Ochoyan
Date: From 8.00 a.m., Mondays – Fridays, 28 September 2020
Station: NHK
Genre: Comedy
Scriptwriter: Yatsu Hiroyuki (Miss Jikocho, Kaseifu no Mitazono Series, Rikuou)
Directors: Nagikawa Yoshiro, Bonkobara Makoto
Cast: Sugisaki Hana, Tortoise Matsumoto, Miyazawa Emma, Shinohara Ryoko, Nagura Jun, Ishino Yoko, Narita Ryo, Hoshida Hidetoshi, Nakamura Ganjiro, Igawa Haruka, Wakamura Mayumi
Synopsis: Takei Chiyo (Sugisaki Hana) was born to a poor family in Osaka Prefecture’s Minami Kawachi district at the of the Meiji era. Her mother passed away when she was still a child, and she lived with her father Teruo (Tortoise Matsumoto) and younger brother. Although Chiyo could not be put through elementary school, she has the gift of the gab and quick wit. At the age of 9, she starts working as a servant in Dotonbori and comes across the theatre world which immediately captivates her. Chiyo’s desire to become an actress grows stronger by the day. She eventually runs away and heads to Kyoto where she throws herself into acting.
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24^*UPDATED*
Date: October 2020 (for two seasons)
Station: TV Asahi
Genre: Action suspense
Episodes: 24
Original Work: 24 by 20th Century Fox
Scriptwriter: Nagasaka Shukei (Yokoku Satsujin, Keishichou Keizoku Sousahan, 7-nin no Onna Bengoshi), Yamaura Masahiro (Two Weeks, Miss Devil, Umi ni Furu)
Directors: Suzuki Kosuke, Kinouchi Kento, Higurashi Ken, Otsuka Toru
Cast: Karasawa Toshiaki, Nakama Yukie
Synopsis: Shido Genba (Karasawa Toshiaki) is the leader of Team A of the Counter Terrorism Unit’s First Branch. His previous missions include the rescue of Japanese nationals held hostage overseas and blowing up a chemical weapons factory used by terrorists. Shido is given the top secret mission to prevent the assassination of female prime ministerial candidate Asakura Urara (Nakama Yukie) who is also the leader of the political party, Minseto. Urara enjoys a broad base of support and is expected to become Japan’s first female prime minister. The mother of two children, she is a cautious and intelligent woman with a squeaky clean image. However, she also has another side to her. On the day of the general election, a plot to assassinate Urara is discovered and a big problem concerning her family also occurs. Will she be able to escape the attempt, win the election and become the prime minister?
Website: www.tv-asahi.co.jp/24japan
Twitter: twitter.com/24japan_tvasahi

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Kareinaru Ichizoku^*NEW*
Date: 2021
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Family
Episodes: 12
Original Work: Kareinaru Ichizoku by Yamasaki Toyoko
Scriptwriter: Maekawa Yoichi (Kirin ga Kuru, Shizumanu Taiyo, Lady Joker)
Cast: Nakai Kiichi
Synopsis: Manpyo Daisuke (Nakai Kiichi) is the owner and president of Hanshin Bank which is ranked in tenth place in terms of volume of deposits at a time when Japan is enjoying rapid economic growth. He heads the Manpyo group of companies which consist of Hanshin Steel, Manpyo Real Estate, Manpyo Trading and Manpyo Warehouses. The family has gained wealth and power through family connections in Kansai’s business circles. When Daisuke hears about movement towards reorganising the city’s banks from his eldest daughter’s husband who is an elite Ministry of Finance official, he swings into action with a plan to prevent Hanshin Bank from being absorbed by a higher ranked bank and fight for survival. Behind the scenes, a love-hate drama unfurls within the family from discord between father and son to wife and mistress.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/ichizoku

Official Website
www.nhk.jp/p/ts/L155MXM7LN

Broadcast
From 11.30 p.m., 30 May & 6 June 2020

Episode 1
Story: Two sisters (Hirose Alice, Hirose Suzu) are close and have been living together. They seem to have been leading ordinary lives but they have actually another side that they hide from everyone else. What are their secret worries?
Cast: Hirose Alice, Hirose Suzu, Abe Sadao

Episode 2
Story: One morning in the not too distant future, a letter is delivered to two brothers (Nagayama Eita, Nagayama Kento) who make a living by creating dishes that were cooked in the past. The contents of the letter convey shocking facts … …
Cast: Nagayama Eita, Nagayama Kento, Abe Sadao

Episode 3
Story: There is no scarier existence in this world than a wife. A timid husband (Nakao Akiyoshi) is afraid of angering his wife (Naka Riisa) and getting dumped because he loves her. One day, he acquires a slightly special ability. What ability is that?
Cast: Nakao Akiyoshi, Naka Riisa, Abe Sadao

Episode 4
Story: A husband (Aoki Munetaka) stays in his room in order not to pass a cold on to his wife who has just given birth (Yuka). He takes time off work and while idly watching TV, a live broadcast of a baseball match catches his attention. Baseball matches should have been suspended. However … …
Cast: Aoki Munetaka, Yuka, Abe Sadao

Scriptwriter
Sakamoto Yuji (Anone, Quartet, Saikou no Rikon Series)

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Official Website
www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/gogatsunokoi

Broadcast
From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 28 May 2020

Network
WOWOW

Story
Yukiko is a divorcee who works for a big supermarket and has been put in charge of a Tokyo outlet. Motoo is also a divorcee. A salesman who works for a mid-sized design firm, he has been struggling with remote working because he is not accustomed to telecommuting. In fact, the two of them were married to each other and got divorced about four years ago. Even though Motoo and Yukiko have not kept in touch since then, he calls her by mistake one day. Yukiko is surprised and reluctantly answers this rare phone call from her ex-husband. She tries to end their conversation quickly. However, Motoo stops her from doing so because they have not spoken in a long time. Concerned about Yukiko’s manner when she picked up the phone, Motoo asks if something happened at work … …

Cast
* Yoshida Yo as Yukiko
* Oizumi Yo as Motoo

Scriptwriter
Okada Yoshikazu (Soshite Ikiru, Hiyokko, Saigo kara Nibanme no Koi Series)

