Details
Title: バンビーノ!
Title (romaji): Bambino!
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 14.2 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2007-Apr-18 to 2007-Jun-27
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: We can make it! by Arashi
Synopsis
A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. After a year of working at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo (Matsumoto Jun), an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking skills as a chef in Italian cuisine. He discovers he has much to learn and has to continually prove himself to the very competitive, quick and efficient staff at the upscale Italian restaurant.
Cast
Matsumoto Jun as Ban Shogo
Karina as Hibino Asuka
Sato Ryuta as Katori Nozomi
Uchida Yuki as Shishido Miyuki
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Kuwabara Atsushi
Kitamura Kazuki as Yonamine Tsukasa
Ichimura Masachika as Shishido Tekkan
Hosshan (ほっしゃん。) as Oda Toshio
Mukai Osamu as Senoo Masashi
Komatsu Ayaka as Minakawa Kozue
Yamamoto Kei as Endo Susumu
Fukiishi Kazue as Takahashi Eri
Sasaki Takao (佐々木崇雄) as Nagai Hirokazu
Sato Yusuke as Takanashi Hiroshi
Aso Kosuke (麻生幸佑) as Shibata Kenichiro
Toda Keiko as Nogami Kyoko (eps. 5-7)
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Hayama Yasuhide (ep. 7)
Production Credits
Original writing: Sekiya Tetsuji (せきやてつじ)
Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Producer: Kato Masatoshi
Director: Otani Taro, Murase Ken (村瀬健), Asai Chizu (浅井千端)
Music: Kanno Yugo
