- Drama: Rikuoh
- Romaji: Rikuoh
- Japanese: 陸王
- Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
- Writer: Jun Ikeido (novel), Hiroyuki Yatsu
- Network: TBS
- Episodes:
- Release Date: October 15, 2017 —
- Runtime: Sundays 21:00
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Koichi Miyazawa (Koji Yakusho) runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a decrease of demand for tabi, the company is struggling to keep afloat. Koichi Miyazawa thinks about launching a new product line. The new product is running shoes. For the company’s surival, Koichi Miyazawa begins to develop running shoes using their accumulated knowledge for making tabi.
Notes
- Based on the novel “Rikuo” by Jun Ikeido (published July 8, 2016 by Shogakukan).
Cast
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Koji Yakusho | Kento Yamazaki | Haruka Uchimura | Ayako Yoshitani | Yasuko Haru |
Koichi Miyazawa | Daichi Miyazawa | Toshimitsu Yasuda | Misaki Nakashita | Yoneko Mizuhara |
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Terue Shoji | Yoriko Kamimura | Sawako Agawa | Kotaro Shiga | Mone Kamishiraishi |
Fukuko Nishii | Yoshiko Hashii | Akemi Masaoka | Genzo Tomishima | Akane Miyazawa |
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Fumi Dan | Ken Mitsuishi | Yoshihisa Amano | Akira Terao | Midoriko Kimura |
Mieko Miyazawa | Tooru Arimura | Kohei Ebata | Haruyuki Iiyama | Motoko Iiyama |
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Ryoma Takeuchi | Takuma Otoo | Masato Wada | Kentaro Uno | Kou Maehara |
Hiroto Mogi | Akihiro Kido | Takao Hirase | Hayato Tachihara | Naoyuki Kase |
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Masato Hanazawa | Toshihiko Sato | Takanari Ishii | Yuga Ando | Gaku Sano |
Hisao Naito | Kawai | Mizuki | Hashii | Naoyuki Kezuka |
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Pierre Taki | Kazutoyo Koyabu | Udanji Ichikawa | Shunsuke Kazama | Toru Baba |
Kenji Obara | Junji Sayama | Takahiko Murano | Taro Sakamoto | Hiroshi Ohashi |
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Jakujaku Katsura |
Toru Ienaga |
Additional Cast Members:
- Ryosuke Yamamoto – Yoshida