Japanese popular ghost screenwriter and director Miyato Kankuro can be said to be the guarantee of "the production must be a masterpiece", even if not every film has a high rating, but it always leads the topic, no matter the way of telling the story or the delicacy of the plot design, is the key that Japanese drama fans and people who want to know more about Japanese culture must pay attention to! The following is a super complete list of 14 must-see Japanese dramas by Miyato Kankuro, pushing you into the wonderful worldview of Miyato Kankuro!
▋2000 "Ikebukuro West Exit Park"
2000's "Nishiguchi Park" was Miyato's first time as a screenwriter for a television series, and won the Nippon Drama Academy Award for Screenplay that year. The drama is adapted from the mystery novel of the same name by novelist Yoshiyoshi Ishida, but under miyato's ingenuity, many original plots have been adapted, which can deeply feel the strength of his ability to visualize the story. The plot features Makoto Majima, played by Tomoya Nagase, as the character, describing a series of events with friends as the "Terminator of Ikebukuro's Troubles". In addition to Tomoya Nagase, the main cast also includes Yosuke Wazuka, Satoshi Muchi, Tomohisa Yamashita, Ryuta Sato, Ai Kato and others, and from the current point of view, the main cast is really super luxurious!
《Ikebukuro West Exit Park》
- Premiere date: April 2000
・Cast: Tomoya Nagase, Yosuke Wazuka, Satoshi Mufu, Tomohisa Yamashita, Ryuta Sato, Ai Kato
◾Kisarazu Cat's Eye, 2002
The "Kisarazu Cat's Eye" series is definitely one of Miyato's masterpieces, although the average rating when it was broadcast in 2002 was only 10%, the DVD released later sold 500,000 sets, so he took advantage of the victory to shoot two sequel movies in the Japanese series and the world series, completing the story structure. The story describes the protagonist Tabuchi Hiromi, played by Junichi Okada, who suddenly learns that he only has half a year to live, so he calls on his friends to form the "Kisarazu Monster Bandit Group", originally only wanted to rebel once, but accidentally solved many mysteries and events in the town. The themes related to "death" are always serious and heavy, but "Kisarazu's Cat's Eye" uses a nonsensical and light way to deal with it, and then uses the "rewind" technique to solve the mystery of the plot, which is quite interesting. Privately recommended, Arashi's member Sho Sakurai has a super cute performance in the play!
《Kisarazu Cat Eye》
- Premiere date: January 2002
・Ryojo: Junichi Koda, Sho Kosai, Yoshinori Koda, Ryuta Sato, Takashi Tsukamoto, Wakana Sakai
▋ 2003 Manhattan Love Story
Although the "Manhattan Love Story" broadcast in 2003 is called "Love Story", it is from the hand of Miyato Kankuro, which is different from others! The title of the play, "Manhattan", is the name of a tea shop that opens near a TELEVISION station, and the main stage of the story is in this shop, where the protagonist is the manager played by Masahiro Matsuoka. Although the store manager seems to be silent and taciturn, in fact, he often eavesdrops on the guests' speech, and the entangled relationship between men and women of the guests who come and go often makes the store manager unable to look down, forcing him to always disguise himself as someone else and wake up the confused regular customers at key moments. The character relationship diagram that is constantly straightened out will change every episode, with love as the main line but with a little reasoning element, and it will be more fun to watch!
Manhattan Love Story
- Premiere date: October 2003
・Cast: Masahiro Matsuoka, Tomoko Koizumi, Mitsuhiro Kagawa, Aiko Morishita, you
▋2005 Tiger and Dragon
"Rakugo" is a traditional Japanese performing art that, in The Tiger and the Dragon, written by Kankuro Miyato, is transformed into an exquisite element that echoes with real life! The story describes the rogue Yamazaki Torae, played by Tomoya Nagase, who did not know how to laugh since he was a child, and one day when he collected a debt from the rakugo master Hayaya Tei Tunbei (played by Toshiyuki Nishida), he was greatly moved by rakugo's performance and decided to learn the art of learning from his teacher as a debt. The story not only takes place between the master and apprentice who have a somewhat wonderful relationship, Ryuji, the second son of the Tonbei Guard, played by Junichi Okada, was once known as the genius of Rakugo, but he was far away from the world of Rakugo and ran a clothing store with a dismal business, and how "Tiger" and "Dragon" went from water and fire to mutual understanding is also one of the interesting highlights of the story.
Tiger and Dragon
- Premiere date: April 2005
・Cast: Tomoya Nagase, Junichi Okada, Mika Ito, Takashi Tsukamoto, Yu Aoi, Tsuruwa Kofutei, Toshiyuki Nishida, and Sadao Abe
▋ 2008 "Meteor Trip"
Not just because of Miyato Kankuro, but if you like Japanese mystery novels, or a fan of Arashi member Kazuya Ninomiya, "Meteor Trip" should be on the must-see list! The plot is based on the eponymous work of keigo Higashino, which depicts the murder of Ariaki and his wife who run a western food restaurant in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and only the young three siblings who sneak out in the middle of the night to watch the meteor shower survive, and when the three grow up, they are determined to find the murderer to avenge their parents. The three are lucky enough to lock in the suspect, but the sister seems to be in love with the suspect's son. Played by Kazuya Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido and Keiori Toda, the story combines family, love, reasoning and food, making it a pleasing and evocative work.
