- Drama: The One Pound Gospel
- Romaji: 1 Pound no Fukuin
- Japanese: 1ポンドの福音
- Director: Toya Sato, Kyoji Otsuka
- Writer: Yuichi Fukuda, Nonji Nemoto
- Network: NTV
- Episode: 9
- Release Date: January 12 – March 8, 2008
- Runtime: 21:00-21:54
- TV Ratings: 10.6% (weekly average)
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Kosaku Hatanaka (Kazuya Kamenashi) is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an even bigger problem. He can’t put himself in the right weight class, he runs out of energy because of hunger, and he gets knocked out while his eyes are set on food at the ringside. Kosaku’s life has changed ever since he met Sister Angela (Meisa Kuroki), a novice nun in the convent near his boxing gym. Sister Angela became the source of his power, and Kosaku fights only to win the heart of Sister Angela.
In each episode, Kosaku has to beat his unique opponents: a retiring boxer, a middle-aged boxer, a chicken hearted boxer who can’t punch, etc. In addition, he has to overcome his strong appetite, hard training, seduction to skip training, and interference from his rivals. Can this boxer with no guts become a Japanese boxing champion and win Sister Angela’s heart?
Cast
- Kazuya Kamenashi – Kosaku Hatanaka
- Meisa Kuroki – Sister Angela
- Satomi Kobayashi – Seiko Mukoda
- Yoshinori Okada – Ueda
- Ryosuke Yamada – Katsumi Mukoda
- Nao Minamisawa – Noriko
- Issei Takahashi – Ishizaka
- Ken Mitsuishi – Mitaka Hideo
- Masako Motai – Incho Osamu
- Hideo Ishiguro – Horiguchi
- Kazuki Namioka – Kojima
- Noriko Eguchi – Sister Milee
- Kaori Nakamura – Sister Grace
- Sanae Matsuzaka
- Ryosuke Miura
- Haruka Fukuhara – Seiko Mukoda (young)
- Bengal – ep.1
- Ren Hulk – ep.1
- Sosuke Nishiyama – ep.5
- Mansaku Fuwa – ep.7
- Kou Yoshinori – ep.8
- Umi Yamano
- Momoka Ishii
- Raiki Yonemoto
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
---|---|---|
01 | 01/12/2008 | 13.0% |
02 | 01/19/2008 | 11.4% |
03 | 01/26/2008 | 11.1% |
04 | 02/02/2008 | 9.0% |
05 | 02/09/2008 | 9.6% |
06 | 02/16/2008 | 10.5% |
07 | 02/23/2008 | 10.7% |
08 | 03/01/2008 | 8.8% |
09 | 03/08/2008 | 11.3% |
Average | 10.6% |
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