Director
Matsunaga Daishi

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Imawa no Kuni no Arisu
Date: 2020
Network: Netflix Japan
Genre: Suspense
Original Work: Imawa no Kuni no Arisu by Aso Haro
Scriptwriters: Watabe Yoshiki, Kuramitsu Yasuko (Scandal Senmon Bengoshi Queen, Tourist, Keiji Yugami), Sato Shinsuke
Cast: Yamazaki Kento, Tsuchiya Tao
Synopsis: Arisu Ryohei (Yamazaki Kento) is unemployed and frustrated with daily life which he finds unbearable. One day, while he is hanging around Tokyo with his two friends, a mysterious light radiates. When they realise it, all signs of life around them have vanished. However, a game begins one after another in an empty Tokyo where one wrong move will cause them their lives. Arisu and his friends have to fight tooth and nail in the face of challenges that defy logic. They encounter Usagi Yuzuha (Tsuchiya Tao) in the game … …
Website: www.netflix.com/jp/title/80200575

30 Kin Sore wa 30-sai Miman Okotowari no Koi^*NEW*
Date: 2020
Network: Fuji On Demand
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 8
Original Work: 30 Kin Sore wa 30-sai Miman Okotowari no Koi by Hata Akimi
Scriptwriter: Seki Hisayo
Directors: Miyawaki Ryo, Asami Masafumi
Cast: Matsui Rena, Suzuki Jin
Synopsis: 30-year-old Mariyama Shino (Matsui Rena) heads the PR department of a home builder. She is an experienced both professionally and romantically. While work is fulfilling, Shino does not have a boyfriend. She intends to find someone of a similar age to settle down with in her 30s. One day, she is suddenly asked by Sato Mayuki (Suzuki Jin), a guy nine years her junior whom she does not even know, to date him. Shino is taken aback rather than surprised. Moved by Mayuki’s honesty and fervour, she starts going out with him until she is able to find a marriage partner. However … …
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Dear Patient ~ Kizuna no Karute^{*RESCHEDULED FR APRIL*}
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 2020
Station: NHK
Genre: Medical suspense
Episodes: 10
Original Work: Dear Patient by Minami Kyoko
Scriptwriter: Arai Shuko (Nodoka no Niwa, Wagaya no Himitsu, Pretty ga Oosugiru)
Directors: Nishitani Shinichi, Fukui Mitsuhiro, Takeda Yusuke
Cast: Kanjiya Shihori, Uchida Yuki, Tanaka Tetsushi, Asaka Kodai, Takanashi Rin, Hamano Kenta, Nagai Masaru, Washio Machiko, Masu Takeshi, Ryu Raita, Ishiguro Ken, Asaka Mayumi, Hirata Mitsuru, Ibu Masato
Synopsis: At Sasai Memorial Hospital, where a hospital is seen as the hospitality industry and patients are priority, its doctors plagued with all sorts of problems. Mano Chiaki (Kanjiya Shihori), a young doctor, is stalked by a monster patient (Tanaka Tetsushi) who persistently harasses her. Her trusted senior, Hamaguchi Yoko (Uchida Yuki), has a cheerful personality and is liked by patients but worries about a huge medical lawsuit. Another fellow doctor keeps a certain distance from patients but still gets embroiled in a dispute. Will these doctors be able to find hope?
Website: www.nhk.or.jp/drama/drama10/dearpatient

Meiji Kaika: Shinjuro Tanteichou^{*RESCHEDULED FR APRIL*}
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Fridays, 2020
Station: NHK BS Premium
Genre: Period suspense
Episodes: 8
Original Work: Meiji Kaika Ango Torimonochou by Sakaguchi Ango
Scriptwriters: Komatsu Eriko (Daifugou Doushin, Itsumade mo Shiroi Hane, Hanamoyu), Ito Yasuro (Daifugou Doushin)
Directors: Kasaura Tomochika, Motoki Kazuhiro, Okano Hironobu
Cast: Fukushi Sota, Uchida Rio, Yamoto Yuma, Nakamura Yasuhi, Katsumura Masanobu, Tsurumi Shingo, Inamori Izumi, Takahashi Katsunori
Synopsis: The early days of the Meiji era was a period of massive change, and there were a high incidence of bizarre cases. The special investigator Yuki Shinjuro (Fukushi Sota), who has a good standing with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, returns to Japan after his travels abroad and is outspoken about the truth of these cases. Izumiyama Toranosuke, a former fencing student of Katsu Kaishu, loves making deductions about difficult cases. He is always treated disparagingly and cries to have the brains and eyes of Kaishu whom he admires. Shinjuro, Toranosuke and Kaishu draw all sorts of people to them including Kaishu’s gutsy wife Tami who was formerly a geisha; Rie (Uchida Rio), an influential merchant’s daughter who is in love with Shinjuro; Hananoya Inga, a writer of fiction of a style combining a facetious tone with elaborate structure; and the great police superintendent Hayami Seigen who considers Shinjuro a nuisance. As their case-solving progresses, the anxiety as well as love and hate that people have towards the new Meiji era manifests itself. Shinjuro, Rie and Toranosuke tangle with many important people of the period such as Saigo Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi through these cases, and grow up.
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Date: From 2.00 p.m., 6 June 2020
Scriptwriters: Hamaguchi Ryusuke, Nohara Tadashi, Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Cast: Aoi Yu, Takahashi Issei, Bando Ryota, Tsunematsu Yuri, Minosuke, Shuri, Higashide Masahiro, Sasano Takashi
Synopsis: Fukuhara Yusaku (Takahashi Issei) runs a trading company in Kobe. Feeling a restlessness in the air, he leaves his wife Satoko (Aoi Yu) behind and goes to Manchuria together with his nephew (Bando Ryota). That is where he happens to see something appalling. Yusaku makes up his mind to tell the world about this incident and takes action. On the night before the Pacific War, Satoko waits impatiently for the return of her husband. However, right after Yusaku comes back to Japan, Satoko is called away by her childhood friend Tsumori Taiji (Higashide Masahiro) who is a squad leader with the Kobe military police. She is told about the death of the woman that Yusaku had brought back from Manchuria. This makes her jealous. While Satoko starts suspecting Yusaku’s actions, she sees the grave secret that he had carried home with him. Once Satoko learns the truth and finds out his intention, she attempts to stop him for his own safety and their happiness but … …
Official Website: www4.nhk.or.jp/P6363

