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Shomuni 2

2005-11-27T16:19:21Z

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[[File:B0016178 23144924.jpg|thumb|300px|Shomuni 2]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' Shomuni 2 / ショムニ 2
*'''Also Known As:''' Power office ladies 2
*'''Episodes:'''
*'''Genre:''' Comedy
*'''Air time:'''
*'''Viewership:'''
*'''Broadcast network:'''
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2000-04-01
*'''Theme Song:'''
*'''Related Drama:''' [[Shomuni]], [[Shomuni Final]]

==Cast & Credits==
===Producer===

===Director===

===Screenwriter===

===Music by===

大島ミ?ル (Ojima Michiru)

===Cast===

==Synopsis==
Shomuni 2 is a sequel from Shomuni, a popular comedic drama serial. It continues where it left off when the female employees from GA-2, deemed "the graveyard of all female employees" for its inane daily job routines of changing light bulbs, used toilet rolls and organising flower appreciation nights, saved the company in the final episode of Shomuni.

However, Manpan Corporation has changed. The multi-national company is now run in a totalitarian fashion. Closed circuit cameras are placed in every nook and cranny of the company to monitor the daily routines of employees. Even the basins in the toilets are not spared (though, obviously, the cubicles are) from scrutiny. This is a result of the Personnel Department, led by the evil Terasaki and Nonomura, who are (again) seeking to find a reason to save up on company budget.

GA-2 was dissolved before the start of the first episode, and its employees were out-sourced to other subsidiary companies. Tokunaga Azusa, the oldest (and only one single married) female employee in GA-2, is working as a caddy at a golf club. Maruhashi Ume, the most ambitious member of GA-2, works at a fast food joint. Miyashita Kana, the "company executive killer", is an interior garden designer at a tycoon's house. Tsukahara Sawako, the most incompetent of GA-2 employees, is now a traffic warden for a construction firm. Himukai Rie, the part-time fortune teller, now works at a bridal shop, and finally, Tsuboi Chinatsu, the "de facto" leader of GA-2, is now working at a fish market.

GA-2 Section Chief Inoue is the only member from GA-2 still working at Manpan, but he has been posted to a mundane office job and is due to retire in an Early Retirement Scheme.

The Personnel Department, well aware of the vicious backlash the new totalitarian measures have generated, decide to pass all the 'credit' to Kamiya, a naive and enthusiastic university undergraduate. He becomes a pariah to the company in the eyes of every one of his co-workers, and he cannot understand why.

While inviting the employees of GA-2 for his farewell party, Inoue speaks of the current situation in Manpan to the GA-2 employees. They are shocked at the way things have become at Manpan, and, to true GA-2 nature, it is not the company that they are interested in. The GA-2 employees hatch a plan to make the executives (advised by the Personnel Department) take back all of the measures initiated, as well as all of the employees that they have out-sourced.

==Other Resources==
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.381.htm JDorama.com]

[[Category:JDrama]]
[[Category:JDrama2000]]

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Shomuni 2

2005-11-27T16:18:10Z

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[[File:B0016178 23144924.jpg|thumb|300px|Shomuni 2]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' Shomuni 2 / ショムニ 2
*'''Also Known As:''' Power office ladies 2
*'''Episodes:'''
*'''Genre:''' Comedy
*'''Air time:'''
*'''Viewership:'''
*'''Broadcast network:'''
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2000-04-01
*'''Theme Song:'''
*'''Related Drama:''' [[Shomuni]], [[Shomuni Final]]

==Cast & Credits==
===Producer===

===Director===

===Screenwriter===

===Music by===

===Cast===

==Synopsis==
Shomuni 2 is a sequel from Shomuni, a popular comedic drama serial. It continues where it left off when the female employees from GA-2, deemed "the graveyard of all female employees" for its inane daily job routines of changing light bulbs, used toilet rolls and organising flower appreciation nights, saved the company in the final episode of Shomuni.

