Four bros, one dorm, infinite Friday dinners — will pasta save their souls?
Kazu, Keisuke, Ippei and Tadashi work for the same advertising company and live in the same company dormitory. The men relieve their stress by eating dinner together on Fridays. Kazu's nickname is “Side Dish.” Kazu takes on a new project which is to make brochures for restaurants in Enoshima Gourmet Town. He has a hard time, because a lot of the restaurants there have never advertised before. At that time, Keisuke tells Kazu about Tomokazu, who is the owner and chef at an Italian restaurant in Enoshima Gourmet Town. Kazu visits Tomokazu’s Italian restaurant and asks for permission to place his restaurant in the brochure, but Tomokazu kicks Kazu out.
Acting
Kuroba's Kazu radiates relatable corporate exhaustion.
Production
Enoshima locations make you instantly Google flights.
Writing
Nicknames reveal everything — 'Side Dish' hits different.
Director
Mitsuhiro Mihara
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a web series about actual advertising workers; the dorm living was real for many Japanese salarymen until the 2010s.
Enoshima Gourmet Town represents Japan's 'local revitalization' boom, where dying shopping districts rebranded as food destinations. Tomokazu's resistance mirrors real tensions between artisans and tourism boards.
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