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• Spy no Tsuma CM

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Date: From 9.00 p.m., 7 June 2020
Scriptwriter: Todayama Masashi (Keiji Zero Series, Ishi Tsubute, Specialist Series)
Director: Oikawa Takuro
Cast: Sawamura Ikki, Takimoto Miori, Terajima Susumu, Yokoyama Daisuke, Nekoze Tsubaki, Watanabe Ikkei, Zaizen Naomi, Takeda Tetsuya, Takaoka Saki (guest star), Minosuke (guest star), Yashiba Toshihiro (guest star), Kondo Koen (guest star), Dandy Sakano (guest star), Takei So (guest star)
Synopsis: Tokiya Rekihiko (Sawamura Ikki) and Sasou Tomoka (Takimoto Miori) from the Thirteenth Section at Kyoto Prefectural Police’s First Investigation Division happen to pass by the venue where popular romance writer Saga Shiori (Takaoka Saki) is holding a book signing event. Tokiya reminisces that she was his girlfriend during university days. Shiori also seems pleased to meet him again while Sasou has a wee bit of mixed feelings. Meanwhile, the dead body of Shinozaki Takenobu (Hyuga), an economic commentator, is found. After he was knocked out by a stun gun, he was slashed dead in the back by a sharp blade. However, a scrap of manuscript paper is weirdly discovered inside his mouth. The handwritten words “The first criminal is Kawakami Gensai” on the paper puzzle the members of the Thirteenth Section who have come to examine the murder scene. Kawakami Gensai was one of four imperial loyalists who carried out assassinations in Kyoto during the late Edo period towards the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. What does the reference to this historical figure mean? Right after that, Tokiya has a sudden and implausible image of himself playing an investigator pop into his head. The investigator Tokiya tells someone next to him, “These are a series of portrayed murders” But what exactly is this memory? Tokiya is confused. Segawa Hana (Nekoze Tsubaki) from the crime lab comes to inform Tokiya about something even more startling. The characters on the scrap of manuscript paper matches his handwriting. Why was his handwritten note taken out from the victim’s mouth? Tokiya is more confused than ever. Several days later, Sakaide Nakamitsu (Hannya), the developer of a matchmaking app, is murdered in the same manner. A paper with the words “The second criminal is Okada Izo” is found from his dead body as well. A shocked Tokiya gets a hint from his ex-wife Okuhata Noriko (Zaizen Naomi). According to Noriko, while working as a detective, he wrote the screenplay for a mystery movie 10 years ago at the request of Yamawaki Hitoshi (Minosuke), a movie director who was his good friend back in university. This means that the manuscript paper found from the dead body was indeed a part of the script that Tokiya wrote. Furthermore, Tokiya’s uncle Namatame Morio (Takeda Tetsuya) who is a doctor, ascertains after analysis that the image in Tokiya’s mind is what he pictured of the finished movie when he worked on the script. In other words, the screenplay that he visualised and has now come back as a memory. Learning that serial murders are taking place in the same way as the screenplay that he penned, a desperate Tokiya starts trying to locate the missing Yamawaki. However, he finds out that Shiori has joined Yamawaki’s production as a script supervisor … …!?
Official Website: www.tv-asahi.co.jp/keiji-0

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Official Website
www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/oedo

Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, 6 June 2020

Network
WOWOW

Story
It is the year 1830 when the Ise Grand Shrine’s principal Buddhist statue is put on public view once every 20 years. One day, Tatsugoro, who was once a legendary gambler called Edo’s best, ends up massively in debt at a gambling den in Fukagawa. He has always been alone in this world and relied on his own ability and luck to win. However, he has had none of it lately. On this day, Tatsugoro draws a winning number for the worshippers and sets off on a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine as a tenement house representative. With 10 ryo in travelling expenses contributed by all the residents, and bolts out of the tenement house in high spirits. On the way, Tatsugoro meets the dog Okinamaru which is visiting the shrine on behalf of its master, a young boy Miyoshi who has sneaked out from his place of apprenticeship, and the beautiful but flawed Saya. In an unexpected turn of events, they end up continuing their journey by pretending that they are family. However, Tatsugoro has no idea that he is being pursued by the killer and debt collector, Kikusuke, who is no stranger to the Edo underworld … …

Characters
Maruyama Ryuhei as Tatsugoro
He was once the best gambler in Edo. However, he has now become a debt-ridden loser. He ends up setting off on a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine by chance.

Yoshine Kyoko as Saya
A beautiful but imperfect lady who tried to drown herself. She wants to die one way or another. But she completely changes when she drinks alcohol.

Yamamoto Koji as Kikusuke
A killer and debt collector known to the underworld in Edo.

Nishimura Masahiko as Tokubei
The landlord of the tenement house where Tatsugoro lives. He tries to force Tatsugoro, who has not paid the rent for some time, to leave.

Original Work
Daken Douchuu Okage Mairi by Dobashi Akihiro

Scriptwriter
Dobashi Akihiro

Directors
Motoki Katsuhide, Inoue Masanori

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• Oedo Great Journey CM

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Date: From 11.00 p.m., 11 June 2020
Scriptwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie (Scarlet, Haha ni Naru, Sharehouse no Koibito)
Director: Nakae Isamu
Cast: Hayashi Kento
Synopsis: 29-year-old salaryman Mochizuki Yuto (Hayashi Kento) works for a trading company. The second of triplet boys, he has been a cheerful person who easily gets carried away since he was a child, and lives with vigour. Yuto joined his present company through his late father’s connections and has been there for seven years now. His work is not the sort that he can get through with sheer enthusiasm and connections, and he has fallen completely behind. He considers himself junk and everyone acknowledges it. Just as Yuto is thinking of resigning from the company, a state of emergency is declared because of the coronavirus. How would he fare in a completely different work environment of telework and video conferences for three months? On a day after the state of emergency is lifted, Yuto’s older brother Taito (Hayashi Kento), an accountant, and youngest brother Mitsuo (Hayashi Kento), who resides and has a agricultural farm in Ibaraki Prefecture, who are worried about him come over to his place … …
Official Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/sekai3