However, Manpan Corporation has changed. The multi-national company is now run in a totalitarian fashion. Closed circuit cameras are placed in every nook and cranny of the company to monitor the daily routines of employees. Even the basins in the toilets are not spared (though, obviously, the cubicles are) from scrutiny. This is a result of the Personnel Department, led by the evil Terasaki and Nonomura, who are (again) seeking to find a reason to save up on company budget.

GA-2 was dissolved before the start of the first episode, and its employees were out-sourced to other subsidiary companies. Tokunaga Azusa, the oldest (and only one single married) female employee in GA-2, is working as a caddy at a golf club. Maruhashi Ume, the most ambitious member of GA-2, works at a fast food joint. Miyashita Kana, the "company executive killer", is an interior garden designer at a tycoon's house. Tsukahara Sawako, the most incompetent of GA-2 employees, is now a traffic warden for a construction firm. Himukai Rie, the part-time fortune teller, now works at a bridal shop, and finally, Tsuboi Chinatsu, the "de facto" leader of GA-2, is now working at a fish market.

GA-2 Section Chief Inoue is the only member from GA-2 still working at Manpan, but he has been posted to a mundane office job and is due to retire in an Early Retirement Scheme.

The Personnel Department, well aware of the vicious backlash the new totalitarian measures have generated, decide to pass all the 'credit' to Kamiya, a naive and enthusiastic university undergraduate. He becomes a pariah to the company in the eyes of every one of his co-workers, and he cannot understand why.

While inviting the employees of GA-2 for his farewell party, Inoue speaks of the current situation in Manpan to the GA-2 employees. They are shocked at the way things have become at Manpan, and, to true GA-2 nature, it is not the company that they are interested in. The GA-2 employees hatch a plan to make the executives (advised by the Personnel Department) take back all of the measures initiated, as well as all of the employees that they have out-sourced.

==Other Resources==
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.381.htm JDorama.com]

[[Category:JDrama]]
[[Category:JDrama2000]]

{{stub}}

Ito Toshihito

2005-11-27T15:49:13Z

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[[File:Picture.jpg|frame|Ito Toshihito]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:''' 伊藤俊人 / Ito Toshihito
*'''Profession:''' Actor
*'''Date of Birth:''' 16 February 1962 - 25 May 2002
*'''Height:''' 167cm
*'''Weight:''' 52kg
*'''Star Sign:''' Aquarius
*'''Blood Type:''' A
*'''Birthplace:''' Niigata, Japan
*'''Marital Status:''' Married
*'''Talent Agency:'''

==Dramas==
*[[Furuhata Ninzaburo 2]]
*[[Good Luck]]
*[[News no onna]]
*[[Nurseman]]
*[[Renai Sagishi]]
*[[Shin Omizu no Hanamichi]]
*[[Shinryonaikai Ryoko]]
*[[Shomuni]]
*[[Shomuni 2]]
*[[Trick 2]]

==Related Articles==

Actor Ito Toshihito died suddenly "(2002)" of a brain hemorrhage. He was taken ill and underwent surgery, which was believed to have been successful. However he died the next day. Ito, who was only 40, recently appeared in several popular TV series, including "Shomuni". Among the 300 show business people who attended his wake, "Shomuni" star Esumi Makiko (36) was clearly in shock.

[[http://www.japan-zone.com/japanzine/japanzine24.shtml The Japan Zone Newsletter]]

==Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.486.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~daydream/ Ito Toshihito's Memorial Site]

[[Category:JActor]]

Ito Toshihito

2005-11-27T15:47:52Z

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[[File:Picture.jpg|frame|Ito Toshihito]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:''' 伊藤俊人 / Ito Toshihito
*'''Profession:''' Actor
*'''Date of Birth:''' 16 February 1962 - 25 May 2002
*'''Height:''' 167cm
*'''Weight:''' 52kg
*'''Star Sign:''' Aquarius
*'''Blood Type:''' A
*'''Birthplace:''' Niigata, Japan
*'''Marital Status:''' Married
*'''Talent Agency:'''

