is a

Japanese television drama , also called or J-drama, are television programs that are a staple of Television in Japan, Japanese television and are broadcast daily. Format All major Television networks, TV networks in Japan produce a variety of Drama (genre), drama serie ...

that aired on NTV between 13 January and 17 March 2010.

Synopsis

Ogiwara Saki (

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) is a woman who does not go with the flow of society but forges her own path. She hates flattering men and trying to be nice to people of the same sex. She has failed the bar exam nine times in a row but persists in her dream of being a lawyer while working as a clerk at a law firm. Saki's good friend, Hasumi Riko (

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), who is a mother of two children, was high school classmates with Saki, but is in fact 35, because she had deliberately declared herself to be two years younger. She has no qualms of lying for the sake of female happiness, pretending to be married to a man of wealth and blessed with children. Because her personality is the exact opposite, this accentuates Saki's uncompromising way of life.

Cast

as Ogiwara Saki ** Himeka Asami as young Saki *

as Hasumi Riko * Shosuke Tanihara as Aida Kouki *

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as Sakamoto Masato * Tomohiro Ichikawa as Imada Kenji * Anna Nose as Yokoya Satomi * Tokuma Nishioka as Chief Mashino * Mayumi Asaka as Ogiwara Hikari * Makiya Yamaguchi as Osabe Yoshitaka * Yukiko Takabayashi * Yasufumi Hayashi as Ogiwara Yoshinori * Ayumi Oka *

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as Nakashima Tsuyoshi

Episodes

References

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External links

Official website
Japanese drama television series 2010 Japanese television series debuts 2010 Japanese television series endings Television shows written by Kazuhiko Yukawa Nippon Television dramas