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My Love, My Baker
Date: Summer 2020
Network: dTV & Hikari TV
Genre: Romance
Original Work: My Bakery by Rakuda
Scriptwriters: Aso Kumiko (Lunch no Gokon Tantei, Gosaigyo, Yami no Bansosha Series), Hatano Miyako (Sousa Chizu no Onna, Kaito Royale), Yoshida Oolongta
Directors: Furumaya Tomoyuki, Ninomiya Takashi
Theme Song: Otomegokoro by Ozaki Yuka
Cast: Motokariya Yuika, Iijima Hiroki, Takezai Terunosuke, Komiya Arisa, Nobukawa Seijun, Narumi Yui
Synopsis: Koiwa Mimiko (Motokariya Yuika) is the cheerful, hardworking manager of Bakery Mimiy which she inherited from her parents. Although the bakery is short-handed, she overcomes the situation with innate strength. One day, Kita Kaoru (Iijima Hiroki), a taciturn young man six years her junior, joins the bakery as a new part-timer. He is put in charge of the finishing touches and becomes valuable support to Mimiko and indispensable to the bakery. However, Kita, who is the former chef of a Michelin three star French restaurant, appears to have some secret … …
Website: www.hikaritv.net/sp/mylove-mybaker
Twitter: twitter.com/mylovemybaker

Himawari ~ Miyazaki Legend
Date: From 6.45 p.m., Mondays – Fridays, 1 – 12 June 2020
Network: TV Miyazaki
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Original Work: Himawari ~ Kenichi Legend by Higashimura Akiko
Scriptwriter: Ikeda Tetsuhiro
Director: Ishii Soichi
Theme Song: Soleil by Miyuna
Cast: Taira Yuna, Takahashi Katsunori, Inoue Yuki, Oshima Mai, Sato Mayumi, Nukumizu Yoichi, Ebihara Yuri, Nagano, Kiita, Inagaki Kurumi, Gogun Toma, Asaka Yui, Ishii Masanori
Synopsis: Hayashi Akiko (Taira Yuna) is an office lady living in Miyazaki Prefecture and dreams of being a manga artist. She works for Minami Kyushu Telephone, the same company where her father Kenichi (Takahashi Katsunori) is employed. There are two Kenichis in her life. The first Kenichi is her father who is far too laid back and causes confusion with his outrageous behaviour while the second Kenichi (Inoue Yuki), a Nangoku Green Service employee with excessive knowledge about plants, is someone she regards as potential boyfriend material.
Website: www.umk.co.jp/50th/himawari
Preview: Himawari Teaser

Kansatsui Asagao Season 2
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, July 2020 (for two seasons)
Station: Fuji TV
Genre: Family
Original Work: Kansatsui Asagao by Kagawa Masahito
Scriptwriter: Nemoto Nonji (Kansatsui Asagao Season 1, Fruits Takuhaibin, Izakaya Fuji)
Cast: Ueno Juri, Tokito Saburo, Kazama Shunsuke, Kato Yuzuna
Synopsis: Forensic pathologist Maki Asagao (Ueno Juri) still works at Kouun University’s Department of Forensic Medicine. She lost her mother Satoko (Ishida Hikari) in the Great East Japan Earthquake 10 years ago and continues to feel raw grief that the body has not even been found. Asagao and her father Taira (Tokito Saburo), a detective at Nogeyama Police Precinct, have leaned on each other as if to fill the void in their hearts just a little. Whenever Taira has time, he heads to the Tohoku region to search for his wife’s body. Asagao has started to overcome her grief little by little through her marriage to her boyfriend Kuwahara Shinya (Kazama Shunsuke) and the birth of their daughter Tsugumi (Kato Yuzuna). No one would have expected that amid the household routine, some incident would prompt Asagao to travel to the Tohoku region alone on behalf of her father to search of her mother’s dead body and the traces of her … …
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/asagao2
Twitter: twitter.com/asagao2_2020
Related: Kansatsui Asagao Season 1

Tantei Yuri Rintaro^*UPDATED*
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 16 June 2020
Station: Fuji TV
Genre: Horror mystery
Original Work: Yuri Rintaro Series by Yokomizo Seishi
Scriptwriter: Kobayashi Hirotoshi (Sute Neko ni Hirowareta Otoko)
Director: Kimura Yasuhiko
Cast: Kikkawa Koji, Shison Jun, Tanabe Seiichi, Kimoto Takehiro, Donguri, Shinkawa Yua (guest star), Minakami Kyoka (guest star), Murakawa Eri (guest star), Asari Yosuke (guest star), Takaoka Saki (guest star), Otsuru Gitan (guest star), Suzuki Kazuma (guest star), Yoshitani Ayako (guest star), Sano Gaku (guest star), Itao Itsuji (guest star), Akaso Eiji (guest star), Mizusawa Rintaro (guest star), Osada Seiya (guest star)
Synopsis: Yuri Rintaro (Kikkawa Koji) was the well-known chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division. However, some case triggered his resignation. After that, he moved to Kyoto where he had spent his student days. He is now active as a criminal psychologist. He helps out in investigations at the request of the police. Yuri’s partner is a young man named Mitsugi Shunsuke (Shison Jun) who aspires to be a mystery writer. Shunsuke worships him and runs a website called Yuri Rintaro’s Case Files that records his activities.
Website: www.ktv.jp/yuri
Twitter: twitter.com/ktvyuri8
Preview: Tantei Yuri Rintaro Teaser