==Dramas==
*[[Furuhata Ninzaburo 2]]
*[[Good Luck]]
*[[News no onna]]
*[[Nurseman]]
*[[Renai Sagishi]]
*[[Shin Omizu no Hanamichi]]
*[[Shinryonaikai Ryoko]]
*[[Shomuni]]
*[[Shomuni 2]]
*[[Trick 2]]

==Related Articles==

Actor Ito Toshihito died suddenly of a brain hemorrhage. He was taken ill and underwent surgery, which was believed to have been successful. However he died the next day. Ito, who was only 40, recently appeared in several popular TV series, including "Shomuni". Among the 300 show business people who attended his wake, "Shomuni" star Esumi Makiko (36) was clearly in shock.

[[http://www.japan-zone.com/japanzine/japanzine24.shtml The Japan Zone Newsletter]]

==Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.486.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www9.ocn.ne.jp/~daydream/ Ito Toshihito's Memorial Site]

[[Category:JActor]]

Ito Toshihito

2005-11-27T15:43:01Z

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Ito Toshihito

2005-11-27T15:41:33Z

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Ito Toshihito

2005-11-27T15:40:10Z

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Takahashi Katsumi

2005-11-27T15:25:41Z

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[[File:TakahashiKatsumi234.jpg|frame|Takahashi Katsumi]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:'''高橋克実 / Takahashi Katsumi
*'''Profession:''' Actor / Show Host
*'''Date of Birth:''' April 1st, 1961
*'''Height:''' 177cm
*'''Weight:''' 75kg
*'''Star Sign:''' Aries
*'''Blood Type:'''
*'''Birthplace:'''
*'''Talent Agency:''' Siscocompany

==Dramas==
*[[Abunai houkago]]
*[[Ace wo nerae]]
*[[Aikurushii]] TBS (2005)
*[[Good News]]
*[[Hensyuo]]
*[[June Bride]]
*[[Kasouken no Onna 2]]
*[[Koi suru Top Lady]]
*[[Mama chari deka]]
*[[Netsuretsu Teki Chuuka Hanten]]
*[[Nobuta wo Produce]] (2005)
*[[Pure]]
*[[Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu]] TBS (2004)
*[[Shinkon nari]]
*[[Shomuni]]
*[[Shomuni 2]]
*[[Shomuni Final]]
*[[Suika]]
*[[Tsubasa wo kudasai]]
*[[Uchi ni oideyo]]

==Movies==
*[http://www.randy-movie.com Shining Boy & Little Randy] (2005)

==Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.66.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www.siscompany.com/02manage/11takahashi/ Official Website]

[[Category:JActor]]

Takahashi Katsumi

2005-11-27T15:24:48Z

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[[File:TakahashiKatsumi234.jpg|frame|Takahashi Katsumi]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:'''�� / Takahashi Katsumi
*'''Profession:''' Actor / Show Host
*'''Date of Birth:''' April 1st, 1961
*'''Height:''' 177cm
*'''Weight:''' 75kg
*'''Star Sign:''' Aries
*'''Blood Type:'''
*'''Birthplace:'''
*'''Talent Agency:''' Siscocompany

==Dramas==
*[[Abunai houkago]]
*[[Ace wo nerae]]
*[[Aikurushii]] TBS (2005)
*[[Good News]]
*[[Hensyuo]]
*[[June Bride]]
*[[Kasouken no Onna 2]]
*[[Koi suru Top Lady]]
*[[Mama chari deka]]
*[[Netsuretsu Teki Chuuka Hanten]]
*[[Nobuta wo Produce]] (2005)
*[[Pure]]
*[[Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu]] TBS (2004)
*[[Shinkon nari]]
*[[Shomuni]]
*[[Shomuni 2]]
*[[Shomuni Final]]
*[[Suika]]
*[[Tsubasa wo kudasai]]
*[[Uchi ni oideyo]]

