Details
Title: べストパートナー
Title (English): Best Partner
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 17.9
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 1997-Oct-12 to 1997-Dec-21
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme songs:
- Ano Hi no Yoni, by Yazawa Eikichi
- Stay Gold by Ogawa Hirotaka
Two men with the same name work for the same company and are involved with the same girl. One is her husband and the other is her superior. Best Partner focuses on the life of Japan's corporate 30-somethings and the rivalry for success that encompasses their lives. Unbeknownst to each other, Suzuki Ichiro and Suzuki Ichiro both work for the same publishing firm in Tokyo. The only difference in their names is two strokes in the kanji character of their first names. Ichiro #1 marries his coworker, Hayama Asuka. Ichiro #2, who is Asuka's superior, attends the wedding reception and the two Ichiros meet for the very first time. But seeing how close his new wife and her superior seem to be, Ichiro #1 begins to feel anxious about the future. JDorama.com
Cast
Uchimura Teruyoshi
Watabe Atsuro
Sakai Maki
Takagi Saya
Mizuno Miki
Nogiwa Yoko
Kinomi Nana
Tanaka Misato
Ihara Tsuyoshi
Matsubara Chieko
Kobayashi Megumi
Hayashiya Kobuhei
Ikeda Jin
Sasaki Sumie
Yamamoto Midori
Shinagawa Toru
Karato Ryo