Ryu no Michi ~ Futatsu Kao no Fukushuusha^{*RESCHEDULED FR APRIL*}
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, July 2020
Station: Fuji TV
Genre: Suspense
Original Work: Ryu no Michi by Shirakawa Toru
Scriptwriter: Shinozaki Eriko (Saka no Tochuu no Ie, The Good Wife, Hanzai Shokogun Series)
Directors: Joho Hidenori, Iwata Kazuyuki, Kamiya Kaede, Yoshida Tsukanori
Theme Song: umbrella by Sekai no Owari
Cast: Tamaki Hiroshi, Takahashi Issei, Matsumoto Honoka, Hosoda Yoshihiko, Nao, Konno Hiroki, Watanabe Kunito, Saigo Teruhiko (guest star), Matsumoto Marika, Saito Yuki, Endo Kenichi
Synopsis: Shortly after the twin brothers, Ryuichi (Tamaki Hiroshi) and Ryuji (Takahashi Issei), were abandoned at birth by their biological parents, they were adopted by the Yoshies, a couple who ran a small transportation company. After that, their adoptive parents had a daughter Misa (Matsumoto Honoka) and the family of five got along well. However, when the two brothers turned 15, their parents were subjected to hostilities by a transportation company led by Kirishima Genpei (Endo Kenichi) who had been expanding his business nationwide. They were saddled with debt and ended up taking their own lives. Seeing the despicable and ruthless way in which Kirishima drove their parents into a corner, Ryuichi and Ryuji vowed revenge on this man. Seven years later, Ryuichi fakes his own death. Then he takes someone else’s identity, becomes a different person after plastic surgery, and starts to get involved in the underworld. Meanwhile, Ryuji goes back to using his surname at birth and joins the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism which oversees transportation companies. The fact that Ryuichi is alive is a secret between the two brothers and they begin their revenge.
Website: www.ktv.jp/ryu-no-michi
Twitter: twitter.com/ryunomichi_ktv

Juon: Noroi no Ie
Date: From 3 July 2020
Network: Netflix
Genre: Horror
Episodes: 6
Scriptwriters: Takahashi Hiroshi (Yochou Sanpo Suru Shinryakusha), Ichise Takashige (Juon: The Final)
Director: Miyake Sho
Cast: Arakawa Yoshiyoshi, Kuroshima Yuina, Ririka, Osamura Koki, Inowaki Kai, Emoto Tokio, Sendo Nobuko, Kurashina Kana
Synopsis: In 1988, Odajima Yasuo (Arakawa Yoshiyoshi), a researcher of spirits and ghosts, is intrigued by the strange phenomenon that TV personality Honjo Haruka (Kuroshima Yuina) experienced. He met Haruka through a television variety show on the occult and she had consulted him about the sound of footsteps in her house in the middle of the night. At the same time, a high school student Kiyomi (Ririka) who was forced to transfer schools due to some trouble, is asked by her new classmates to go to a vacant house called the cat compound. She visits the place treating it as a test of her courage.
Website: www.netflix.com/jp/title/81059942

Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, July 2020
Station: NTV
Genre: Love mystery
Original Work: Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru by Ando Natsumi
Scriptwriter: Eto Rin (Gisou Furin, Nodame Cantabile Series, Slow Dance)
Directors: Komura Naoko, Inomata Ryuichi
Cast: Hamabe Minami, Yokohama Ryusei, Takasugi Mahiro, Kishii Yukino, Wada Soko, Okabe Takashi, Maehara Ko, Kusano Taisei, Yamazaki Ikusaburo, Sudo Risa, Nakamura Yuri, Suzuki Nobuyuki, Sano Shiro
Synopsis: Hanaoka Nao’s mother Yuriko (Nakamura Yuri) is a single parent and a live-in confectioner at Kogetsuan, a traditional Japanese confectionery shop of long standing. That is how Nao meets Takatsuki Tsubaki, the 6-year-old son of the owner of Kogetsuan, and they become each other’s first loves. However, Tsubaki’s father (Suzuki Nobuyuki) is stabbed to death by someone. Nao’s mother is arrested as the suspect based on Tsubaki’s statement. Nao is kicked out while her mother passes away while under interrogation. Now daughter of a murder suspect and son of the victim, Nao and Tsubaki separate with ill feelings for each other. More than 15 years later, Nao (Hamabe Minami) and Tsubaki are reunited at a competition on Japanese confectionery. Tsubaki takes an interest in Nao’s creations and asks her to marry him at their first meeting without realising that she is his childhood friend. Nao hides her true identity and decides to get into Kogetsuan through her marriage to Tsubaki in order to prove her mother’s innocence. Little does she know that all sorts of adverse circumstances lie in wait. Despite being made sport of by cruel fate, Nao and Tsubaki are drawn to each other. What is the truth of the case 15 years ago?
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/watadou
Twitter: twitter.com/watadou_ntv

The Head
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 12 June 2020
Network: Hulu Japan & HBO Asia
Genre: Survival mystery
Episodes: 6
Scriptwriters: Alex Pastor, David Pastor
Director: Jorge Dorado
Cast: John Lynch, Alexandre Willaume, Katharine O’Donnelly, Laura Bach, Yamashita Tomohisa, Richard Sammel, Álvaro Morte, Sandra Andreis, Amelia Hoy, Tom Lawrence, Chris Riley
Synopsis: Researchers leave behind a 10-member wintering team (John Lynch, Katharine O’Donnelly, Laura Bach, Yamashita Tomohisa, Richard Sammel, Sandra Andreis, Amelia Hoy, Tom Lawrence, Chris Riley) at a scientific research base in Antarctica as the continent heads into a long winter covered in glaciers and darkness. However, in the middle of the six-month winter, communication between the base and the outside world is disrupted. When the researchers return to the base several weeks later, they are greeted by a terrible scene that is too horrible to look at. Almost all the researchers are dead. It is established that one is missing and two have survived. What happened at the isolated base in those six months?
Website: www.hulu.jp/thehead
Twitter: twitter.com/THEHEAD_2020
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Oedo Great Journey ~ The Oisemairi
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, 6 June 2020
Network: WOWOW
Genre: Period
Episodes: 6
Original Work: Daken Douchuu Okage Mairi by Dobashi Akihiro
Scriptwriter: Dobashi Akihiro
Directors: Motoki Katsuhide, Inoue Masanori
Cast: Maruyama Ryuhei, Yoshine Kyoko, Saito Taiyo, Ibu Masato, Kato Ryo, Yamamoto Koji, Nishimura Masahiko, Fukumoto Riko, Sumi Shintaro, Yamanaka Itsuki, Kanayama Kazuhiko, Muro Ryota (guest star), Kataoka Ainosuke (guest star), Musaka Naomasa (guest star), Muroi Shigeru (guest star), Nakamura Shizuka (guest star), Aoki Sayaka (guest star), Daichi Mao (guest star), Tanokura Yuta (guest star)
Synopsis: It is the year 1830 when the Ise Grand Shrine’s principal Buddhist statue is put on public view once every 20 years. One day, Tatsugoro (Maruyama Ryuhei), who was once called a legendary gambler, ends up massively in debt at a gambling den in Fukagawa. He has always been alone in this world and relied on his own ability and luck. However, he has had none of it lately. On this day, Tatsugoro draws a winning number for the worshippers and sets off on a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine as a tenement house representative. On the way, he meets the dog Okinamaru which is visiting the shrine on behalf of its master, a young boy Miyoshi (Saito Taiyo) who has sneaked out from his place of apprenticeship, and the beautiful but flawed Saya (Yoshine Kyoko). They end up behaving like a family in an unexpected turn of events. Meanwhile, the killer and debt collector Kikusuke (Yamamoto Koji), who is said to be unknown in the Edo underworld, pursues Tatsugoro.
Website: www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/oedo