==Movies==
*[http://www.randy-movie.com Shining Boy & Little Randy] (2005)

==Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.66.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www.siscompany.com/02manage/11takahashi/ Official Website]

[[Category:JActor]]

Takahashi Katsumi

2005-11-27T15:23:15Z

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[[File:TakahashiKatsumi234.jpg|frame|Takahashi Katsumi]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:''' �� / Takahashi Katsumi
*'''Profession:''' Actor / Show Host
*'''Date of Birth:''' April 1st, 1961
*'''Height:''' 177cm
*'''Weight:''' 75kg
*'''Star Sign:''' Aries
*'''Blood Type:'''
*'''Birthplace:'''
*'''Talent Agency:''' Siscocompany

==Dramas==
*[[Abunai houkago]]
*[[Ace wo nerae]]
*[[Aikurushii]] TBS (2005)
*[[Good News]]
*[[Hensyuo]]
*[[June Bride]]
*[[Kasouken no Onna 2]]
*[[Koi suru Top Lady]]
*[[Mama chari deka]]
*[[Netsuretsu Teki Chuuka Hanten]]
*[[Nobuta wo Produce]] (2005)
*[[Pure]]
*[[Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu]] TBS (2004)
*[[Shinkon nari]]
*[[Shomuni]]
*[[Shomuni 2]]
*[[Shomuni Final]]
*[[Suika]]
*[[Tsubasa wo kudasai]]
*[[Uchi ni oideyo]]

==Movies==
*[http://www.randy-movie.com Shining Boy & Little Randy] (2005)

==Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.66.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www.siscompany.com/02manage/11takahashi/ Official Website]

[[Category:JActor]]

Takahashi Katsumi

2005-11-27T15:21:37Z

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[[File:TakahashiKatsumi234.jpg|frame|Takahashi Katsumi]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:''' 高橋克実 / Takahashi Katsumi
*'''Profession:''' Actor / Show Host
*'''Date of Birth:''' April 1st, 1961
*'''Height:''' 177cm
*'''Weight:''' 75kg
*'''Star Sign:''' Aries
*'''Blood Type:'''
*'''Birthplace:'''
*'''Talent Agency:''' Siscocompany

==Dramas==
*[[Abunai houkago]]
*[[Ace wo nerae]]
*[[Aikurushii]] TBS (2005)
*[[Good News]]
*[[Hensyuo]]
*[[June Bride]]
*[[Kasouken no Onna 2]]
*[[Koi suru Top Lady]]
*[[Mama chari deka]]
*[[Netsuretsu Teki Chuuka Hanten]]
*[[Nobuta wo Produce]] (2005)
*[[Pure]]
*[[Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu]] TBS (2004)
*[[Shinkon nari]]
*[[Shomuni]]
*[[Shomuni 2]]
*[[Shomuni Final]]
*[[Suika]]
*[[Tsubasa wo kudasai]]
*[[Uchi ni oideyo]]

==Movies==
*[http://www.randy-movie.com Shining Boy & Little Randy] (2005)

==Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.66.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www.siscompany.com/02manage/11takahashi/ Official Website]

[[Category:JActor]]

Shomuni

2005-11-27T15:16:19Z

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[[File:4988013892330.jpg|thumb|300px|Shomuni]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' Shomuni / ショムニ
*'''Also Known As:''' Power office ladies 1
*'''Episodes:''' 12
*'''Genre:''' Comedy
*'''Air time:'''
*'''Viewership:'''
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 1998-04-15 to 1998-07-01
*'''Theme Song:'''
*'''Related Drama:''' [[Shomuni 2]], [[Shomuni Final]]

==Cast & Credits==
===Producer===

===Director===

===Screenwriter===

===Music by===

Surface

===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]] Ukyo Tomohiro
*[[Morimoto Leo]] as Inoue Koji
*[[Takahashi Katsumi]] as Terasaki Torao
*[[Ito Toshihito]] as Nonomura

==Synopsis==
Shomuni (ショムニ) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Yasuda Gumi (安田弘之). Released in 1998, Shomuni was a surprise winner of the ratings war for drama serials aired in Japan between April to June, despite being projected to finish a lowly thirteenth in a survey conducted by a major TV station[1].

