Upcoming Summer 2012 Dramas
Upcoming Summer 2012 Dramas Part 3
Sprout
Date: From 12.50 a.m., Saturdays, 7 July 2012
Station: NTV
Cast: Chinen Yuri, Morikawa Aoi, Kojima Fujiko, Lewis Jesse, Yasui Kentaro, Jinguji Yuta, Maeshima Ami, Fujii Shuka, Kikkawa Yu, Tanaka Juri, Kawakita Mayuko, Hashimoto Ryosuke
Synopsis: One day, the father of Ikenouchi Miku (Morikawa Aoi) starts a boarding house and her high school classmate, Narahashi Sohei (Chinen Yuri), moves in to live under the same roof. Miku is initially opposed to it, but gradually falls for Sohei who does not have a care in the world. However, he already has a girlfriend.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/sprout
Tokkan ~ Tokubetsu Kokuzei Choushuukan
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 4 July 2012
Station: NTV
Cast: Inoue Mao, Kitamura Yukiya, Suzuki Sawa, Kinami Haruka, Minami, Ikeda Tetsuhiro, Okayama Hajime, Kasahara Hideyuki, Shiomi Sansei, Iwamatsu Ryo, Wakamura Mayumi
Synopsis: Certain circumstances have made 25-year-old Suzumiya Miki (Inoue Mao) desire secure employment. So she became a public servant. However, her job is the most detested in the world. It is that of a national tax collector who collects taxes from those who default on payments. The special national tax collectors handle the worst of these cases. Miki is assigned to the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau’s Tax Office as a new tax officer under her superior, Kagami Masachika (Kitamura Yukiya), a special national tax collector whose coldheartedness has no equal and is called “god of death” by the people around him. Miki thus runs about each day as Kagami’s assistant to collect taxes from tax defaulters.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/tokkan
Ghost Mama Sousasen ~ Boku to Mama no Fushigina 100 Nichi
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 7 July 2012
Station: NTV
Cast: Nakama Yukie, Sawamura Ikki, Shida Mirai, Kimino Yuma, Tsukaji Muga, Namase Katsuhisa, Serina, Sanada Yuma
Synopsis: Tonbo (Kimino Yuma) is a timid first-grade elementary school student. One day, the ghost of Tonbo’s mother, Uehara Choko (Nakama Yukie), who died three months ago appears when he puts on her spectacles which he has kept as a keepsake. This is thus the beginning of a bizzare life for mother and son. Choko had been an outstanding policewoman while she was alive, and now ghosts with regrets gather around her. Meddlesome even when dead, Choko cannot turn her back on those in trouble. She partners Tonbo and takes on numerous cases. The two of them work together to solve various cases and settle trouble, until the day comes for them to truly part … …
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/ghostmama
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