Taiketsu
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Details
- Title: 対決
- Title (romaji): Taiketsu
- Title (English): Confronation
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Investigation
- Episodes: 5
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 2026-Apr-05 to 2026-Apr-26
- Air time: Sunday 22:00
- Theme song: Hito Saji by Higuchi Ai
Synopsis
"A medical university is deliberately lowering female applicants' entrance exam scores."
Hiba Kikuno, a newspaper journalist overhears the rumor and quickly launches her own investigation, focusing on Kanbayashi Harumi, a director of the medical university. Although both woman have faced countless injustices in a male-dominated society, their conflicting beliefs cause them to collide, forcing them into a confrontation.
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Cast
- Main Cast
- Matsumoto Wakana as Hiba Kikuno (Journalist)
- Suzuki Honami as Kanbayashi Harumi (University director)
- People around Kikino
- Toyoshima Hana as Hiba Maiko (Kikuno's daughter)
- Towa Unviersity, School of Medicine
- Takahata Atsuko as Kita Kayoko (Professor)
- Ohara Sakurako as Miura Emika (Administrative staff)
- Watanabe Ikkei as Hachisuka Saburo (Dean and Vice-chairman)
- Ishizaka Koji as Osanai Kenichi (Former dean)
- Nippo Shimbun Tokyo HQ, Social Affairs Department
- Yamanaka Takashi as Wato Yoshinobu (Journalist)
- Ohkura Koji as Sagami Kazushi (Journalist)
- Hamao Noritaka as Nishimori Jun (Journalist)
- Maeno Tomoya as Kaida Ryoji (Journalist)
Production Credits
- Original work: Novel by Tsukimura Ryoei (月村了衛)
- Screenwriter: Watanabe Mako
- Director: Ikeda Chihiro, Kosuge Noriyoshi (小菅規照)
- Music: Koyama Erina