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Futagashira

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  • Title: ふたがしら
  • Title (romaji): Futagashira
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Drama, Historical
  • Broadcast network: WOWOW

Season 1

  • Episodes: 5
  • Broadcast period: 2015-Jun-13 to 2015-Jul-11
  • Air time: Saturday 22:00

Synopsis

The bold, magnanimous Benzo and the cool, handsome Soji work for a Hachioji courier that delivers mail or packages on foot. The other side to them is that they are thieves of a gang called Akame. The work of the Akame is to “take dirty money without threats or murder”. Benzo and Soji have a high regard for their chief, Tatsugoro, and every night they toil, slipping into the mansions of bad people with fellow gang members. But one day, Tatsugoro takes the hands of the two of them and say that he is entrusting the gang to them. Then he breathes his last. However, in the written will left in the care of Okon states that Tatsugoro’s successor is Jinzaburo, a friend whom Tatsugoro treated as a younger brother. Unhappy with this, Benzo and Soji decide to part ways with the gang and set out on a journey to accomplish “big things”. They head for Osaka with the intention of forming their own gang. Meanwhile, Jinzaburo who has become the chief of the Akame breaks the code, threatens people and steals money... -- Jdrama Weblog

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Season 2

  • Title: ふたがしら2
  • Title (romaji): Futagashira 2
  • Episodes: 5
  • Broadcast period: 2016-Sep-17 to 2016-Oct-15
  • Air time: Saturday 22:00

Synopsis

The cheerful, big-hearted Benzo and cool, sharp Soji are two thieves with the motto “steal all dirty money without threats or murder” and carry out their “work” with brilliance. In the day, Soji does food catering while Benzo spends all his time gambling at a den in the post town of Shinagawa. It has been half a year since they established a gang of thieves called Ichishi and set their sights on reaching the top of Edo. One day, Benzo meets Kurazo who is on a winning streak at the gambling den, He saves Kurazao and they hit it off. The two of them immediately head down to Yoshiwara where they encounter Soji who has come in pursuit of young girls caught by men. A procession of courtesans begins in front of the trio. Benzo and Soji are surprised when they see the courtesan. She is Okon. Okon asks them to steal 11 prostitutes. Jinzaburo is behind this. Meanwhile, there is a new head to crack down on serious crimes in Edo and he quickly makes a name for himself by arresting gangs of thieves. The “work” of the Ichishi begins in the middle of this, but... -- Jdrama Weblog

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Production Credits




Summer 2015
WOWOW
Summer 2015
Yume wo Ataeru
Saturday 22:00
Enka




Summer 2016
WOWOW
Fall 2016
Kenja no Ai
Saturday 22:00
Cold Case