is a novel by
Toyoko Yamasaki. It was serialized in monthly magazine ''
Bungei Shunjū'' from 2005 to 2009. The series was published as a four-volume set in 2009 and was later adapted into a television series starring
Masahiro Motoki in 2012.
Plot
Ryota Yuminari of the ''Maicho Shimbun'' broke a scoop about a secret agreement between Japan and the United States regarding the
reversion of Okinawa, but it was an act that made an enemy of the state authorities.
Television adaptation
Cast
;Main
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Masahiro Motoki as Ryota Yuminari (based on Takichi Nishiyama)
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Takako Matsu as Yuriko Yuminari, Ryota's wife
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Yōko Makias Akiko Miki (based on Kikuko Hasumi)
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Nao Omori as Kazuo Yamabe, the ace reporter of ''Yominichi Shimbun'' (based on
Tsuneo Watanabe)
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Kin'ya Kitaōji as the prime minister Keisaku Sahashi (based on
Eisaku Satō)
;Yuminari family
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Isao Hashizume as Ryota's father
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Jitsuko Yoshimura as Ryota's mother
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Yuki Imai as Yoichi, Ryota and Yuriko's eldest son (episodes 1–8)
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Masaki Suda as Yoichi (episode 9)
*Ryutaro Yamasaki as Junji, Ryota and Yuriko's second son (episodes 1–8)
**Riku Hagiwara as Junji (episode 9)
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Kei Yamamoto as Yuriko's father
*Yukiko Takabayashi as Yuriko's mother
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Hiroki Hasegawa
, nicknamed , (born March 7, 1977, in Tokyo) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. Trained as a stage actor at the Bungaku-za after graduating from Chuo University, he first began to appear on Japanese TV in small roles in 2008, and t ...
as Rei Koinuma
;''Maicho Shimbun''
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Yutaka Matsushige as Shuichi Tsukasa (based on Ken'ichi Ueda)
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Yukiya Kitamura as Kiyohara
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Yuya Endo as Kaneda
*Hideyuki Kasahara as Nakamura
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Tetta Sugimoto as Araki
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Kōtarō Yoshida as Hisadome
*Katsuhiko Watabiki as Ōdate
;Politicians
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Akira Emoto
is a Japanese actor.
Career
In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in '' Dr. Akagi''. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for '' Dotonbori River'' and '' Hearts an ...
as Masayoshi Kodaira (based on
Masayoshi Ōhira
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1978 until his death in 1980.
Born in Kagawa Prefecture, Ōhira worked in the Ministry of Finance from 1936, and served as the private secretary to Hayato Ikeda, finance mi ...
)
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Takashi Sasano as Takeo Fukude (based on
Takeo Fukuda)
*Mansaku Fuwa as Kakuzo Tabuchi (based on
Kakuei Tanaka
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974. Known for his background in construction and earthy and tenacious political style, Tanaka is the only modern Japanese prime minister who ...
)
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Shinya Owada
is a Japanese actor, Voice acting in Japan, voice actor and narrator. He is represented with Horipro, Horipro Booking Agency. He Rustication (academia), rusticated from Waseda University First Literature Department.
Biography
In 1968, Owada jo ...
as Kiichi Aikawa (based on
Kiichi Aichi)
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Hirotarō Honda as Yasuhiro Sonegawa (based on
Yasuhiro Nakasone
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, prime minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987. His political term was best known for pushing through the privatization of state-owned companies and pursuing a hawkish and pro-U.S. fo ...
)
*Issei Takubo as Zen'ichi Suzumori (based on
Zenkō Suzuki)
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Ichikawa Ennosuke IV as Hiroshi Yokomizo (based on
Takahiro Yokomichi)
;Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Ryo Ishibashi
is a Japanese actor and lead singer of the Japanese rock band ARB. He is known around the world for his roles in the Japanese horror films '' Suicide Club'' and '' Audition.'' He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in '' Th ...
as Suguru Anzai (based on Takeshi Yasukawa)
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Takeshi Masu as Magoroku Yoshida (based on Bunroku Yoshino)
;Others
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Masatō Ibu as Masaharu Totoki
*Hidekazu Mashima as Yuya Matsunaka
*Ayumu Saito as Yuzo Torii
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Masane Tsukayama as Takeshi Aniya
Reception
Tsuneo Watanabe, the model for Yamabe, expressed his displeasure after watching the TV series, saying, "The episodes about Yamabe are all fabrications, completely different from the truth." Similarly, Takichi Nishiyama, the model for Ryota Yuminari, also commented on the original novel, stating, "There are too many parts that deviate from the facts," and added, "I am even angrier than Mr. Watanabe."
References
External links
Novel official website at Bungei ShunjūTV drama official website at TBS
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2009 Japanese novels
2012 Japanese television series debuts
2012 Japanese television series endings
Novels set in the 1970s
Television series set in the 1970s
Television shows based on Japanese novels
TBS Television (Japan) dramas