Details
Title: ビーチボーイズ
Title (English): Beach Boys
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12 + 1 SP
Viewership ratings: 26.5%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 1997-Jul-07 to 1997-Sep-22
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Forever by Sorimachi Takashi & Richie Sambora
Synopsis
Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi (Sorimachi) decides to head for the ocean. En route, he crosses paths with Kaito (Takenouchi), an elite employee of a large multinational trading company in Tokyo who is running away from his problems at work after losing a key client. The two stumble into a quiet B&B on the beach run by the aging surfer Masaru and his high-school-aged granddaughter Makoto. Hiromi immediately applies to work there for the summer, and Kaito is forced to join him after he loses his wallet. The two share a room, with Hiromi trying to make friends, and Kaito at first resisting, unimpressed by Hiromi's devil-may-care attitude. Slowly over the ensuing episodes, Kaito becomes more and more at home in this sleepy rural town, and begins to wonder if he should give up his pursuit of success in the big city, and try to relax, and enjoy himself more. When he returns to Tokyo to finish his work, Hiromi and Makoto come to lure him back, but when he returns to the B&B, his boss and girlfriend Sakura likewise come looking for him.
SP Synopsis
3 months have passed since the events on the beach. Kaito works for a marine biologist (Kirishima Karen) whereas Hiromi dates the heiress (Shinohara Ryoko) of a Hawaiian hotel owner. When Kaito's work takes him to the island as well, they run into each other by chance. Makoto and Haruko now run the B&B back in Japan. One day they win a trip which will make the reunion complete.
Cast
Sorimachi Takashi as Sakurai Hiromi
Takenouchi Yutaka as Suzuki Kaito
Hirosue Ryoko as Izumi Makoto
Inamori Izumi as Maeda Haruko
Mike Maki as Izumi Masaru
Akimoto Yuki as Yamazaki Sakura (Kaito's girlfriend)
Hara Sachie as Terao Hazuki
Hiraga Masaomi as the taxi driver
Takeno Isao as the postman
Kawaoka Daijiro as Yosuke, Makoto's classmate
Sato Hitomi as Yuuko, Makoto's classmate
Tsuji Kaori as Hara Fujiko (Hiromi's former girlfriend)
Hiraizumi Sei as Kaito's boss
Tanaka Yoshiko
Okayama Hajime
Hatano Hiroko
Yamanaka So
Kirishima Karen (SP)
Shinohara Ryoko (SP), Hiromi's new girlfriend
Ryu Raita (SP)
Kimura Yoshino (SP), the girl on the plane
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Producers: Kameyama Chihiro (亀山千広), Takai Ichiro
Directors: Ishizaka Reiko, Sawada Kensaku, Kimura Tatsuaki
Music: Takebe Satoshi (武部聡志)
