Grande Maison Paris

Grande Maison Paris (2024)

グランメゾン・パリ

One chef. One team. A three-star pursuit in Paris.

Famous Japanese chef Obana opens a new restaurant in Paris in the quest for his elusive third Michelin star. But Obana finds life as an outsider in Paris difficult, and even has trouble sourcing ingredients. His ambition causes tension with his team, including pâtissier Yuan, and sous chef Rinko. When his menu for a gala proves a disaster, Obana promises his former mentor that if he doesn't get three stars, he will leave Paris. Can he pull it off?

Date of release
2024-12-30
TMDB
7.5 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ayuko Tsukahara

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Grand Maison Tokyo

Grande Maison Paris is a 2024 Japanese film produced by TBS Sparkle and distributed by Toho and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan. The film is a sequel to the television series La Grande Maison Tokyo and its special episode La Grande Maison Tokyo Special.

Production

The TV series La Grande Maison Tokyo, which aired in 2019, was well received and received high ratings. Since in the last episode, Obana hinted that he would continue his challenge abroad next, many viewers expressed a desire for a sequel after the broadcast. However, due to the proliferation of COVID-19 from 2020, a sequel could not be filmed.

Producer Hidenori Iyoda said that in making La Grande Maison Paris, he was delighted with the TV series that was partly shoot in Paris, but was excited to be able to go there again, this time to shoot a movie. In making the film, he interviewed many chefs and observed them cooking. He said that he was again impressed by the fact that they put their lives on the line to cook.

Takuya Kimura, the lead actor, said that all the cast and staff of La Grande Maison Tokyo were special attached to this film, so he was happy to see them again after five years. His character, Obana, had always dreamed of winning three Michelin stars in Paris, but had never achieved it, so Kimura thought it's a big deal that he is trying again to achieve his dream.

In this film, two new young actors joined the cast as La Grande Maison Paris staff. South Korean actor and singer Ok Taec-yeon, a member of boy band 2PM, made his first appearance in a Japanese film. In addition to his music career, he has been pursuing his acting career since his appearance in Cinderella's Stepsister broadcast on KBS2 in 2010, and is also known for his acting skills as he played a villain in Vincenzo broadcast in Korea in 2021.

Yoshinori Masakado is a member of Japanese boy band Ae! group. Ae! group made its CD debut in May 2024, but Masakado had been an actor since his trainee days in the Kansai region of Japan. He first appeared in BS Nippon Corporation's TV series Love Sickness and the Bastard Gang in 2019, and then went on to an acting career that included playing the protagonist's sister's lover in NHK asadora TV series Scarlet and a solo stage lead role in Vincent…

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