Café Isobe is a Japanese comedy about Yujiro, a dim-witted tradesman, who, after inheriting a small fortune, quits his job and imprudently decides to open his very own cafe. His teenage daughter Sakiko, who has been caring for the poor schlub since her mother left the picture, is mortified by the idea of her well-meaning but clueless father trying to set up a trendy café.

While Sakiko protests in vain, Yujiro gleefully renovates an old shop space, splurges on garish décor, installs a karaoke machine and forces his waitresses — including his own daughter — to wear ridiculously tarty uniforms. In the days following the café’s dismal grand opening, Yujiro can’t seem to understand why his café business isn’t booming. His only customers are senior citizens, perverts and other weirdos.

   

Things turn around the day he hires and instantly falls in love with an alluring but air headed part-time worker named Motoko. Could a new romance be the key to Café Isobe’s success? Perhaps, but this strange state of affairs worries Sakiko, who has no choice but to keep dear dad out of trouble!