Details
Title: ハケンの品格
Title (romaji): Haken no Hinkaku
Also known as: Haken's Dignity / The Pride of the Temp
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 20.10%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-10 to 2007-Mar-14
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Mienai Hoshi by Nakashima Mika
Synopsis
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F’s new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke’s department, she finds herself doing more work than she’s ever done before.
This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.
Cast
Shinohara Ryoko as Oomae Haruko (?)
Kato Ai as Mori Miyuki (23)
Koizumi Kotaro as Satonaka Kensuke (30)
Oizumi Yo as Shouji Takeshi (32)
Katsuji Ryo as Asano Tsutomu (23)
Itaya Yuka as Kuroiwa Masako (30)
Yasuda Ken as Hitotsugi Shinya (30)
Shirota Yu as Amaya Ryuto (20)
Shirakawa Yumi as Amaya Mayuko (58)
Komatsu Masao as Ogasawara Shigeru (62)
Matsukata Hiroki as Kirishima Toshio (60)
Kamiji Yusuke as Kin Kosaku
Shimizu Yuki as Takei Hitomi
Iriyama Noriko as Shimada Kaoru
Macha-Macha as Machiko
Suho Reiko as Ito (ep1)
Watanabe Ikkei (ep2, 3)
Ono Takehiko (ep3)
Gamou Junichi (蒲生純一) (ep3)
Kudo Risa (ep6)
Toyama Kyoko (ep6)
Motai Masako (ep6)
Matsuda Kazusa (ep8)
Saito Shota (ep9)
Ishida Hikari (ep9)
Kaneko Ken (ep10)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Nakazono Miho
Producers: Hazeyama Yuko, Uchiyama Masahiro (内山雅博)
Director: Nagumo Seiichi, Sato Toya
Music: Kanno Yugo
Episode Titles
Ep 01: To Work is to Live...Super Temp worker Arrives
Ep 02: War! Temp worker vs. Full-timers
Ep 03: Full-timer's Friendship, Temp worker's Duty
Ep 04: Sad Love and Hourly Wage
Ep 05: Hourly Wage Invaders vs. "Sea Slug" Senior
Ep 06: Tearful Overtime on Valentine's Day
Ep 07: Love is Prohibited in the Business Plan Competition!
Ep 08: Proposal to a Temp worker!?
Ep 09: Super Temp worker's Past
Ep 10: Contract Ends!...Super Temp worker's Final Skill
