Details
Title: 電車男 (でんしゃ おとこ)
Title (romaji): Densha Otoko
Also known as: Train Man
Genre: Romance, comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Renzoku
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 21.04%
Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-07 to 2005-Sep-22
Air time: Thursday 22:00-22:54
Theme songs:
- Opening theme: Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra
- Ending theme: Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobun da ze by Sambomaster
A true love story turned to bestselling novel, created from the Internet BBS, 2channel to blockbuster hit movie. Ito Misaki plays Aoyama Saori, working as an office lady at a MNC, gets into trouble with a drunkard on a train. She's saved by Yamada Tsuyoshi, played by Ito Atsushi. As a form of appreciation, she sends him Hermes teacups. Having no experience with the opposite sex, Tsuyoshi decides to ask for help on the Aladdin Channel BBS on how to interact with Saori.
Cast
Ito Misaki as Aoyama Saori (25)
Ito Atsushi as Yamada Tsuyoshi (23)
Shiraishi Miho as Jinkama Kisuzu (26)
Sato Eriko as Sawazaki Kaho (25)
Sudo Risa as Mizuki Yuuko (30)
Hayami Mokomichi as Aoyama Keisuke (23)
Sato Jiro as Kuroki Fumito (40)
Maekawa Yasuyuki as Oikawa Naoto (28)
Horikita Maki as Yamada Aoi (17)
Koide Saori as Takeda Karin (17)
Gekidan Hitori as Matsunaga Yuusaku (30)
Toyohara Kosuke as Sakurai Kazuya (38)
Akiyoshi Kumiko as Aoyama Yuki (48)
Kishibe Shiroo as Yamada Tsuneo (48)
Sugawara Eiji as Kawamoto Shinji (27)
Aladdin Channel Users
Oguri Shun as Minamoto Munetaka
Rokkaku Seiji as Ushijima Sadao
Yamazaki Shigenori as Asano Shinpei
Sakurai Chizu as Hashizume Ryoko
Nukumizu Youichi as Ichisaka Susumu
Gashuin Tatsuya as Tominaga
Nasubi as Couple man
Tamura Tagame as Couple girl
Matsuo Satoru as Thespa
Nomizu Iori as Kagami Moé
Kikuma Yukino as Housewife
Yamanaka Takashi as Fuyuhiko
Yashiba Toshihiro as Freeter
Namioka Kazuki as Music otaku
Doi Yoshio as Conductor
Kakeda Makoto (掛田誠) as Middle-aged man
Murakami Wataru (村上航) as Military otaku
Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Prep school student
Yumita Makoto (弓田真好杜) as Bodybuilder
Mizuno Tomonori (水野智則) as Moeta
Nakajima Yoko as Sachiyo
Toyonaga Toshiyuki (豊永利行) as Sharp-dressed man
Kase Takao (加瀬尊朗) as Good looking man
Ebihara Keisuke (海老原敬介) as Tobita Koki
Guests
Yamada Takayuki (ep1, SP)
Hanahara Teruko (ep1)
Kikuma Yukino (ep1)
Taguchi Hiroko (ep1)
Tsukaji Muga as Kinoshita Koichi (ep1-2, 10-11)
Izumiya Shigeru (ep1, 11)
Zheng Longjin (鄭龍進) as Tezuka (ep1,3,10)
Shirosaki Jin (ep2)
Katsurayama Shingo as Seno (ep3-4)
Kaito Aiko as Hayama Kaoru (ep4, 5)
Ohkura Koji (ep5)
Horiuchi Ken as Akiba Kanpei (ep7-8, 10, 11)
Yamashita Shinji (ep8, 9)
Kajiwara Yuta (梶原雄太) as Japanese soldier (ep10)
Ito Takahiro as Chubo (ep10)
Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Evangelion otaku (ep10)
Toda Keiko (ep11)
Sonim as Tiffany (SP)
Iwasa Mayuko as the girl who tricked Guitar Otoko (SP)
Production Credits
Original writing: Nakano Hitori
Screenwriters: Muto Shogo, Tokunaga Tomokazu
Producers: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Kawanishi Taku, Suzuki Yoshihiro
Directors: Takeuchi Hideki, Nishiura Masaki, Kobayashi Kazuhiro
Music: Face 2 fAKE
Recognitions
46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor, Ito Atsushi
46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, Shiraishi Miho
46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director, Takeuchi Hideki
46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement
46th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Opening