Nigatsu no Shousha ~ Zettai Goukaku no Kyoushitsu
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Saturdays, July 2020
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Naruse Katsuo (Chiisana Kyojin, Kiraware Matsuko no Isshou)
Original Work: Nigatsu no Shousha ~ Zettai Goukaku no Kyoushitsu
Genre: School
Cast: Yagira Yuya, Inoue Mao, Kato Shigeaki
Synopsis: Kuroki Kurodo (Yagira Yuya), an outstanding cram school teacher from the largest cram school for middle school entrance exams in the industry, is welcomed as the headmaster of a mid-size cram school which has been performing poorly. Kuroki causes a stir with extreme words and conduct, constantly overwhelming the people around him. “Middle school exams are paid games”, “Parents are the sponsors” “A father’s financial resources and mother’s lunacy are what makes a child pass the exams”. He is an ultra realist and speaks his mind. However, he quickly declares to all the new sixth grade students that he will make them get into their school of first choice. While Kuroki labels a cram school as a place which sells children’s future, he is able to understand the true nature of each student and also ease parental anxieties.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/2gatsu
Twitter: twitter.com/2gatsu_ntv

Yokai Sharehouse^*NEW*
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Saturdays, Summer 2020
Station: TV Asahi
Genre: Horror comedy
Scriptwriters: Nishiogi Yumie (Legal Heart, Joshu Seven, Tamiou), Brazily Anne Yamada (Silent Voice Series)
Directors: Toyoshima Keisuke, Yamamoto Daisuke
Cast: Koshiba Fuka
Synopsis: Meguro Mio (Koshiba Fuka) fears getting on the wrong side of people. As a result, she avoids saying what she wants and merely lives by reading situations. There is nothing in particular that Mio wants to do with her life. She gets a job and eventually dates a male colleague. Although she has thought about marriage and childbirth, her boyfriend is a downright useless guy. Mio becomes penniless, homeless and jobless because of him, and her life hits rock bottom. She happens to arrive at a shared house where monsters live. The extremely nosey monsters butt in and do away with the problems and troublesome people that Mio faces in excessively radical ways.
Website: www.tv-asahi.co.jp/youkai
Twitter: twitter.com/youkaihouse5

13^*POSTPONED*
Date: From 11.40 p.m., Saturdays, 6 June 2020
Station: Fuji TV
Genre: Crime suspense
Episodes: 4
Original Work: Thirteen by Marnie Dickens
Scriptwriter: Asano Taeko (Gomen Aishiteru, Dakara Kouya, Utsukushiki Wana)
Director: Mizuta Naruhide
Cast: Sakuraba Nanami
Synopsis: Aikawa Yuria (Sakuraba Nanami) disappeared at the age of 13. 13 years later, she suddenly comes back home. However, much has changed in the intervening years. Her family has broken up. Yuria’s return from the dead changes everyone’s lives. She may look 26, but emotionally she is still a 13-year-old. Yuria’s mother has been crushed between regret over the loss of her daughter and her belief that Yuria will return alive. Beneath her happiness over Yuria’s return, she is compelled to come to terms with the past that she has hidden. As her husband and younger daughter also play the role of a close family to help Yuria recover emotionally, they start to question each other’s steps in these 13 years. Yuria tells the police that she was kidnapped. However, the detectives in charge of the case doubt her statement because she contradicts herself and changed her story several times. In the midst of this, a second case happens. Then the truth that Yuria has been hiding comes to light.
Website: www.tokai-tv.com/io/13

Dragon Zakura 2
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2020
Station: TBS
Genre: School
Scriptwriter: –
Original work: Dragon Zakura 2 by Mita Norifusa
Cast: Abe Hiroshi
Synopsis: After lawyer and former motorcycle gang member Sakuragi Kenji (Abe Hiroshi), left Ryuzan High School, he moved from place to place to offer management advice to private universities based on his achievements. 10 years later, Ryuzan High School which used to produce students who qualified for Tokyo University, has been on the decline since Sakuragi’s departure. He receives an offer from the school again to save it from its predicament. Sakuragi does not mince his words or hesitate to refute an argument no matter who the other party is, and gave many young people courage. But what kind of changes can he bring about with his eloquence in the present day? With the transition from the Heisei to Reiwa era, there will also be a change in the university entrance exam to the new common test for university admissions which places more emphasis on students’ ability to think, make judgements, and express themselves rather than their knowledge.
Website: www.tbs.co.jp/dragonzakura
Twitter: twitter.com/dragonzakuraTBS

