Details
Title: 明日があるさ
Title (romaji): Ashita ga Arusa
Title (English): There's Always Tomorrow, We Have Tomorrow
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, friendship, romance, family
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 19.3 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2001-Apr-21 to 2001-Jun-30
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Ashita ga Arusa by Re:JAPAN
Insert song: Baby if by Fayray
Synopsis
A decade of economic slump has certainly taken their toll on corporate Japan, and no one group more so than the white collar workers that laden Japan Inc. For Toaru Corporation, a large Osaka-based trading company, times are tough. At the products trading division in the Tokyo office of this struggling company, desperation is always in the air as this on-the-verge-of-being-downsized group tries hard to find a new business niche to survive. Their morale low and their activity listless, the group needs leadership. Enter Assistant Manager Hamada (of comedy group "Downtown" fame) to shake things up. But can the ever-positive-thinking and hard-charging Hamada turn things around? This comedy will have you enjoying all the trials and tribulations of work, friendship, inter-company romance, family, and future dreams. Remember, there's always tomorrow. --NTV
Cast
Hamada Masatoshi
Matsumoto Hitoshi
Inamori Izumi
Hazama Kanpei
Fujii Takashi
Ito Shiro
Yanagiba Toshiro
Higashino Koji
Endo Shozo
Tanaka Naoki
Aoshima Yukio
Nakama Yukie
Yamada Hanako
Fukikoshi Mitsuru
Sagara Haruko (相楽晴子)
Koura Kazumasa
Tsuchiya Kumiko (土屋久美子)
Itaya Yuka
Yamamoto Emi (山本恵美)
Hirata Yuka
Guests
Shimizu Kei (清水圭) (ep1)
Minomonta (みのもんた) (ep2)
Toda Maiko (ep2)
Kishibe Shiro (ep3)
Lasalle Ishii (ep4)
Watabiki Katsuhiko (ep4)
Konishi Manami (ep4)
Hayashiya Pe (林家ペー) (ep4)
Hayashiya Pako (林家パー子) (ep4)
Tamura Atsushi (ep5)
Michael Tomioka (マイケル富岡) (ep5)
Fujiki Takashi (藤木孝) (ep5)
Rikiya (力也) (ep6)
Kanda Uno (ep6)
Hashi Ryugo (ep6)
Fujimura Shunji (ep6)
Tsunogae Kazue (角替和枝) (ep6)
Ayata Toshiki (綾田俊樹) (ep6)
Fujioka Hiroshi (ep7)
Fukaura Kanako (ep7)
Nishikawa Kiyoshi (西川きよし) (ep8)
Mizukawa Asami (ep9)
Katsumura Masanobu (ep10)
Matsushige Yutaka (ep10)
Akai Hidekazu (ep10)
Murakami Tomoko (ep10)
Hanaki Kyo (花紀京) (ep10-11)
Hosokawa Toshiyuki (ep11)
Tamura Ryo (ep11)
Shofukutei Shohei (笑福亭鶴瓶) (ep11)
Fayray (ep11)
Yamasaki Hosei (山崎邦正) (ep11)
Saito Toshihide (斉藤敏豪) (ep11)
Suga Kenji (菅賢治) (ep11)
Katsura Sanshi (桂三枝) (SP)
Utsui Ken (SP)
Kakei Toshio (SP)
Ishimaru Kenjiro (SP)
Hiraizumi Sei (SP)
Kurano Takahiro (蔵野孝洋) (SP)
Sunaga Kei (SP)
Yamaji Kazuhiro (SP)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Takasu Mitsuyoshi (高須光聖), Tama Shiori (多摩栞), Ono Toshiya (大野敏哉), Habara Daisuke (羽原大介), Miyahara Ibuki (宮原氣)
Planning: Sato Atsushi
Producer: Kono Hidehiro, Okamoto Akihiko (岡本昭彦)
Director: Saegusa Takaomi (三枝孝臣), Ri Toshio (李闘士男), Iwamoto Hitoshi
Music: Sahashi Toshihiko
Music selection: Nakanishi Kyo
