Kanryotachi no Natsu

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Details

Title: 官僚たちの夏
Title (romaji): Kanryotachi no Natsu
Also known as: The Summer of the Bureaucrats
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Politics
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-05 start
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: STAY by Kobukuro

Synopsis

The story takes place in 1955, 10 years after losing in WWII. It tells the story of the government officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), who are carrying out their mission to make Japan as affluent and wealthy as the western world. The story revolves around Kazakoshi Shingo, otherwise known as "Mr. Ministry of International Trade and Industry", and unfolds around the battle between the "industry supporters" who want to protect the national industry, and the "trade supporters" who are aiming for free trade to globalize the country. --TBS

Cast

Correlation chart: Episode 1

Sato Koichi as Kazakoshi Shingo
Sakai Masato as Niwano Takahisa
Takahashi Katsumi as Ayukawa Kotaro
Sano Shiro as Nishimaru Kenji
Nishimura Masahiko as Maruo Kaname
Sugimoto Tetta as Maki Junzo
Fukiishi Kazue as Yamamoto Makoto
Tanaka Kei as Mikage Taiki
Tokoshima Yoshiko as Kazakoshi Machiko
Murakawa Eri as Kazakoshi Takako
Takahashi Katsunori as Katayama Taisuke
Funakoshi Eiichiro as Tamaki Hirobumi
Kitaoji Kinya as Ikeuchi Nobuto

Production Credits

Original writing: Novel Kanryotachi no Natsu by Shiroyama Saburo (城山三郎)
Screenwriter: Hashimoto Hiroshi
Producer: Isano Hideki, Maki Akira (真木明)
Director: Hirano Shunichi, Oka Susumu (大岡進), Matsuda Ayato (松田礼人)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
1	14.5	?	?
2	09.1	?	?
3	10.6	?	?
4	08.0	?	?
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Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

Spring 2009	TBS	Autumn 2009
Boku no Imoto	Sunday 21:00	JIN