The 33rd NHK Asadora. Starring Eisaku Shindou as a man who loves manzai (a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture). Average rating of 40.2% Based on the life of a famous two-man comedy act writer, Akita Minoru, who loved comedy more than anything. His life itself was full of wit and humor, love and friendship.
Eisaku Shindo
赤津文平
Miwako Fujitani
中山（赤津）賀津
Ryôsuke Miki
國分良輔
Azusa Mano
福本裄乃
Yumiko Nogawa
赤津のぶ（文平の母）
Katsuo Nakamura
赤津正次郎（文平の父）
Tsukasa Itou
赤津清子
Rino Katase
國分時子（良輔の妻
Midori Kiuchi
お春
Chicken Girls70%
Tyler Perry's The Oval81%
Road to Avonlea82%
Princess Sarah81%
Tell Me Lies76%
Vanished67%
The Next Step72%
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour82%
Burn the House Down71%
Steal74%
Parenthood74%
Sherlock & Daughter66%
Holly Hobbie84%
The Rainmaker74%
Classroom of the Elite84%
Galileo82%
Free Rein79%
Life Goes On66%
Oshin75%
Bibliophile Princess69%
