- Drama: Freeter, Ie wo Kau
- Romaji: Freeter, Ie wo Kau
- Japanese: フリーター、家を買う。
- Director: Keita Kono, Hidenori Joho
- Writer: Hiro Arikawa (novel), Atsuko Hashibe
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: October 19 – December 21, 2010
- Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00
- TV Ratings: 17.1%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Seiji Take (Kazunari Ninomiya) is a young man who quits his job after working for only 3 months. He has no dreams, no will and zero money. He also fights with his father over his ways and then becomes a “hikkimori” – a recluse who never leaves his room. When his mother falls ill due to depression, Seiji is then forced to take a part time job at a construction company. He believes his job is just temporary and acts distant with his co-workers. Seiji then meets on site-supervisor Manamai Chiba (Karina) whose personality is the polar opposite of Seiji’s. They have disagreements at first but become more understanding of each other. Through his work Seiji’s outlook on life starts to change and he starts to rebuild his life.
Cast
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Kazunari Ninomiya | Karina | Haruka Igawa | Ryuhei Maruyama |
Seiji Take | Manami Chiba | Ayako Nagata | Toyokawa Teppei |
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Masahiro Inoue | Rei Okamoto | Wataru Yokoo | Hyunri | Kohei Otomo |
Shinji Tejima | Akari Hoshino | Kazuhiko Nihsimoto | Akiko Shimada | Takuo Daietsu |
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Machiko Washio | Hidekazu Mashima | Kazuya Kojima | Sotaro Tanaka | Tomoya Nanami |
Noriko Nagata | Ryosuke Yamaga | Masahiko Kitayama | Tadashi Okano | Fumiya Nagata |
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Ryuji Yamamoto | Daisuke Shima | Ryoko Sakaguchi | Naoto Takenaka | Atsuko Asano |
Manabu Tsukamoto | Katsuya Sanada | Sachiko Nishimoto | Seiichi Take | Sumiko Take |
Additional Cast Members:
- Shunji Kanai – Shintona Kanagawa JV Construction Employee (ep.1-10)
- Tomoya Hashimoto – Tomoya Nagata
- Hajime Taniguchi – construction worker
- Noriyoshi Tsumura – convenience store manager (ep.1)
- Hijiri Sakurai – ep.1
- Masato Wada – ep.1
- Kenta Uchino – ep.1
- Ai Takabe – ep.1
- Toshihiro Yashiba – ep.1
- Kazuaki Hankai – ep.1
- Atsuko Anami – ep.2-4
- Izumi Kasagi – Tomoya’s classmate’s mother (ep.2-4)
- Uwa Ishibashi – ep.3
- Shiiko Utagawa – ep.3
- Rena Haruyama – ep.3-4
- Denden – ep.4,8
- Ai Nishina – ep.5
- Tsuyoshi Muro – ep.6-10
- Sachiko Matsuura – Yoko Toyokawa (ep.7)
- Kae Onuki – Aizawa’s scam victim (ep.7)
- Shigemitsu Ogi – ep.10
- Yu Kamio – ep.10
- Masaki Aiba – ep.10
- Daishi Shikanai – ep.10