Food Fight (2000)
Synopsis
The president of a large food production company combines gourmet eating and gambling into an underground eating contest, or "Food Fight," in the basement of his company. After growing up in an orphanage, Mitsuru Ihara starts working as a custodian at the large food producer. The pleasant, kind Ihara often visits his former home, pretending to be an important business man, not the blue-collar cleaner that he really is. He also has a bigger secret, which is, he is the reigning champion of the underground eating competition held at the company. In it, two contestants battle to see who can pack away more food within a set time limit. The noble Ihara, with nine consecutive wins, always donates the prize money anonymously to his orphanage, despite the fact that he wins millions. The circumstances surrounding his victories, however, are often surprising and usually unusual, perhaps unrealistic. He also wins by a very small margin, by only 1 point in most cases.
First Air Date: 2000-07-01
Last Air Date: 2000-09-16
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 11
Networks: Nippon TV
Top Cast
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Ihara Mitsuru
- Kyoko Fukada as Manami Tamura
- Rie Miyazawa as Miyazono Saeka
- Takuya Kimura as Kyutaro the crow (voice)
- Toshio Kakei as Kisaragi Eiichi
- Shiro Sano as Miyazono Kyosaku
- Kaoru Yachigusa as Miyoshi Yuuko
- Hiromasa Taguchi as Yoneyama Katsuyoshi, David
- Issei Ishida as Gonzaresu Iwakami
- Sachiko Sakurai as Fujishiro Yukiko
Seasons
Specials (2001)
Food Fight Special: Hong Kong Shitou Hen (2001), Food Fight Special: Shinya Tokkyu Shitou Hen (2001).
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Food Fight Special: Hong Kong Shitou Hen
Hong Kong Battle. In the final episode, Mitsuru collapsed at the counter of the beef bowl restaurant (Matsuya ) that he stopped by after the match with Miyazono (it ended as he had lost his life). He is nowhere to be seen, the beef bowl with miso soup ordered was empty. Retired from the food fighter, he is still alive and became a full-time employee of Miyazono General Foods. At the beginning, he lost his memory and since Mitsuru was found at Matsuya he was called "Matsu-kun" by the boy who hide him. The battle struggles with memory and appetite loss. His memory returns during the Xiaolongbao confrontation with Liang and he revived as a food fighter.
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Ep. 2: Food Fight Special: Shinya Tokkyu Shitou Hen
Midnight Express Death Fight. As before, he was struggling to win. Kinichi Hagimoto played a powerful enemy boss. Who challenged him with wounds all over his body in a series of battles. Took his quote "My stomach is the universe" and Mitsuru was completely defeated. He collapsed and Mitsuru's sister appeared mysteriously at the end. Leaving some lead to further sequels. The story remained unfinished and a sequel was not produced due to the impact of an accident that occurred later. The Train vehicle that appeared was 113 series.
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