Oya Baka Seishun Hakusho
Date: From 10.30 p.m., Sundays, July 2020
Network: NTV
Genre: Comedy
Scriptwriters: Fukuda Yuichi (Kyou kara Ore wa!!, Super Salaryman Saenai-shi, Yuusha Yoshihiko Series), Anabuki Ichiro (Chou no Rikigaku, Dr DMAT)
Cast: Muro Tsuyoshi, Nagano Mei
Synopsis: 40-year-old Obika Taro (Muro Tsuyoshi) is a single father and a novelist. After his wife died from an illness, he raised their daughter Sakura (Nagano Mei) alone. Father and daughter get along well. Sakura is his precious daughter and has led a sheltered life. Since she only attended all girls’ schools, Obika worries excessively about her entering a coed university and ends up enrolling in the same university. He begins to enjoy campus life for himself. He involves himself in the university’s activities such as seminars, interest groups, drinking sessions, matchmaking parties and cultural festivals, and enjoys his “youth” to the fullest.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/oyabaka
Twitter: twitter.com/oyabaka_ntv

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Official Website
www.hulu.jp/thehead

Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 12 June 2020

Network
Hulu Japan & HBO Asia

Story
Winter has fallen on the South Pole and the sun will soon disappear for the next six months. A small 10-member team of scientists including world renowned biologist Arthur Wilde will remain at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station to continue their research work while the summer team leaves the continent. The commander of the summer team Johan Berg bids his wife Annika, who has been chosen for the winter team, farewell and entrusts the management of the research station to the commander of the winter team Erik Osterland. A young doctor Maggie Mitchell, who is participating in the winter team for the first time, and Arthur’s right-hand man Kobayashi Aki carefully prepare for the long winter. However, in the middle of the six-month winter, communication between the research station and the outside world is suddenly disrupted. When a worried Johan and his colleagues return to the base several weeks later in spring, they are greeted by a terrible scene that turns into a nightmare. Seven of the researchers died violent deaths. A killer is on the loose and Annika is missing. If Johan wants to find her alive, he will have to trust Maggie who is profoundly shaken and apparently the sole survivor from the group … … What happened at the isolated base in those six months?

Characters
Alexandre Willaume as Johan Berg
The commander of the summer team. A mild and kind man. He is tasked with the tough job of running the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station where a large number of people live and work in an extremely cramped space. He loves his wife Annika dearly and is pained to have to leave her behind at the research station. Contact is lost with the research station after he returns home. When he rushes back, he discovers signs of a terrifying crime. He is forced take swift action in order to locate the missing members before it is too late but … …

John Lynch as Arthur Wilde
A biologist who is held in the highest regard internationally and considered a genius. The research he undertook in Antarctica eight years ago became a legend in both the academic and scientific communities. Resolving to play a role that will bring hope to the efforts to combat climate change, he returns to the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station and stays behind as a member of the winter team. However, he ends up projecting arrogance in various ways.

Katharine O’Donnelly as Maggie Mitchell
An outstanding young woman who is a doctor. This is her first time being assigned to the winter team at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station and the people around her question whether she will be able to survive the winter in Antarctica. Dropped in among the seasoned members of the winter team who understand each other, the young microbiologist Kobayashi Aki is the one she turns to for emotional support. Her feelings for him gradually grows.

Yamashita Tomohisa as Kobayashi Aki
A young microbiologist with a promising future. He is participating in the research team at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station for the first time. He has also been chosen to be a member of the winter team and he pursues a doctorate under the biologist Arthur Wilde’s mentorship. He enthusiastically tries to prove his worth every day. He hits it off with the doctor Maggie Mitchell from the start and their love for each other deepens. Although he has a kind hear, he actually has another side to him too … …

Richard Sammel as Erik Osterland
The commander of the winter team. He served in the military and is an extremely tough guy. He loves his team and will do everything in his power to keep them safe. He has special romantic feelings for the nurse Eva Ullman who is also a member of the winter team but … …

Laura Bach as Annika Lundquist
A geneticist and veteran researcher who has been working under the biologist Arthur Wilde for many years. A professional who is passionately devoted to research, she has always put work first. She and the commander of the summer team Johan Berg are married and deeply in love with each other. She has to spend to long winter apart from him because she was chosen as a member of the winter team. However, she suppresses her pain and focuses on her duty.

Álvaro Morte as Ramon Lazarus
The research station’s cook and member of the winter team. Because he loves reading, meditation and philosophy, he has the nature of a misanthrope. To him, the isolated Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station is a safe home and the team members are like family. Because of that, he regularly visits Antarctica. He generally gets along with the team. However, his personality completely changes when he is under pressure. He is actually hiding a big secret.

Sandra Andreis as Eva Ullman
A nurse at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station. She has a wealth of experience on ice and loves her work. However, she worries about spending months away from her family. When she detects the escalating romantic feelings that the commander of the winter team Erik Osterland has for her, she attempts to keep it in check but … …

Amelia Hoy as Heather Blake
She is in charge of computers at the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station. A woman with a wild and bold spirit, she is always optimistic even when a situation is about to go off the rails. This is her first time being chosen for the winter team and she intends to make the most of this opportunity. She loves the outdoors and extreme sports. Work to her is merely getting out in the world and having the best experience of her life.

Tom Lawrence as Miles Porter
A member of the winter team who is in charge of telecommunications. He is pained that he has to live in a civilised world and is one of those maniacs who wish to live out his life on ice. He has participated in missions in Antarctica for the past 15 years. While he has always been a slightly eccentric man even before this, he gets increasingly weird as a result of the long months and years spent on ice.

Chris Riley as Nils Hedlund
The base technician who is in charge of equipment maintenance and repair. He knows the Polaris VI Antarctic Research Station better than anyone else and keeps the place in superb condition. He is a veteran who has done the rounds in Antarctica for many years. He has a bad drinking habit which is often detrimental to interpersonal relationships. To avoid conflict, he is generally on his own. His personality soon gets the better of him … …

Scriptwriters
Alex Pastor
David Pastor

Director
Jorge Dorado

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Official Website
www.ktv.jp/yuri

