Shomuni
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| Contents: Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 |
Details
- Title: ショムニ
- Title (romaji): Shomuni
- Title (English): Power Office Girls
- Genre: Comedy
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Air time: Wednesday 21:00
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Esumi Makiko as Tsuboi Chinatsu
- Kyono Kotomi as Tsukuhara Sawako
- Sakurai Atsuko as Miyashita Kana
- Hosho Mai as Maruhashi Ume
- Toda Naho as Sugita Misono
- Takahashi Yumiko as Himukai Rie
- Toda Keiko as Tokunaga Azusa
- Ishiguro Ken as Ukyo Tomohiro
- Morimoto Leo as Inoue Koji
- Takahashi Katsumi as Terasaki Torao
- Aijima Kazuyuki
- Ito Toshihito as Nonomura (season 1-2)
- Musaka Naomasa (S1)
- Hashizume Koichi (S1-2)
- Yajima Kenichi (S1)
- Kubo Akira (S1-3
- Sawamura Ikki (S2-3)
- Numata Baku (S2)
- Okayama Hajime (S2)
- Masana Bokuzo
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru (S1)
Season 1
- Episodes: 12 + 2 Specials
- Viewership ratings: 21.8
- Broadcast period: 1998-Apr-15 to 1998-Jul-01
- Theme song: Sugao na Mama De by Izam with Astral Love
Synopsis
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Takahashi Rumi, Hashimoto Hiroshi
- Producer: Takiyama Madoka, Funatsu Koichi
- Director: Suzuki Masayuki
Episode Information
| Episode | Broadcast Date | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998-Apr-15 | 18.8 |
| 2 | 1998-Apr-22 | 19.4 |
| 3 | 1998-Apr-29 | 21.4 |
| 4 | 1998-May-6 | 18.8 |
| 5 | 1998-May-13 | 19.1 |
| 6 | 1998-May-20 | 19.1 |
| 7 | 1998-May-27 | 24.0 |
| 8 | 1998-Jun-3 | 18.4 |
| 9 | 1998-Jun-10 | 23.2 |
| 10 | 1998-Jun-17 | 23.0 |
| 11 | 1998-Jun-24 | 24.7 |
| 12 | 1998-Jul-1 | 16.2 |
Season 2
- Episodes: 12
- Viewership ratings: 20.3
- Broadcast period: 2000-Apr-12 to 2000-Jun-28
- Theme Song: ONE WAY DRIVE by Esumi Makiko
Synopsis
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Takahashi Rumi, Hashimoto Hiroshi
- Producer: Funatsu Koichi
- Music: Oshima Michiru
Season 3
- Also known as: Power Office Girls 3 - The Final Chapter
- Episodes: 12
- Viewership ratings: Average 16.3, with a maximum of 23.1.
- Broadcast period: 2002-Jul-03 to 2002-Sep-18
- Ending song: Taiyou wa Shizumanai by The Alfee
Synopsis
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Hashimoto Hiroshi
- Producer: Funatsu Koichi
- Director: Suzuki Masayuki
Review
The format of the story has hardly changed:
1. Shomuni employees do something for their own interests 2. Company runs into trouble 3. Shomuni employees save the company inadvertently 4. Shomuni employees find out that they did not get what they originally set out to do.
This time, though, the storylines have gotten tired, and Shomuni fans must have obtained a feeling that the entire ordeal of "Shomuni" should finally come to an end. There are recycled plotlines and too-similar plot-twists in two of the episodes, and one can almost guess the ending from the start of the show.
Worse, Himukai Rie, the part-time fortune teller, is given a very disappointingly peripheral role compared to the first two episodes, and it appears that the scriptwriters have run out of ideas.
One would miss Ito Toshihito's presence in Shomuni 1 and Shomuni 2, as the new person who replaces him, Okano, is not as charismatic or as good an actor as the former.
Thankfully though, the entire Shomuni saga ended with Shomuni Forever (telecast in 1 Janurary 2003). By that time, it had only generated 14.2% of the television ratings, compared to the average rating of 16.3% for this series with a peak of 23.1%.
Season 4
- Also known as: Shomuni 2013
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership ratings: 11.14%
- Broadcast period: 2013-Jul-10 to 2013-Sep-18
- Theme Song: Pink no Dangan by Serena
Cast
- Esumi Makiko as Tsuboi Chinatsu
- Becky as Minami Madoka
- Honda Tsubasa as Maruyama Shiori
- Ando Sakura as Abe Reiko
- Mori Kanna as Kojima Misuzu
- Horiuchi Keiko as Fukuda Masuyo
- Miura Shohei as Samon Daisuke
- Katase Nana as Danjo Miki
- Masu Takeshi as Maekawa Susumu
- Suzuki Kosuke as Shimoochiai Koichi
- Yasuda Ken as Hoshino Kenji
- Kudo Asuka as Hayami
- Kawanami Junichi as intern (ep7)
Synopsis
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Episode title | Ratings (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 18.3% | |
| 02 | 13.8% | |
| 03 | 9.9% | |
| 04 | 11.7% | |
| 05 | 9.3% | |
| 06 | 11.3% | |
| 07 | 8.8% | |
| 08 | 8.7% | |
| 09 | 8.9% | |
| 10 | 7.8% | |
| Average | 11.14% | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Production Credits
- Original writing: Yasuda Hiroyuki (安田弘之)
- Screenwriter: Ushio Kentaro
- Producer: Iwata Yuji
- Director Suzuki Masayuki (director), Kobayashi Yoshinori
- Music: Oshima Michiru
External Links
- Season 1 JDorama.com
- Season 2 JDorama.com
- Season 3 JDorama.com
- English Wikipedia
- Official website Season 4
- Official English website
- Japanese Wikipedia