Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai
| Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| もう誘拐なんてしない | |
| Genre | Comedy Mystery |
| Based on | Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai by Tokuya Higashigawa |
| Screenplay by | Kazunao Furuya |
| Directed by | Yuichi Sato |
| Starring | Satoshi Ohno Yui Aragaki |
| Theme music composer | Eishi Segawa |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| Production | |
| Producers | Masataka Takamaru Hiroko Emori |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fuji Television |
| Release | January 3, 2012 |
Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai (もう誘拐なんてしない, I Won't Kidnap Anymore) is a Japanese drama special based on the novel of the same name by Tokuya Higashigawa and directed by Yuichi Sato. It received a viewership rating of 13.9%.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Shotaro Tarui is an ordinary 29-year-old man who came to Tokyo 7 years ago, pursuing his childhood dream of becoming a hero. However, he now simply gets by as a part-time worker and has just lost his latest part-time job. The unexpected story unfolds as he finds himself planning a fake kidnapping after he suddenly receives a request from the daughter of a yakuza boss, Erika Hanazono.
Cast
[edit]Main cast
[edit]- Satoshi Ohno as Shotaro Tarui
- Yui Aragaki as Erika Hanazono
- Maki Shinta as young Erika Hanazono
- Ryuta Sato as Kazuki Komoto
- Shihori Kanjiya as Satsuki Hanazono
- Hiroki Narimiya as Seiji Yamabe
- Masahiro Takashima as Takashi Kuroki
- Shota Yasuda as Kota Shiraishi
- Ryo Kimura as Shuhei Hirato
- Tokio Emoto as Toshiaki Kanda
- Sayaka Yamaguchi as Junko Tatsukawa
- Akiyoshi Nakao as Yuki Kato
- Kokoro Kuge as Shiori Arai
- Katsumi Takahashi as Tadao Yasukawa
- Jun Kaname as Yuya Takazawa
- Kinya Kitaoji as Shugoro Hanazono
Guest appearances
[edit]- Sho Sakurai as Kageyama (from Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de)
- Jun Matsumoto as Shuntaro Tokita (from Lucky Seven)
- Saki Fukuda as Shotaro's elementary school teacher
- Naoto Takenaka as Sliderman
- Katsuhisa Namase as the manager of the Hero Show
- Kei Tanaka as Youth A
- Yoji Tanaka as a barista
- Sumie Sasaki as a grocery shopkeeper
- Takashi Ukaji as a ramen shopkeeper
- Megumi Yokoyama as Mayuko Arai/Erika's mother
- Ikkei Watanabe as Kenjiro Takemura
- Kunihiro Matsumura as Hanazono's deliveryman
- Nobuhiko Takada as a bicycle courier
References
[edit]- ^ "Arashi's Ohno Satoshi to star in drama special "Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai"". Tokyograph. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ "Arashi's Ohno Satoshi to star in Fuji TV's new spring drama special". Tokyohive. Retrieved 6 December 2016.