Yakusha Damashii

Yakusha Damashii

Details

• Title: 役者魂!
• Title (romaji): Yakusha Damashii!
• Also known as: At the Soul of an Actor
• Genre: Comedy
• Episodes: 11
• Viewership ratings: 9.64%
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-17 to 2006-Dec-26
• Air time: Tuesday 21:00
• Theme song: "Minna Hitori" by Matsu Takako

Synopsis

From the writer of the Bayside Shakedown series comes the story of a female manager and an actor who will perform nothing but Shakespeare.

Karasuyama Hitomi (Matsu Takako) is a manager who works at a major talent agency. She lost her parents when she was a child. Being all alone in this world, it's her motto to enjoy life to the fullest, because you never know what tomorrow will bring. When she sees a stranger, she has the habit of daydreaming about that person's life. That's how she has fought loneliness.

In Hitomi's talent agency, there's a veteran actor whom everyone calls Sensei. Honnoji Kaizo (Fujita Makoto) appears only in Shakespeare plays. Due to both his stubbornness and selfishness, even his family finds him annoying. Thus, he is always alone.

One day Hitomi—who used to be the manager of a popular actor—is reassigned as Kaizo's manager. Meanwhile, Aikawa Mamoru (Moriyama Mirai) has come to this talent agency as an accountant. There, he meets a young talented actress by the name of Azusa Rina (Katou Rosa)..."--Fuji TV"

Cast

Relationship Chart (click to enlarge)

• Matsu Takako as Karasuyama Hitomi
• Fujita Makoto as Honnoji Kaizo
• Moriyama Mirai as Aikawa Mamoru
• Kato Rosa as Azusa Rina
• Hamada Mari as Saito Kazuko
• Tomioka Koichiro (富岡晃一郎) as Antonio
• Maekawa Yasuyuki as Yamazaki Norio
• Kawashima Umika as Fukuda Sakurako
• Yoshikawa Fumiki (吉川史樹) as Fukuda Chuta
• Kagawa Teruyuki as Yanagisawa Mitsuharu
• Shirai Akira as Azusa Koichiro
• Ono Takehiko as Aikawa Goro
• Toda Naho as Fukuda Mariko
• Abe Tsuyoshi
• Yashiba Toshihiro

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Kimizuka Ryouichi
• Producer: Funatsu Kouichi
• Director: Wakamatsu Setsuro, Kinoshita Takao, Muratani Yoshinori (村谷嘉則)
• Music: Mori Eiji (森英治)

Episode Titles

• Ep 01: Honnoji Kaizo makes his appearance!
• Ep 02: The daifuku cause a miracle
• Ep 03: An eating championship of tears
• Ep 04: A fake family exposed
• Ep 05: Master plan to court the younger men
• Ep 06: Mr. Furuta and tears on a secret part-time job
• Ep 07: Honnoji vs shotgun wedding
• Ep 08: A big reversal on the birthday of a 29 year-old
• Ep 09: Live broadcast! Surprise announcement and mother's counterattack
• Ep 10: Two mothers are not necessary
• Ep 11: Last night of miracle on the first snow

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	11.4	13.1	??.?
02	08.4	??.?	??.?
03	11.8	??.?	??.?
04	09.2	??.?	??.?
05	08.2	??.?	??.?
06	09.9	??.?	??.?
07	09.1	??.?	??.?
08	11.2	??.?	??.?
09	10.1	??.?	??.?
10	08.7	??.?	??.?
11	08.0	??.?	??.?
average	09.64	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

• Official site

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