"Meteor Trip"
- Premiere date: October 2008
・Cast: Kazuya Ninomiya, Ryo Nishikido, Keiori Tomita, Yukazu Miura, Junjo, Akira Tsunemoto, Aiko Morishita, Mikazu Nakajima
▋ 2010 "Criminal Police Narcissism"
The combination of Kankuro Miyato and Tomoya Nagase is here again, and it was even more exciting in 2010's "Criminal Police Narcissism"! The main axis of the Japanese drama is placed on the policeman "Narcissism" played by Tomoya Nagase, whenever he encounters a case, he will involuntarily fall in love with a female prisoner, although he has to solve the case, but he can't resist his feelings, and he will propose to the other party every time. In addition to whether narcissism can finally find the true destiny of the goddess, every time you want to arrest the dance that the crush danced before, the interaction between the smelly alcoholics "Narcissistic Four", are all points of interest!
"Criminal Police Narcissism"
・ Premiere date: July 2010
・Cast: Tomoya Nagase, Douma Ikuta, JunJo, Kana yasaku, Mitsugoro Sakato, Mika Nakajima
▋ 2011 "And the 11th Man!" 》
Miyato's works often focus on many families, and "There is the 11th Person!" The protagonist is Sanada Kazuo, played by Ryuno Kamiki, because his father is unreliable and the café run by his mother has no business, he takes on the responsibility of the eldest man and tries to solve the life problems encountered by his sisters and sisters one by one, but he does not find that the youngest brother Tseigo (played by Kiyoshiro Kato) has a secret, that is, he can see a beautiful but super direct-talking ghost (played by Ryoko Hiromi). In fact, under the roof of "11 people", how to go smoothly is the focus of the plot, and Miyato Kankuro once again describes a unique and interesting family group portrait.
"And the 11th Man!" 》
・ Premiere date: October 2011
・Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kiyoshiro Kato, Ryoko Hiromi, Seiichi Tanabe, Yasuko Mitsuura, Jun Arimura
▋2013 "Little Haenyeo"
The first TV drama script Written by Miyato Kankuro for NHK was the 2013 morning drama "Little Haenyeo"! Although it is a long script spanning half a year, Miyato Kankuro still delivers a story that is not cold, full of warmth and cuteness. Akira Amano, a high school girl played by Reina Noh, discovers that her grandmother is a "sea girl" who dives and fishes, and later, under the circumstances of fate, she meets a girl who aspires to become an idol, Ashikaga Yui, and begins to be interested in showbiz. The story is so large that it can be divided into "Hometown Chapter" and "Tokyo Chapter", and in addition to the haptune culture of Iwate Prefecture, the modern idol ecology also mentions the 311 East Japan Earthquake that affected Japan.
Little Haenyeo
- Premiere date: April 2013
・Cast: Reina Nohinata, Tomoko Koizumi, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ai Hashimoto, Tetsuhei Koike, Hiroko Yakuza Maru, Fukushi Akiki, jun Arimura
▋ 2014 "Sorry Youth! 》
The first pure school drama written by Kankuro Miyato was 2014's "Sorry Youth! 》！ The story depicts the merger of the "Women's College" and the "Men's College" program, each facing a business crisis, and the experimental co-study of co-educational classes before the merger, led by Ryo Nishikido's male school teacher Hara Hirasuke and Mitsuru Manjima's female school teacher Risa Bee Ya, triggering a series of happy stories that are both youthful and cruel, and will gradually unravel the past of the two schools. The idea of the story actually comes from Miyato Kankuro's own experience, because he was born in a boys' school when he was in high school, and he also thought that if he could merge with the girls' school, he would be fine!
"Sorry Youth! 》
・ Premiere date: October 2014
-Cast: Ryo Nishikido, Hikaru Manjima, Nagayama, Haruhi, Daiki Shigeoka, Aoi Morikawa, Yuki Kuroshima, Rina Kawaei, Yuta Koseki, Katsuhisa Iwase, and Masaki Sakai
▋2016 "What About the Loose Generation"
Miyato's works also often accompany the pulse of current events to lay out the story, and 2016's "What About the Loose Generation" is based on three young people born in the "Loose Generation". The so-called "loose generation" refers to people born after 1987, because the syllabus adjustment and the implementation of the two days off, generally regarded as competitiveness and pressure resistance are not as good as the previous generation, in the story, Okada Shosei played by the office worker, Matsusaka Momori played by the elementary school teacher and Yanagisaka Yumi played by the re-examination ronin, in the workplace, society, family, love and other roads, are trapped in the embarrassing position of suffering words, how to calmly treat themselves, humorous adjustment, but also become the most touching description in the story.
