GENIA FESTIVAL : Densha Otoko

Details

* Title: 電車男 (でんしゃ おとこ)
* Title (romaji): Densha Otoko
* Also known as: Train Man
* Genre: Romance, comedy
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV

Renzoku

* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 21.04%
* Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-07 to 2005-Sep-22
* Air time: Thursday 22:00-22:54
* Theme songs:
o Opening theme: Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra
o Ending theme: Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobun da ze by Sambomaster

Synopsis

A true love story turned to bestselling novel, created from the Internet BBS, 2channel to blockbuster hit movie. Ito Misaki plays Aoyama Saori, working as an office lady at a MNC, gets into trouble with a drunkard on a train. She's saved by Yamada Tsuyoshi, played by Ito Atsushi. As a form of appreciation, she sends him Hermes teacups. Having no experience with the opposite sex, Tsuyoshi decides to ask for help on the Aladdin Channel BBS on how to interact with Saori.
Cast

* Ito Misaki as Aoyama Saori (25)
* Ito Atsushi as Yamada Tsuyoshi (23)
* Shiraishi Miho as Jinkama Kisuzu (26)
* Sato Eriko as Sawazaki Kaho (25)
* Sudo Risa as Mizuki Yuuko (30)
* Hayami Mokomichi as Aoyama Keisuke (23)
* Sato Jiro as Kuroki Fumito (40)
* Maekawa Yasuyuki as Oikawa Naoto (28)
* Horikita Maki as Yamada Aoi (17)
* Koide Saori as Takeda Karin (17)
* Gekidan Hitori as Matsunaga Yuusaku (30)
* Toyohara Kosuke as Sakurai Kazuya (38)
* Akiyoshi Kumiko as Aoyama Yuki (48)
* Kishibe Shiroo as Yamada Tsuneo (48)
* Sugawara Eiji as Kawamoto Shinji (27)

Aladdin Channel Users

* Oguri Shun as Minamoto Munetaka
* Rokkaku Seiji as Ushijima Sadao
* Yamazaki Shigenori as Asano Shinpei
* Sakurai Chizu as Hashizume Ryoko
* Nukumizu Youichi as Ichisaka Susumu
* Gashuin Tatsuya as Tominaga
* Nasubi as Couple man
* Tamura Tagame as Couple girl
* Matsuo Satoru as Thespa
* Nomizu Iori as Kagami Moé
* Kikuma Yukino as Housewife
* Yamanaka Takashi as Fuyuhiko
* Yashiba Toshihiro as Freeter
* Namioka Kazuki as Music otaku
* Doi Yoshio as Conductor
* Kakeda Makoto (掛田誠) as Middle-aged man
* Murakami Wataru (村上航) as Military otaku
* Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Prep school student
* Yumita Makoto (弓田真好杜) as Bodybuilder
* Mizuno Tomonori (水野智則) as Moeta
* Nakajima Yoko as Sachiyo
* Toyonaga Toshiyuki (豊永利行) as Sharp-dressed man
* Kase Takao (加瀬尊朗) as Good looking man
* Ebihara Keisuke (海老原敬介) as Tobita Koki

Correlation Chart
Guests

* Yamada Takayuki (ep1, SP)
* Hanahara Teruko (ep1)
* Kikuma Yukino (ep1)
* Tsukaji Muga as Kinoshita Koichi (ep1-2, 10-11)
* Izumiya Shigeru (ep1, 11)
* Zheng Longjin (鄭龍進) as Tezuka (ep1,3,10)
* Shirosaki Jin (ep2)
* Katsurayama Shingo as Seno (ep3-4)
* Kaito Aiko as Hayama Kaoru (ep4, 5)
* Ohkura Koji (ep5)
* Horiuchi Ken as Akiba Kanpei (ep7-8, 10, 11)
* Yamashita Shinji (ep8, 9)
* Kajiwara Yuta (梶原雄太) as Japanese soldier (ep10)
* Ito Takahiro as Chubo (ep10)
* Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Evangelion otaku (ep10)
* Toda Keiko (ep11)
* Sonim as Tiffany (SP)
* Iwasa Mayuko as the girl who tricked Guitar Otoko (SP)


Production Credits

* Original writing: Nakano Hitori
* Screenwriters: Muto Shogo, Tokunaga Tomokazu
* Producers: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Kawanishi Taku, Suzuki Yoshihiro
* Directors: Takeuchi Hideki, Nishiura Masaki, Kobayashi Kazuhiro
* Music: Face 2 fAKE

Recognitions

* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor, Ito Atsushi
* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, Shiraishi Miho
* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director, Takeuchi Hideki
* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement
* 46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening


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