The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation.

GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies", simply because it is the place where female employees are dumped should they mess up big time elsewhere. Rarely is anyone ever allowed to leave for other more purposeful departments. Jobs include replacing used toilet rolls, changing light-bulbs, organizing company outings among other menial stuff. As an added incentive, their department is located in the nether regions of the company - in the basement, and is in fact a disused store room.

This is done in the hope these errant - or simply useless - employees will quit (and typically people last three days at most) due to the monotonous and meaningless nature of the job tasks, just so that the company, headed by sex-crazed executives and a Personnel Department willing to stoop to any means, will save on the costs of firing them.

Unfortunately, though, the employees posted to GA-2 exhibit, to the chagrin of the Personnel Department Chief Terasako Torao (寺崎寅男) and his assistant Nonomura (野々?), the people at Shomuni are far too happy with their menial jobs, as this gives them more than enough time to pursue their other interests during office hours.

As the drama serial progresses, it is evident that these seemingly lowly employees have their own pride despite them being the most despised of female employees, and in every episode, they end up saving the company from a potential catastrophe, inadvertently or otherwise, and usually to back up their own selfish agenda.

Aside from the friendly and affable GA-2 Section Chief Inoue Koji (井上洸二), whose role can at best be described as nominal. Save for caring for a female tabby cat, he is an old man who appears to be only interested in waiting for his retirement age while idling in the GA-2 office.

GA-2 comprised of four women from the start of the first episode, and is seen first from the eyes of Tsukahara Sawako (塚原?和? - the fifth woman to join GA-2).

1. Tsuboi Chinatsu (?井??) is the tallest person in GA-2. She is responsible for carrying the ladder which is used for fixing light-bulbs. Before she entered Manpan Corporation, she used to work as a nightclub hostess (episode 1). The de jure leader of GA-2.

2. Miyashita Kana (宮下佳奈) has a past which few people know about. She is often not seen having lunch with her fellow GA-2 colleagues in the company canteen, for she spends lunch hour with different male high-ranking executives of the company on most occasions.

3. Tokunaga Azusa (徳永???) is the second oldest employee in GA-2, after Section Chief Inoue. Nobody in GA-2 seems to remember how she ended up in GA-2 - even Inoue. She is usually responsible for making announcements as well as drawing up the daily company routines of GA-2. Highly interested in stock investments.

4. Himukai Rie (日?リエ) is the quirkiest of the GA-2 members. Her mother sells antiques and her father has a photocopy store. She has a night job as a fortune teller at night after work at GA-2 - and her predictions are never wrong.

5. Tsukahara Sawako is the youngest (at age 21) employee in GA-2, and is very incompetent at getting the job done correctly. After knocking down the president of Manpan Corporation fortuitously at a lift lobby (as the result of a fight between her and a woman in a lift) in full view of many company employees, she was posted to GA-2.

At the end of the third episode, a sixth member called Maruhashi Ume (丸橋梅) was posted (that's putting it kindly) to GA-2, and she used to know Tsuboi Chinatsu - the two have gone to the same school before. Highly ambitious, she is learning Arabic and aims to leave GA-2 as soon as she can.

Each of the twelve episodes usually focuses on the developments of one character of Shomuni. Each episode is independent of another.