"What About the Loose Generation"
- Premiere date: April 2016
・Cast: Shosei Okada, Momori Matsusaka, Yumi Yanagi, Sakura Ando, Taiga, Haruka Shimazaki, Riho Yoshioka, Andaru Kitamura
▋ 2017 Prison Princess
The cooperation between Miyato Kankuro and the fixed team always makes people laugh, and the main actors of 2017's "Prison Princess" have almost all cooperated with Miyato Kankuro, and they have a special tacit understanding! The story describes the women's prison, there are five female prisoners who have committed crimes for different reasons, and a jealous female instructor, as the female prisoners are released from prison, it is supposed to restart a new life, but secretly they have teamed up to plan an operation to kidnap a handsome male president. What makes them want to join forces even if they are committing another crime, who is the "princess" in prison, and the process of stripping away the cocoon is more than addictive!
Prison Princess
・ Premiere date: October 2017
・Cast: Tomoko Koizumi, Hikaru Manjima, Natsu fan, Maki Sakai, Aiko Morishita, Miho Kanno, Yusuke Isetani, Takashi Tsukamoto
▋2018 "Kenichi Endo and Kankuro Miyato Are Taught with An Open Mind"
What do you do when you're stressed? Miyato Kankuro's way of relieving pressure is to write a script to let go of himself! At that time, Miyato was writing the script of the 2019 Ōkawa drama, in order to relieve the pressure of writing, he created "Kenichi Endo and Kankuro Miyato Humbly Taught", a work full of improvisation and playfulness, so that the well-known green leaf actor Kenichi Endo directly played himself, the plot not only tested the actors' acting skills and ability to endure laughter, but also boldly spit on Japan's current TV ecology.
"Kenichi Endo and KuroKuro Miyato Are Humble and Taught"
・ Premiere date: November 2018
・Ryojo: Ryoichi Tsuto, Shun Oguri, Eri Nakazato, Akira Kato, Junko Takahata, Shuhei Nomura, Miki Mizuno, Masanobu Takashima, Akira Momoi
▋2019 "Wei Yutian ~ Tokyo Olympic Story ~ "
What drama put Soguro Miyato under pressure to write "Kenichi Endo and Kankuro Miyato Humbly Taught"? The answer is 2019's "Wei Yutian ~ Tokyo Olympic Story ~"! Originally intended to look to 2020 and contribute to the Tokyo Olympics, the drama is based on the Japanese drama played by Kankuro Nakamura, played by Kankuro Nakamura, and The Japanese Olympic Committee promoter Tabata Masashi, played by Sadao Abe, as the two protagonists, telling the story of the turmoil and changes in the Japanese sports scene from the 1912 Stockholm Olympics to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. This work is also the first attempt to shoot a big river drama in 4K picture quality.
"Wei Yutian ~Tokyo Olympic Story~"
・ Premiere date: January 2019
・Ryojo: Nakamura Kankuro, Abe Takeo, Moriyama Mirai, Public Office Koji, Ikuta Toshin, 绫濑, Sugisaki Hana
▋ 2021 "My Story"
The 2021 Japanese drama "My Family's Story" is a recent wonderful work of Miyato Kankuro! The story depicts Shouichi Kanyama, a professional wrestler played by Tomoya Nagase, who hears that the musician's father (played by Toshiyuki Nishida) is critically ill, returns to his hometown after 20 years of absence, only to find that his father has a young fiancée and threatens to give all his property to the other party after his death.
Although the tone of the story maintains a lively and humorous atmosphere, the heavy issues of modern society, such as long-term care and inheritance, also establish a space for thinking. It is worth mentioning that the lead actor Tomoyuki Nagase is expected to quit the Janis Office at the end of March 2021, which is also his farewell Japanese drama as a "Janis idol", who has cooperated with Miyato Kankuro in the past on "Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park", "Tiger and Dragon", "Narcissistic Criminal Police", and Nishida Toshiyuki, who played a mentor and apprentice in "Tiger and Dragon", can be said to be a play full of affection and points.
"My Story"
- Premiere date: January 2021
・Cast: Tomoya Nagase, Toshiyuki Nishida, Keiri Toka toka, Kenta Kiritani, Noriko Eguchi, Yoshitomo Nagayama, Ryoyoshi Arakawa, Junyu Michieda
Have you taken notes on the above 14 Japanese dramas? After reading it, in addition to harvesting a variety of interesting stories, you can also understand the world view of Miyato Kankuro! And he is not only a screenwriter, director, but also often appears as an actor in the major Japanese dramas and Japanese film works, but also loves music, and also forms an orchestra with Abe Sadao, who is both a guitarist and a lyricist, and can be said to be a talented multi-faceted talent, it is a pity that he is not well known!
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