Broadcast
From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 16 June 2020

Network
Fuji TV

Story
Yuri Rintaro, an outstanding man with a brilliant mind, was the well-known chief of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division. However, some case triggered his resignation. After that, he moved to Kyoto where he had spent his student days and based himself in the rooms owned by Hada Satomi who runs an antique shop. Yuri is now active as a criminal psychologist and a “consulting detective” who helps out in investigations at the request of the police. Mitsugi Shunsuke, a young man who aspires to be a mystery writer, serves as his assistant. Shunsuke worships Yuri and runs a website called Yuri Rintaro’s Case Files that records his activities. One day, Yuri receives a message warning of a murder from someone by the name of Hanadokuro. He hurriedly heads to the specified location together with Shunsuke, who fumes at the written challenge. They discover blood dripping from a freezer. Ruriko, the adopted daughter of well-known genetic researcher Kusaka Eizo, has been tied up and confined inside in a bloody state. After confirming that she is still breathing, Yuri calls for an ambulance and rushes to the residence of the Kusakas who own the freezer. He links up with his old friend Inspector Todoroki from the Kyoto Prefectural Police at the house. Shunsuke sees a shadow on the second floor but when they dash up the stairs, they find a down coat in what is believed to be the room of Eizo’s son Eiichi. The coat has so much coagulated blood that suggests fatal blood loss. Then they discover Kusaka with a dagger in his chest in the research lab. Yuri is bothered by a ghastly blood-stained skull placed beside the dead body … …

Characters
Kikkawa Koji as Yuri Rintaro
The former head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division. He is now active in Kyoto as a criminal psychologist. At the same time, he helps out in investigations at the request of the police. He is good at archery even though he has a fear of sharp pointed objects.
He has the appearance of a white-haired gentleman who does not talk a lot but he is a genius in his perceptiveness and reasoning.

Shison Jun as Mitsugi Shunsuke
Yuri Rintaro’s assistant who aspires to be a mystery writer. He worships Yuri and has been running a website called Yuri Rintaro’s Case Files which records Yuri’s activities instead of writing his book. He accompanies Yuri around as his assistant and unexpectedly gets down to the nitty gritty of cases.

Tanabe Seiichi as Inspector Todoroki
A Kyoto Prefectural Police Inspector and an old friend whom Yuri Rintaro spent his university days with in Kyoto. He acknowledges Yuri’s ability to solve cases with his exceptionally keen insight, and asks him to investigate cases. His love for fish-shaped pancake stuffed with red bean is unrivalled and he would show up at murder scenes with a pancake in one hand.

Kimoto Takehiro as Yamagishi Kappei
An editor at a publishing company who is in charge of Mitsugi Shunsuke. He recognises Shinsuke’s skills and introduces him to Yuri Rintaro as a reference for writing his book.

Original Work
Yuri Rintaro Series by Yokomizo Seishi

Scriptwriter
Kobayashi Hirotoshi (Sute Neko ni Hirowareta Otoko)

Director
Kimura Yasuhiko

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Official Website
www.ntv.co.jp/haken2020

Broadcast
From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 17 June 2020

Network
NTV

Story
Omae Haruko, the legendary A-rank super temporary worker who possesses many skills and qualifications. She will only do the scope stipulated in her contract and never works overtime or on her days off. Although she baffles her colleagues, they gradually come to accept her. The hiring system in Japan where new graduates were set for life if they got into a company and became full-time employees ended in the Heisei era. It is an illusion now and the Japanese people have also shown big changes in their attitudes towards work. With work reforms, ageing population, gigs, outsourcing, AI, death from overwork, what will Haruko’s style be in the Reiwa era? The food company S&F has lost momentum and business is on the decline. Satonaka Kensuke who has become the manager of its Marketing and Sales Promotion Division, is eager for the return of Haruko whom he had worked with 13 years ago. Uno Ippei, the head of the Sales Department, is flabbergasted that one of Haruko’s conditions is no overtime work but she declares that she will work hard for the three months she is paid and they will not regret hiring her. Having heard about Haruko’s return, Shoji Takeshi who is now the deputy manager of S&F’s Asahikawa branch office, comes back to Tokyo. He is delighted to meet Haruko again but is completely ignored by her. Meanwhile, Satonaka assigns Haruko to act as an interpreter for an important business meeting with a Russian company that will determine the company’s fortunes. However, the talks held on a cruiser that lies at anchor are on the verge of breaking down. In the midst of this, Satonaka gets a call from a new temporary employee Chiba Konatsu. She asks for help and says that she and a fellow temporary employee Fukuoka Aki have been locked up by people from human resources. It seems that this happened because she had anonymously complained that Aki was being sexually harassed by a male colleague but this backfired on them. Something unthinkable is about to happen to all of them as a result of a decision that Haruko makes … …

Characters
Shinohara Ryoko as Omae Haruko
A highly paid “Special A” rank super temp from the temporary employment agency Haken Life, she possesses many qualifications which are very difficult to obtain. She neither helps out in work that is beyond the scope she is given at the company that she has been sent to nor works overtime or on her day off. In fact, she wants no part of the corporate office culture and its politics. She will not work at the same company for more than three months due to a past experience. She is good at flamenco. She has the habit of saying, “And so? (Any problem with that?)”

Koizumi Kotaro as Satonaka Kensuke
The manager of the Sales Department’s Marketing and Sales Promotion Division for the food company S&F. He feels a vague sense of unease about the company’s future and calls Omae Haruko back to S&F. Although he had feelings for Haruko 13 years ago, he realised that she liked someone else and held back.

Katsuji Ryo as Asano Tsutomu
A senior staff with the Sales Department’s Marketing and Sales Promotion Division at S&F. He often encounters setbacks because of his propensity to overreact and be hasty.

Sugino Yosuke as Ide Yutaro
A new unmotivated employee who belongs to S&F’s Sales Department. He joined the company through his relative’s connections.

Kamiji Yusuke as Kon Kosaku
A manager at Haken Life. He has good computer skills. A temporary employee who accepted an offer to become a permanent employee, his life is constantly run by work.

Oizumi Yo as Shoji Takeshi
The deputy manager of S&F’s Asahikawa branch office. He still believes that Japanese company employees should present a united front. He is eyeing a promotion to headquarters.

Ito Shiro as Miyabe Renzo
The CEO of S&F who is popular with employees. He appears to be an affable man but he actually favours his company employees and hates temporary staff.

Scriptwriter
Nakazono Miho (Doctor X Series, Sego-don, Dr Rintaro)

Directors
Sato Touya, Maruya Shunpei

Theme Song
Motivation by Suzuki Masayuki

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