Souri to Yobanaide
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Details
- Title: 総理と呼ばないで
- Title (romaji): Souri to Yobanaide
- Also known as: Farewell, Mr. Premier / Don't Call Me Prime Minister
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Comedy
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 14.8
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 1997-Apr-08 to 1997-Jun-17
- Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Synopsis
What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister who faces daily protests of citizens, inside betrayals, and the decision of a new Chief Cabinet Secretary. He makes an unprecedented selection, choosing his daughter's private tutor, who is only in his 20s and not even a politician! Will the Prime Minister be able to turn his ratings around, or will he be forced to resign? This drama focuses on the government of Japan, with a comedic twist. --awrittensin
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Cast
- Tamura Masakazu as the Prime Minister
- Suzuki Honami as the Prime Minister's wife
- Tsutsui Michitaka as the Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Tsuruta Mayu as the maid
- Nishimura Masahiko as the Prime Minister's secretary
- Sato Aiko as the Prime Minister's daughter
- Fujimura Shunji as the Deputy Prime Minister
- Sasai Eisuke
- Toda Keiko
- Tayama Ryosei
- Aizawa Tomoko
- Kazama Morio
- Naitou Takashi as the adventurer (ep5)
- Karasawa Toshiaki
- Komatsu Masao
- Hoshino Yuka
- Kobayashi Katsuya
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Mitani Koki
- Producer: Sekiguchi Shizuo (関口静夫)
- Director: Suzuki Masayuki, Kono Keita, Hirano Shin
- Music: Hattori Takayuki
Episode Titles & Ratings
- Ep 01: All-Time Lowest Man
- Ep 02: Gloomy Party
- Ep 03: The Man Who Eats Crabs
- Ep 04: Helmet Premier
- Ep 05: Liar
- Ep 06: Lover of the Prime Minister's Wife
- Ep 07: The End of Love and Sadness
- Ep 08: Karaoke Prime Minister
- Ep 09: Prime Minister Caught in a Trap
- Ep 10: Mass Resignation
- Ep 11: I Won't Forget All of You
-- translated by awrittensin
- Ep 01: 22.6%
- Ep 02: 20.8%
- Ep 03: 14.3%
- Ep 04: 14.2%
- Ep 05: 12.0%
- Ep 06: 11.0%
- Ep 07: 9.3%
- Ep 08: 10.7%
- Ep 09: 10.4%
- Ep 10: 13.8%
- Ep 11: 18.9%
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