Two sequels to Shomuni were made, as well as three Special movie editions. Shomuni was followed up by two movies: Shomuni Special 1 (aired on 7th October 1998), Shomuni Special 2 (aired on 2nd January 2000), and two sequel drama serials: Shomuni 2 (aired from 12th April 2000 to 28th June 2000) and the other was Shomuni Final (3rd July 2002 - 18th September 2002). A third movie, Shomuni Forever, was aired on January 1st, 2003 to round off the drama series.[2]

1. http://web-japan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj980911.html

2. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8B

==Other Resources==
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.380.htm JDorama.com]

[[Category:JDrama]]
[[Category:JDrama1998]]
[[Category:Fuji TV]]

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Shomuni

2005-11-27T15:12:27Z

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[[File:4988013892330.jpg|thumb|300px|Shomuni]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' Shomuni / ショムニ
*'''Also Known As:''' Power office ladies 1
*'''Episodes:''' 12
*'''Genre:''' Comedy
*'''Air time:'''
*'''Viewership:'''
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 1998-04-15 to 1998-07-01
*'''Theme Song:'''
*'''Related Drama:''' [[Shomuni 2]], [[Shomuni Final]]

==Cast & Credits==
===Producer===

===Director===

===Screenwriter===

===Music by===

Surface

===Cast===
*[[Esumi Makiko]] as Tsuboi Chinatsu
*[[Kyono Kotomi]] as Tsukuhara Sawako
*[[Sakurai Atsuko]] as Miyashita Kana
*[[Hosho Mai]] as Marubashi Ume
*[[Toda Naho]] as Sugita Misono
*[[Takahashi Yumiko]] as Himukai Rie
*[[Toda Keiko]] as Tokunaga Azusa
*[[Ishiguro Ken]] Ukyo Tomohiro
*[[Morimoto Leo]] as Inoue Koji

==Synopsis==
Shomuni (ショムニ) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Yasuda Gumi (安田弘之). Released in 1998, Shomuni was a surprise winner of the ratings war for drama serials aired in Japan between April to June, despite being projected to finish a lowly thirteenth in a survey conducted by a major TV station[1].

The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation.

GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies", simply because it is the place where female employees are dumped should they mess up big time elsewhere. Rarely is anyone ever allowed to leave for other more purposeful departments. Jobs include replacing used toilet rolls, changing light-bulbs, organizing company outings among other menial stuff. As an added incentive, their department is located in the nether regions of the company - in the basement, and is in fact a disused store room.

This is done in the hope these errant - or simply useless - employees will quit (and typically people last three days at most) due to the monotonous and meaningless nature of the job tasks, just so that the company, headed by sex-crazed executives and a Personnel Department willing to stoop to any means, will save on the costs of firing them.

Unfortunately, though, the employees posted to GA-2 exhibit, to the chagrin of the Personnel Department Chief Terasako Torao (寺崎寅男) and his assistant Nonomura (野々?), the people at Shomuni are far too happy with their menial jobs, as this gives them more than enough time to pursue their other interests during office hours.

As the drama serial progresses, it is evident that these seemingly lowly employees have their own pride despite them being the most despised of female employees, and in every episode, they end up saving the company from a potential catastrophe, inadvertently or otherwise, and usually to back up their own selfish agenda.

Aside from the friendly and affable GA-2 Section Chief Inoue Koji (井上洸二), whose role can at best be described as nominal. Save for caring for a female tabby cat, he is an old man who appears to be only interested in waiting for his retirement age while idling in the GA-2 office.

GA-2 comprised of four women from the start of the first episode, and is seen first from the eyes of Tsukahara Sawako (塚原?和? - the fifth woman to join GA-2).

1. Tsuboi Chinatsu (?井??) is the tallest person in GA-2. She is responsible for carrying the ladder which is used for fixing light-bulbs. Before she entered Manpan Corporation, she used to work as a nightclub hostess (episode 1). The de jure leader of GA-2.

2. Miyashita Kana (宮下佳奈) has a past which few people know about. She is often not seen having lunch with her fellow GA-2 colleagues in the company canteen, for she spends lunch hour with different male high-ranking executives of the company on most occasions.

