Official Website
www.nhk.jp/p/kanobutsu/ts/384QGZM4LK
Broadcast
From 11.30 p.m., Saturdays, 12 September 2020
Network
NHK
Story
Aye Myint, a young man from Myanmar, loves reading Japanese manga. He wins a manga competition and achieves his long-sought dream of studying manga in Japan to become a manga artist. When he starts looking for an apartment based on his limited budget, he is stunned by the inconceivably high rent in Japan. He manages to find accommodation at a bargain and makes a snap decision. However, the building is about 40 years old and the residents living around his apartment have their peculiarities. Aye Myint works hard at his part-time job but struggles with the gap between what he had imagined about Japan and the reality he now faces. When he comes home exhausted, he sees a black-haired female ghost in the apartment?! In fact, this is an apartment where the former occupant died of unnatural causes. Aye Myint reluctantly begins living with the ghost … …
Characters
Morisaki Win as Aye Myint
A foreign student who loves Japanese manga and aspires to be a manga artist. While living together with a female ghost that has settled in the apartment that he rented, he slowly becomes curious about her. He is a fan of the manga called Koori no Busho, otherwise known as Ice Warlord.
Takagi Reni as Rei
A ghost that lives in Aye Myint’s apartment. She is not aware of who she is and why she became a ghost. While living with Aye Myint, she discovers that she has a talent for drawing.
Wada Masato as Nakaji Keiichi
A publishing company employee who has been in charge of the popular manga Koori no Busho from the time the series started. He is the editor who made it the hit manga it is today together with the writer Yamada Chiharu.
Murakami Honoka as Yamada Chiharu
The writer of the popular manga Koori no Busho. She is bothered by drop in readers in recent years.
Takahashi Tsutomu as Fujishima Kando
The manager of the convenience store where Aye Myint works part time. He is like an older brother who teaches him the regular Japan. His daily routine is to eat the leftover packed meals.
Furutachi Kanji as Sako Yuzo
A mysterious man who appears around Aye Myint in unexpected places and at unexpected moments. His motive is … …
Original Work
Kuwahara Ryoko (Kokoro no Kizu o Iyasu to iu Koto)
Directors
Horiuchi Yusuke, Nitta Shinzo
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