Details
Title: 任侠ヘルパー
Title (romaji): Ninkyo Helper
Also known as: The Chivalrous Helper
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 14.9 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-09 to 2009-Sep-17
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Sotto Kyutto by SMAP
Synopsis
Tsubasa Hikoichi is a yakuza underling who runs a loan shark operation in Roppongi. Hikoichi is brutal and efficient, and has no compunction about cheating the weak and poor out of their hard-earned money. When Hikoichi's boss dies, his replacement, Takayama Gensuke, wants the young hood to prepare himself for an executive position, and orders Hikoichi, along with other subordinate bosses, to get a job in an elderly care facility. Suffice it to say, the position isn't what Hikoichi expected it to be... --The Japan Times
Cast
Hayabusa Group
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Tsubasa Hikoichi
Kobayashi Kaito as young Tsubasa Hikoichi
Kuroki Meisa as Yomogi Riko
Matsudaira Ken as Takayama Gensuke
Yabu Kouta as Takayama Mikiya
Igarashi Shunji as Kurosawa Goro
Yuki Jutta as Muguruma Masato
Ukaji Takashi as Nihonbashi Kengo
Mukai Osamu as Nanami Kazuki
Taiyo Nursing Home
Osugi Ren as Sonozaki Yasuhiro
Yamamoto Yusuke as Izumi Reiji
Naka Riisa as Misora Haruna
Tachibana Yukiko (橘ユキコ) as Matsubara Hiromi
Yamada Shintaro as Oshima Yosuke
Takagi Manpei as Koga Kensuke
Takagi Shinpei as Koga Kosuke
Kai Marie (甲斐まり恵) as Togawa Yuka
Miura Mayu as Nomura Aiko
Heartfull Bird Company
Natsukawa Yui as Hatori Akira
Nakabeppu Aoi as Hino Yayoi
Yasuda Misako as Horii Satsuki
Others
Kato Seishiro as Hatori Ryota
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Furuya Osho (古家和尚)
Producer: Makino Tadashi (牧野正)
Director: Nishitani Hiroshi (ep1,7,11), Ishikawa Junichi (石川淳一) (ep2-3,5-6,10), Hayama Hiroki (葉山浩樹) (ep4,6,9)
Music: Kono Shin, Takami Yu
Ninkyo Helper