3. Tokunaga Azusa (徳永???) is the second oldest employee in GA-2, after Section Chief Inoue. Nobody in GA-2 seems to remember how she ended up in GA-2 - even Inoue. She is usually responsible for making announcements as well as drawing up the daily company routines of GA-2. Highly interested in stock investments.

4. Himukai Rie (日?リエ) is the quirkiest of the GA-2 members. Her mother sells antiques and her father has a photocopy store. She has a night job as a fortune teller at night after work at GA-2 - and her predictions are never wrong.

5. Tsukahara Sawako is the youngest (at age 21) employee in GA-2, and is very incompetent at getting the job done correctly. After knocking down the president of Manpan Corporation fortuitously at a lift lobby (as the result of a fight between her and a woman in a lift) in full view of many company employees, she was posted to GA-2.

At the end of the third episode, a sixth member called Maruhashi Ume (丸橋梅) was posted (that's putting it kindly) to GA-2, and she used to know Tsuboi Chinatsu - the two have gone to the same school before. Highly ambitious, she is learning Arabic and aims to leave GA-2 as soon as she can.

Each of the twelve episodes usually focuses on the developments of one character of Shomuni. Each episode is independent of another.

Two sequels to Shomuni were made, as well as three Special movie editions. Shomuni was followed up by two movies: Shomuni Special 1 (aired on 7th October 1998), Shomuni Special 2 (aired on 2nd January 2000), and two sequel drama serials: Shomuni 2 (aired from 12th April 2000 to 28th June 2000) and the other was Shomuni Final (3rd July 2002 - 18th September 2002). A third movie, Shomuni Forever, was aired on January 1st, 2003 to round off the drama series.[2]

1. http://web-japan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj980911.html

2. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8B

==Other Resources==
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.380.htm JDorama.com]

[[Category:JDrama]]
[[Category:JDrama1998]]
[[Category:Fuji TV]]

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Shomuni

2005-11-27T15:11:42Z

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Shomuni

2005-11-27T15:09:46Z

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[[File:4988013892330.jpg|thumb|300px|Shomuni]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' Shomuni / ショムニ
*'''Also Known As:''' Power office ladies 1
*'''Episodes:''' 12
*'''Genre:''' Comedy
*'''Air time:'''
*'''Viewership:'''
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 1998-04-15 to 1998-07-01
*'''Theme Song:'''
*'''Related Drama:''' [[Shomuni 2]], [[Shomuni Final]]

==Cast & Credits==
===Producer===

===Director===

===Screenwriter===

===Music by===

Surface

===Cast===
*[[Esumi Makiko]] as Tsuboi Chinatsu
*[[Kyono Kotomi]] as Tsukuhara Sawako
*[[Sakurai Atsuko]] as Miyashita Kana
*[[Hosho Mai]] as Marubashi Ume
*[[Toda Naho]] as Sugita Misono
*[[Takahashi Yumiko]] as Himukai Rie
*[[Toda Keiko]] as Tokunaga Azusa
*[[Ishiguro Ken]] Ukyo Tomohiro
*[[Morimoto Leo]] as Inoue Koji

==Synopsis==
[[Shomuni]] is based on a manga centering around six OLs (office ladies). [[Esumi Makiko]] plays Tsuboi Chinatsu, the boisterous and unyielding leader of the group. Due to some rumors, Tsukuhara [[Kyono Kotomi]] is demoted to working in General Affairs Section 2: the group of OLs who are in charge of replacing broken light bulbs, restocking toilet paper, and other such menial labor. This division of the business is often looked down upon by the other workers, especially the "elite secretariat," or executive assistants. But each episode proves to everyone just how important they are to the business as a whole.

==Review==

Shomuni (ショムニ) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Yasuda Gumi (安田弘之). Released in 1998, Shomuni was a surprise winner of the ratings war for drama serials aired in Japan between April to June, despite being projected to finish a lowly thirteenth in a survey conducted by a major TV station[1].

The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation.

GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies", simply because it is the place where female employees are dumped should they mess up big time elsewhere. Rarely is anyone ever allowed to leave for other more purposeful departments. Jobs include replacing used toilet rolls, changing light-bulbs, organizing company outings among other menial stuff. As an added incentive, their department is located in the nether regions of the company - in the basement, and is in fact a disused store room.

This is done in the hope these errant - or simply useless - employees will quit (and typically people last three days at most) due to the monotonous and meaningless nature of the job tasks, just so that the company, headed by sex-crazed executives and a Personnel Department willing to stoop to any means, will save on the costs of firing them.

Unfortunately, though, the employees posted to GA-2 exhibit, to the chagrin of the Personnel Department Chief Terasako Torao (寺崎寅男) and his assistant Nonomura (野々?), the people at Shomuni are far too happy with their menial jobs, as this gives them more than enough time to pursue their other interests during office hours.

As the drama serial progresses, it is evident that these seemingly lowly employees have their own pride despite them being the most despised of female employees, and in every episode, they end up saving the company from a potential catastrophe, inadvertently or otherwise, and usually to back up their own selfish agenda.

Aside from the friendly and affable GA-2 Section Chief Inoue Koji (井上洸二), whose role can at best be described as nominal. Save for caring for a female tabby cat, he is an old man who appears to be only interested in waiting for his retirement age while idling in the GA-2 office.

GA-2 comprised of four women from the start of the first episode, and is seen first from the eyes of Tsukahara Sawako (塚原?和? - the fifth woman to join GA-2).

1. Tsuboi Chinatsu (?井??) is the tallest person in GA-2. She is responsible for carrying the ladder which is used for fixing light-bulbs. Before she entered Manpan Corporation, she used to work as a nightclub hostess (episode 1). The de jure leader of GA-2.

2. Miyashita Kana (宮下佳奈) has a past which few people know about. She is often not seen having lunch with her fellow GA-2 colleagues in the company canteen, for she spends lunch hour with different male high-ranking executives of the company on most occasions.

3. Tokunaga Azusa (徳永???) is the second oldest employee in GA-2, after Section Chief Inoue. Nobody in GA-2 seems to remember how she ended up in GA-2 - even Inoue. She is usually responsible for making announcements as well as drawing up the daily company routines of GA-2. Highly interested in stock investments.

4. Himukai Rie (日?リエ) is the quirkiest of the GA-2 members. Her mother sells antiques and her father has a photocopy store. She has a night job as a fortune teller at night after work at GA-2 - and her predictions are never wrong.

5. Tsukahara Sawako is the youngest (at age 21) employee in GA-2, and is very incompetent at getting the job done correctly. After knocking down the president of Manpan Corporation fortuitously at a lift lobby (as the result of a fight between her and a woman in a lift) in full view of many company employees, she was posted to GA-2.

At the end of the third episode, a sixth member called Maruhashi Ume (丸橋梅) was posted (that's putting it kindly) to GA-2, and she used to know Tsuboi Chinatsu - the two have gone to the same school before. Highly ambitious, she is learning Arabic and aims to leave GA-2 as soon as she can.

Each of the twelve episodes usually focuses on the developments of one character of Shomuni. Each episode is independent of another.

Two sequels to Shomuni were made, as well as three Special movie editions. Shomuni was followed up by two movies: Shomuni Special 1 (aired on 7th October 1998), Shomuni Special 2 (aired on 2nd January 2000), and two sequel drama serials: Shomuni 2 (aired from 12th April 2000 to 28th June 2000) and the other was Shomuni Final (3rd July 2002 - 18th September 2002). A third movie, Shomuni Forever, was aired on January 1st, 2003 to round off the drama series.[2]

1. http://web-japan.org/trends98/honbun/ntj980911.html

2. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8B

==Other Resources==
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.380.htm JDorama.com]

[[Category:JDrama]]
[[Category:JDrama1998]]
[[Category:Fuji TV]]

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