THE REASON I'M HERE

TitleTHE REASON I'M HERE
BrandMCDONALD'S JAPAN
Product / ServiceFAMILY
CategoryA03. Travel, Leisure, Retail, Restaurants & Fast Food Chains
EntrantTBWA\HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation TBWA\HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation 2 CATCH INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production HEADLIGHT Tokyo, JAPAN
Post Production HEADLIGHT Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Kazoo Sato TBWA HAKUHODO CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
Satoshi Chikayama TBWA HAKUHODO EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Akihiro Fukube catch Creative Director
Hiroko Ichinose TBWA HAKUHODO Copywriter
Eimi Iida TBWA HAKUHODO Copywriter
Yuki Tokuno TBWA HAKUHODO Head of Art
Hikari Ono TBWA HAKUHODO Designer
Yohei Sugimoto Freelance Planner
Sayaka Ono TBWA HAKUHODO Group Account Director
Takahiro Takeoka TBWA HAKUHODO Senior Account Director
Yuji Arai TBWA HAKUHODO Account Director
Kosei Arakane TBWA HAKUHODO Account Director
Megumi Yoneda TBWA HAKUHODO Account Supervisor
Yu Hashimoto TBWA HAKUHODO Account Executive
Masahiko Okazaki TBWA HAKUHODO Executive Strategy Director
Kenji Enomoto TBWA HAKUHODO Strategic Planning Supervisor
Rei Sasaki TBWA HAKUHODO Strategic Planner
Takashi Aso Headlight Executive Producer
Shinya Sato Headlight Production Manager
Tsugihisa Tanaka voyager Director
Kenshi Chiyotani DAYTORA Assistant Director
Mikiya Takimoto MIKIYA TAKIMOTO PHOTOGRAPH OFFICE Cinematographer
Norikiyo Fujii Freelance Lighting
Hiroshi Kono Lunch Production Designer
Tsunenobu Tsukimura T2trust Key Grip
Daisuke Iga band Wordrobe
Eito Furukubo Ottie Hair&Makeup
Jean Pascal Gambit Casting
Noritaka Imamura Freelance Offline Editor
Yoko Izumi Freelance Online Editor
Hisamichi Kido AnimationCafe Special Effects Computer Graphics
Temujin Shimizu Freelance Sound Mixer
Katsuya Yamada AIIN CO.,LTD. Music Arranger

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

The scene is set in 1971 at the first McDonald's restaurant in Japan. A teenage girl, played by one of Japan's most famous actresses, Yoshiko Miyazaki, is on her first date. She doesn't eat the Big Mac and her date, walks away. The scene changes to a modern-day McDonald's, and Ms. Miyazaki is now 60-years-old and a grandmother. When asked by her grandson why she didn't eat it, she replies, "Because it's embarrassing opening your mouth so wide in front of the boy you like!" She laughs saying "but that's not an issue in front of grandpa" and takes a big bite into her BigMac.

Cultural / Context information for the jury

The Family is an important target audience for McDonald's.The McDonald's Brand Campaign sought to tell the stories of the memories drawn from interviews with real users. The story was set in a McDonald's restaurant loved by three generations, from the grandchild to the grandmother, and sought to tell a story of "the life they did not choose" and the "family they now have, because of the Big Mac", in a way that many people can resonate with. The TVC won the top spot in the CM favorability rankings in August during a time when Olympic-related commercials filled the airwaves, thanks in part to the topicality of the casting of one of Japan's leading actress in two roles, both as her younger and current self, and the spot also significantly boosted the Brand Trust and Affinity scores.