- Drama: Ashita no Kita Yoshio
- Romaji: Ashita no Kita Yoshio
- Japanese: あしたの、喜多善男 ～世界一不運な男の、奇跡の１１日間～
- Director: Manabu Aso, Yoshishige Miake, Ten Shimoyama
- Writer: Joji Iida
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episode: 11
- Release Date: January 8 – March 18, 2008
- Runtime: Tues. 22:00-22:54
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Can a coward commit suicide?
Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend’s death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November 11th; his roll call number at school was #11; and 11 years ago, he and his wife, Mizuho, went through a divorce. Debt-laden and feeling unneeded to the world, he sells off all his belongings and plans for his death date. However, on the 1st day, he meets Yashiro Heita as well as numerous other characters who will cause him to experience the most eventful 11 days of his life.
Cast
- Fumiyo Kohinata – Yoshio Kita
- Ryuhei Matsuda – Heita Yashiro
- Manami Konishi – Mizuho Washizu
- Chiaki Kuriyama – Rika Hasegawa
- Jun Kaname – Daisuke Moriwake
- Katsuhisa Namase – Masaru Sugimoto
- Yuriko Yoshitaka – Shinobu Yoimachi
- Ryo Iwamatsu – Tatsuo Ebata
- Tomomi Maruyama – Ryoichi Yoda
- David Ito
- Masayuki Imai
- Yoichiro Saito
- Yuri Mizutani – Taeko Tanaka (ep.2-3,5-11)
- Haruko Kato – ep.2,4
- Mark Chinnery – ep.3
- Yasukiyo Umeno – Shintaro Sato (ep.5)
- Akihito Yoshiie
- Toru Kizu – ep.10-11
- Kunihiko Ida – Detective Shinjo (ep.10-11)