- Drama: I Want to Eat Nagasaki Champon Noodles (English title)
- Romaji: Chanpon Tabetaka
- Japanese: ちゃんぽん食べたか
- Director: Kazuhiko Shimizu, Hideaki Kawano
- Writer: Masashi Sada (novel), Masaya Ozaki
- Network: NHK
- Episodes: 9
- Release Date: May 30 – August 1, 2015
- Runtime: 22:00-22:44
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Masashi (Masaki Suda) went to Tokyo alone in his junior high days as violin prodigy. He is now in the 2nd grade of high school. He spends his days practicing violin to became a great soloist, but he failed to enter the music high school. He begins to doubts about his dream. Meanwhile, Masashi composes a love song for his classmate who likes a girl. The girl likes Elvis Presley’s song “Love me tender.” Masashi can not focus on the violin.
Notes
- Based on the autobiographical novel “Chanpon Tabetaka!” by singer-songwriter Masashi Sada & illustrator Hirokazu Ogura (published May 30, 2015 by NHK Publishing Co., Ltd.).
- Related titles:
- Castella (NHK / 2013)
- I Want to Eat Nagasaki Champon Noodles | Chanpon Tabetaka (NHK / 2015)
Cast
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| Masaki Suda | Kanata Hongo |
| Masashi Sano | Masami Yoshida |
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| Shotaro Mamiya | Yuki Izumisawa | Aoi Morikawa | Naomi Nishida | Kenichi Endo |
| Mitsuru Kashiyama | Yasuo Kikuta | Yoko Okakura | Kiyoko Sano | Masato Sano |
Additional Cast Members:
- Yu Sawabe – Sakutaro Terayama
- Tomoya Nakamura – Rikiya Terayama
- Yuma Yamoto – Kodo Nakajima
- Kaito Oyagi – Masashi Sano (first-year student of middle school)
- Takato Goho – Yozo Terayama
- Yuya Kawamura – Kimura
- Ryohei Sato – Shigeri Sano
- Yuna Watanabe – Reiko Sano
- Soran Tamoto – Mikio Ikuzawa
- Daichi Kodaira – Kazuaki Enoki
- Seidai Nakada – Kenichi Kawashima
- Kaho Takada – Takako Nakai
- Zumichin – Atsuko Sakaguchi
- Kosuke Toyohara – Mamoru Yasukawa
- Yoshinori Okada – Hidehiko Mimura
- Yuko Nakamura – Kaori Mimura
- Atsushi Yamanishi – Kosho Kido
- Kenji Anan – Takeo Kikuta
- Mami Kumagai – Mie Kikuta
- Takurou Okamoto – (ep.2)
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