Haken no Hinkaku
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Details
- Title: ハケンの品格
- Title (romaji): Haken no Hinkaku
- Also known as: Haken's Dignity
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Drama/Comedy
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership ratings: 20.1
- Broadcast network: NTV
- Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-10 to 2007-Mar-14
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00
- Theme song: Mienai Hoshi by Nakashima Mika
Synopsis
Oomae Haruko is a responsible and capable Haken, or Temp Worker, who earns 3,000 yen (about $25.46) an hour and can multi-task office work to the point of being superhuman. She, however, never cracks a smile, never minces her words and leaves the office at 6PM on the dot. And when her three month contract is finished, she disappears for three more months only to return and begin again with a new post. Every encounter with her leaves one feeling awed by her amazing and numerous skills, but also feeling as if she has something painful to hide.
Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted as head of S&F's newly formed Marketing Division. Saddled with subordinates ranging from post-retirees to inexperienced rookies, Satonaka is struggling to raise his division off the ground and prove himself and his subordinates worthy of the responsibility.
Everything changes when Oomae begins her latest contract, introducing her to the rag-tag employees of S&F's Marketing Division and she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done for a company before. Will her new post reveal her secret, the reason for her cynical attitude, and renew her ability to connect with others?
Haken no Hinkaku is a timely drama that examines the differences in the treatment of Temp Workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. The drama follows in the wake of an October report on labor conditions by the Japanese Labor Ministry, which showed that the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago, after a relaxation of regulations.
Cast
- Shinohara Ryoko as Oomae Haruko
- Kato Ai as Mori Miyuki
- Koizumi Kotaro as Satonaka Kensuke
- Ooizumi You as Shouji Takeshi
- Katsuji Ryo as Asano Tsutomu
- Itaya Yuka as Kuroiwa Masako
- Yasuda Ken as Hitotsugi Shinya
- Shirota Yuu as Amaya Ryuto
- Shirakawa Yumi as Amaya Mayuko
- Komatsu Masao (小松政夫) as Ogasawara Shigeru
- Matsukata Hiroki (松方弘樹) as Kirishima Toshio
- Kamiji Yusuke as Kin Kosaku
- Shimizu Yuki as Takei Hitomi
- Iriyama Noriko as Shimada Kaoru
- Watanabe Ikkei (ep2,3)
- Ono Takehiko (ep3)
- Gamou Junichi (蒲生純一) (ep3)
- Kudo Risa (ep6)
- Toyama Kyoko (ep6)
- Motai Masako (ep6)
- Saito Shota (ep9)
- Ishida Hikari (ep9)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Nakazono Miho
- Producer: Hazeyama Yuko (櫨山裕子), Uchiyama Masahiro (内山雅博)
- Director: Nagumo Seiichi (南雲聖一)
- Music: Kanno Yugo (菅野祐悟)
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 働く事は生きること…スーパー派遣登場 / To Work is to Live...Super Haken Arrives
- Ep 02: 大戦争!派遣vs正社員 / War! Haken vs. Full-timers
- Ep 03: 正社員の友情・派遣の仁義 / Full-timer's Friendship, Haken's Duty
- Ep 04: 悲しい恋とお時給 / Sad Love and Hourly Wage
- Ep 05: お時給インベーダーとナマコ大先輩 / Hourly Wage Invaders vs. "Sea Slug" Senior
- Ep 06: 涙の残業バレンタイン / Tearful Overtime on Valentine's Day
- Ep 07: 企画コンペに恋は厳禁! / Love is Prohibited in the Business Plan Competition!
- Ep 08: 派遣にプロポーズ!？ / Proposal to a Haken!?
- Ep 09: スーパーハケンの過去 / Super Haken's Past
- Ep 10: 契約終了！…スーパー派遣最後のスキル / Contract Ends! ...Super Haken's Final Skill
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Hokkaido | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 27.0 | |
| 02 | 18.6 | 19.3 | 25.9 | |
| 03 | 18.8 | 19.6 | 22.4 | |
| 04 | 20.1 | 20.6 | 24.5 | |
| 05 | 18.6 | 21.3 | 24.2 | |
| 06 | 20.7 | 23.5 | 24.7 | |
| 07 | 20.2 | 22.0 | 27.2 | |
| 08 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 26.8 | |
| 09 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 25.2 | |
| 10 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 26.3 | |
| average | 20.1 | 21.3 | 25.4 |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
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