Details
Title: ビッグマネー！
Title (English): Big Money!
Tagline: 〜浮世の沙汰は株しだい〜
Genre: Human drama / Mystery
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 10.76
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2001-Apr-11 to 2001-Jun-27
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: "Ever Since" by Sayaka
Synopsis
"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of the trade about stock exchange from a well-experienced investor. The backdrop of this story is the elaborate world of banking and the stock market.
Shirato Norimichi (Nagase) lives off the money his parents send him, and his winnings at pachinko while waiting to find permanent employment. One day, Shirato is recruited by a mysterious elderly gentleman by the name of Kozuka Taihei (Ueki). Shirato later finds out that the small, yet mild mannered Kozuka was once a legendary trader.
Although clouded by the mystery surrounding Kozuka, Shirato begins to work for him. In time, Shirato finds himself being mesmerized by the wave of numbers of the market.
Sometime later, Shirato learns Kozuka's real intentions...he wants to bankrupt one of the world's leading banks, Matsuba Bank.
The two men of very different ages then try to go up against Matsuba and the elite bankers that work at the giant Matsuba such as Yamazaki Fumihiko (Harada).
Source: Fuji TV
Cast
Nagase Tomoya as Shirato Norimichi
Okamoto Aya as Nakagawa Michiru
Matsushige Yutaka as Makida
Manabe Kaori as Kimoto Miyuki
Yachigusa Kaoru as Hatano Teruko
Kohinata Fumiyo as Kozuka Taihei
Ueki Hitoshi (植木等) as Kozuka Taihei
Harada Taizo as Yamazaki Fumihiko
Hasegawa Kyoko as Hosaka Haruka
Kondo Yoshimasa as Sekine Hideki
Kaneko Sayaka as Kawai Miki
Toji Takao as Miyamae
Akiyama Natsuko as Ryoko
Kouyama Shigeru as Inagaki Toudori
Aijima Kazuyuki as Matsui
Nakao Mie (中尾ミエ) as Aiko
Kimura Tae as Kyoko
Yamaji Kazuhiro as Ooyama
Kyono Kotomi as Yukari
Takahata Atsuko as Midori
Hanahara Teruko as Yae
Ukaji Takashi as Kent Fukuhara
Yoshitake Leo (吉武怜朗) as Isamu Futoshi
Hosono Yumiko as Nishina Hikari
Arisaka Kurume as Ichikawa Yumi
Kyokuyama Eri as Miura Yoshiko
Yajima Kenichi
Seki Keisuke
Production Credits
Original writing: Ishida Ira (石田衣良) Nami no Ue no Majutsushi
Screenwriter: Hata Takehiko, Hayashi Hiroshi (林宏司)
Producer: Wada Ko, Tsuchiya Takeshi (土屋健)
Director: Nishiura Masaki, Kimura Tatsuaki, Sakuraba Shinichi (桜庭信一)
Music: Knife Produced by Sin
