Kakenai!?: Kyakuhonka Yoshimaru Keisuke no Sujigaki no Nai Seikatsu – EPISODE01-08 [COMPLETE]

Drama: Can’t Write!?: Sceenwriter Keisuke Yoshimaru’s Life Without Synopsis (literal title)
Romaji: Kakenai!?: Kyakuhonka Yoshimaru Keisuke no Sujigaki no Nai Seikatsu
Japanese: 書けないッ!?〜脚本家吉丸圭佑の筋書きのない生活〜
Director: Keisuke Toyoshima, Yuki Saito
Writer: Yasushi Fukuda
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 8
Release Date: January 16 – March 13, 2021
Runtime: Saturday 23:30-24:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Keisuke Yoshimaru (Toma Ikuta) enjoyed watching drama series and wanted to become a screenwriter. He took part in contests to become a TV screenwriter, but he failed. Eventually, he gave up on his dream and began working at a real estate company. There, he met Nami (Michiko Kichise) as a client. She was a single mother and worked at at bookstore. They fell in love and married. Nami also wrote a novel that became a best seller. She is now a 39-year-old best-selling writer. Meanwhile, Keisuke won a contest to become a drama series screenwriter at the age of 32 and he quit his job at the real estate company. He is now 37-years-old, but he doesn’t have any projects to work on. He takes care of the kids and does housework. One day, Keisuke gets his big break. He gets the chance to write the screenplay for a prime time drama series after the main screenwriter quits. He is excited and begins work on the script. At first, Nami worries if Keisuke is able to write the screenplay, but she sees how hard he works and begins to support him.

Notes

“Can’t Write!?” will be followed by “Kotaro Lives By Himself” on April 24, 2021.
“Can’t Write!?” is Toma Ikuta‘s first starring role in a TV Asahi drama series.