rarely enjoy her drama. Her acting skill is average. Not bad and nit the best one.

Only rich man and poor woman I truly enjoy.

Sila Aug 23 2019 8:35 am Woah, my favorite manga was made into a drama, & played by Satomi-san. I'll watch it for sure ??

LESSTAIRE47 Jul 17 2019 7:38 am Finally. Been waiting for her new work. Missed her acting and smile on her drama.

@Meme Apr 11 2019 12:33 am Can't wait to see Sota and Sotomi pairing in the same drama.

Yami Mar 30 2019 4:15 pm Sota coming back to tv after two years.

Yasushi Mar 30 2019 10:35 am Yes, Satomi-chan again in another drama. The plot sounds similar to some work that I read a long time ago, can't remember which one. Anyway, happy to see Satomi-chan back on TV again.

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