"Densha otoko" (2005) TV mini-series

Director:

Hideki Takeuchi

Writer:

Shogo Muto (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

7 July 2005 (Japan)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Cast

Atsushi Itô	...	Densha Otoko / ... (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Misaki Ito	...	Hermes / ... (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Mokomichi Hayami	...	Keisuke Aoyama (10 episodes, 2005)
Miho Shiraishi	...	Misuzu Jinkama (10 episodes, 2005)
Risa Sudô	...	Yuko Mizuki (10 episodes, 2005)
Eriko Satô	...	Kaho Sawasaki (10 episodes, 2005)
Kumiko Akiyoshi	...	Yuki Aoyama (10 episodes, 2005)
Hitori Gekidan	...	Yuusaku Matsunaga (10 episodes, 2005)
Maki Horikita	...	Aoi Yamada (10 episodes, 2005)
Shirô Kishibe	...	Tsuneo Yamada (10 episodes, 2005)
Shun Oguri	...	Munetaka Minamoto (10 episodes, 2005)
Kosuke Toyohara	...	Kazuya Sakurai (10 episodes, 2005)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Fuji Television Network

Trivia:

The businessman that subdues the old drunk in the first episode is 'Takayuki Yamada', the actor who played Atsushi Itoh(Yamada Tsuyoshi)'s character in the movie adaptation of 'Densha Otoko'.

Movie Connections:

Features Quill (2004)

Good but...

I thought that the series was well written and I enjoyed the idea of the relationship between the up-town girl and the nerd. And I would have given this series a "9" instead of an "8", but the actor who played the nerd just went a little overboard in being a dork. His character eventually got on my nerves (although he was a good bloke).

You can be a nerd without being a sniveling, whimpering, idiot like his character. It would have been enough to play a naive, clumsy, innocent character without taking it to the extreme that this character portrayed.

Nevertheless, Ito Misaki, as usual acted well and looked just lovely. Cheers!