Tonsure

Details

Title: トンスラ
Title (English): Tonsure
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12＋SP
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-04 to 2008-Dec-27
Air time: Saturday 24:55
Theme song: Somaru yo by chatmonchy

Synopsis

Yabu is an unattractive and incompetent middle-aged publishing editor. Mika is a beautiful young author who debuted at 18 and has since written two best-sellers. When Yabu commissions some writing from Mika, she suddenly finds herself stricken with writer's block. Somehow, Yabu ends up being confined to Mika's home, resulting in a strange state of cohabitation for the mismatched pair. --Tokyograph

User/Viewer Ratings

0.00

(0 votes)

Cast

Nukumizu Youichi as Yabuta Hidehiko aka Yabu

as Yabuta Yukijiro (ep4)

Yoshitaka Yuriko as Kashiwaba Mika

Guests

Kurine Makoto (栗根まこと) Editor-in-chief, Komori (ep1-3,5,11-12)
Kato Ayumu (加藤歩) (ep1-3,11-12)
Hara Kazuo (原一男) as himself (ep1)
Eguchi Noriko as Sajima, Mika's manager (ep1)
Yurisa (ユリサ) as Eba (ep1)
Mori Tomomi (森ともみ) as Mayumi (ep1)
Suga Tomio as store owner (ep1)
Yanagi Yurei as Sawaguchi, cult leader (ep2,6,10)
Haba Yuichi as Kenichi, Mika's father (ep2,6,10)
Sekida Aoi (関田葵) as young Mika (ep2,6,10)
Ishii Ryuji (石井竜二) as bully (ep2)
Udo Maki (有働真樹) as bully (ep2)
Tsubaki Nao (椿直) as bully (ep2)
Nagashima Shinichiro (長島伸一郎) as bully (ep2)
Yoshimi Dai (好美大) as bully (ep2)
Komatsu Kazushige as sailor (ep2)
Kago Ai as Kurume Mai (ep3,6,11-12)
Bando Eiji as himself (ep3)
Sootome Keiko (五月女ケイ子) as Ogi Naomi (ep3)
Inoue Yoshiko as Toyotomi Taeko (ep3)
Sada Mayumi as Toyotomi Taeko (ep3)
Nonaka Takamitsu as store clerk (ep5)
Riju Go as Mr. Yoshihara (ep5)
Hirota Leona as Mrs. Yoshihara (ep5)
Tanaka Yoji (ep5)
Ichikawa Shinpei (市川しんぺー) as Sakurai (ep5)
Inoue Fumiko (井上富美子) as news anchor (ep5-6)
Nakagawa Reiji (中川礼二) (ep6)
Kobayashi Megumi (ep6)
Iketani Nobue as Kumiko (ep6-8)
Yamane Kazuma as Kei, Mika's ex (ep6-8)
Murata Yoko (ep6)
Muramatsu Toshifumi as exorcist (ep6-8)
Asakura Erika as Yasumi (ep7-8)
Bluesky (ブルースカイ) (ep7)
Murakami Toshiko (村上寿子) (ep7)
Moda Ruriko (藻田留理子) (ep7)
Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Koichi, Kumiko's husband (ep7-8)
Hara Kintaro as Takayuki (ep7-8)
Hirata Kaoru as Yoko, Kei's fiancée (ep8)
Nakano Kumiko (中野久美子) as Akemi (ep9)
Owada Shinya as Joji, Yabu's father (ep9)
Kunieda Ryohei as Akemi's father (ep9)
Takimoto Yuni (滝本ゆに) as Akemi's mother (ep9)
Nozoe Seiji (ノゾエ征爾) as reporter (ep10-12)
Sakai Maki as Reiko (ep10)
Kitayama Hiroshi (北山ひろし) as samurai (ep10)
Suda Kunihiro as capturer (ep11-12)
Tsuda Kanji as SAT squad leader (ep11-12)
Ito Shuko (ep12)
Takeshima Masayoshi (竹島正義) (ep12)
Matsuo Tomouchi (松尾伴内) as restaurant owner (ep12)
Hou Wei (候偉) as restaurant deliveryman (ep12)
Makimura Senzaburo (牧村泉三郎) as hostage (father) (ep12)
Tsuchiya Mihoko as hostage (mother) (ep12)
Inagawa Mika (稲川実花) as hostage (daughter) (ep12)
Komaki Takahiro (駒木崇宏) (ep12)
Yabushita Hideki (藪下秀樹) (ep12)

Production Credits

Original writing: Novel Tonsure by Tsuzuki Hiroshi (都築浩)
Screenwriter: Tsuzuki Hiroshi (都築浩) (ep1-2,11-12), Miki Satoshi (ep1), Moriya Kentaro (ep2-3), Kakinomoto Ryu (柿本流) (ep2-3), Tanaka Makoto (田中誠) (ep4-5), Sano Tatsuya (佐野達也) (ep6), Bluesky (ブルースカイ) (ep7-8), Kobayashi Masaki (小林正樹) (ep9), Ujita Takashi (宇治田隆史) (ep10)
Producer: Ito Kyo, Muto Taishi (武藤大司), Sugita Hiromitsu, Kobayashi Mitsuko (小林みつこ)
Director: Miki Satoshi (ep1), Moriya Kentaro (ep2-3), Tanaka Makoto (田中誠) (ep4-5), Sano Tatsuya (佐野達也) (ep6), Honda Ryuichi (ep7-8), Kobayashi Masaki (小林正樹) (ep9), Kumakiri Kazuyoshi (熊切和嘉) (ep10), Niki Keisuke (仁木啓介) (ep11-12)
Music: Sakaguchi Osamu (坂口修)

Episode Titles

Ep 01: Day 1: Suffering
Ep 02: Day 2: Revelation
Ep 03: Day 3: Baptism
Ep 04: Day 4: Advent
Ep 05: Day 5: Pilgrimage
Ep 06: Day 6: Atonement
Ep 07: Day 7: Demonic Possession
Ep 08: Day 8: Salvation
Special (Behind the Scenes)
Ep 09: Day 9: Gospel
Ep 10: Day 10: Martyr
Ep 11: Day 11: Exile
Ep 12: Day 12: Miracle

External Links

Summer 2008	NTV	Winter 2009
The Quiz Show	Saturday 24:55	Moso Shimai