Hibana: Spark NHK/NETFLIX Summer Drama 2016 English Hardsub

Drama: Hibana: Spark
Romaji: Hibana
Japanese: 火花
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki, Kazuya Shiraishi, Shuichi Okita, Shinji Kuma, Yasutaka Mori
Writer: Naoki Matayoshi (novel), Masato Kato, Miyuki Takahashi
Network: NHK, Netflix
Episodes: 10
Release Date: June 3, 2016 (Netflix) / February 26 – April 30, 2017 (NHK)
Runtime: Sundays 23:00-23:45 (NHK)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Tokunaga (Kento Hayashi) is an unpopular comedian. He happens to meet comedian Kamiya (Kazuki Namioka) who has quite a foul mouth and a genius sense of comedy. Tokunaga is strongly attracted to Kamiya and asks if he could mentor him. Kamiya accepts. Every night they talk about comedy while drinking alcohol.

Tokunaga slowly gains popularity as part of his comedy duo. Meanwhile, Kamiya has a hard time because everything doesn’t work out. Kamiya falls into debt and suddenly he disappears.

Notes

Based on the novel “Hibana” by Naoki Matayoshi (published March 11, 2015 by Bungeishunju).
Related titles:
1. Hibana: Spark | Hibana (Netflix-NHK / 2016)
2. Spark | Hibana (2017)