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Beach Boys

Details

Title: ビーチボーイズ / Beach Boys
Episodes: 12 plus 1 special
Genre: Romance renzoku drama, sport
Air time: Monday 21:00
Viewership: 26.5%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 1997-07-07 to 1997-09-22
Theme Song: Forever by Sorimachi Takashi & Richie Sambora

Synopsis

Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi (Sorimachi) decides to head for the ocean. En route, he crosses paths with Kaito (Takenouchi), an elite employee of a large multinational trading company in Tokyo who is running away from his problems at work after losing a key client. The two stumble into a quiet B&B on the beach run by the aging surfer Masaru and his high-school-aged granddaughter Makoto. Hiromi immediately applies to work there for the summer, and Kaito is forced to join him after he loses his wallet. The two share a room, with Hiromi trying to make friends, and Kaito at first resisting, unimpressed by Hiromi's devil-may-care attitude. Slowly over the ensuing episodes, Kaito becomes more and more at home in this sleepy rural town, and begins to wonder if he should give up his pursuit of success in the big city, and try to relax, and enjoy himself more. When he returns to Tokyo to finish his work, Hiromi and Makoto come to lure him back, but when he returns to the B&B, his boss and girlfriend Sakura likewise come looking for him.

Cast

Sorimachi Takashi as Sakurai Hiromi
Takenouchi Yutaka as Suzuki Kaito
Hirosue Ryoko as Izumi Makoto
Inamori Izumi as Maeda Haruko
Mike Maki as Izumi Masaru
Akimoto Yuki as Yamazaki Sakura (Kaito's girlfriend)
Hara Sachie as Terao Hazuki
Hiraga Masaomi
Takei Isao (武野功雄)
Kawaoka Daijiro as Yosuke, Makoto's classmate
Sato Hitomi as Yuuko, Makoto's classmate
Tsuji Kaori as Hara Fujiko (Hiromi's former girlfriend)
Hiraizumi Sei
Tanaka Yoshiko
Okayama Hajime
Kirishima Karen (SP)
Shinohara Ryoko (SP), Hiromi's new girlfriend
Ryu Raita (SP)
Kimura Yoshino (SP), the girl in the plane

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Producer: Kameyama Chihiro (亀山千広), Takai Ichiro (高井一郎)
Director: Ishizaka Reiko, Sawada Kensaku, Kimura Tatsuaki
Music: Takebe Satoshi (武部聡志)

External Links

Previous season:
Hitotsu yane no shita 2

Time slot
Getsuku

Next season:
Love Generation

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 ==Synopsis==
-Having nothing to do, ex-Olympic candidate swimmer, Hiromi, decides to go to the beach after being thrown out of his girlfriend's house. While there, he meets Kaito, an elite salaryman of a big company, who comes with the purpose of cooling himself down. Both then arrives a lodging house where they stay on for their summer vacation ... and unknowingly, they grow to like the place very much. ''-- JDorama.com''
+Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi (Sorimachi) decides to head for the ocean.  En route, he crosses paths with Kaito (Takenouchi), an elite employee of a large multinational trading company in Tokyo who is running away from his problems at work after losing a key client.  The two stumble into a quiet B&B on the beach run by the aging surfer Masaru and his high-school-aged granddaughter Makoto.  Hiromi immediately applies to work there for the summer, and Kaito is forced to join him after he loses his wallet.  The two share a room, with Hiromi trying to make friends, and Kaito at first resisting, unimpressed by Hiromi's devil-may-care attitude.  Slowly over the ensuing episodes, Kaito becomes more and more at home in this sleepy rural town, and begins to wonder if he should give up his pursuit of success in the big city, and try to relax, and enjoy himself more.  When he returns to Tokyo to finish his work, Hiromi and Makoto come to lure him back, but when he returns to the B&B, his boss and girlfriend Sakura likewise come looking for him.
 ==Cast==