Details
Title: パンドラ
Title (English): Pandora
Genre: Suspense
Format: Renzoku
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Air time: Sunday 22:00-23:00
Season 1
Episodes: 8
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-06 to 2008-May-25
Theme song: The Good Life by Tony Bennett
Synopsis
Suzuki is an eccentric at university hospital who has been conducting a research to come up with a miracle drug for cancer on his own. One day, Suzuki finally succeeds in developing a new type of anticancer drug that completely hinders the self-renewal of all cancer stem cells. However, his colleagues do not seem to share his excitement, and he is not even allowed to carry out clinical trial on humans. Suzuki is disheartened and completely at a loss by this but then he comes across a girl, Manami, who is suffering from terminal cancer. With help from her, he successfully carries out clinical trial. Yet, things take an unexpected turn. What will become of Suzuki, Manami and all the others around them? What is the fate of this new drug? Pandora's box released all the evils as soon as it was opened. What is it that is ultimately left inside? --Fuji TV
Cast
Mikami Hiroshi as Suzuki Hideki (41)
Yanagiba Toshiro as Matoba Shinichi (42)
Konishi Manami as Iida Sayoko (28)
Kunimura Jun as Otaguro Shigeyuki (52)
Tanimura Mitsuki as Mizuno Aimi (17)
Yamamoto Koji as Tachikawa Haruo (34)
Ono Takehiko as Fukami Jinichiro (55)
Hirata Mitsuru as Tomota Shogo (50)
Yamamoto Kei as Midorikawa Fujio (66)
Uehara Misa as Kadowaki Chika (22)
Kichise Michiko as Katsura Hitomi (37)
Aijima Kazuyuki as Numabe Yoshihiro (43)
Yamane Kazuma as Mamoru
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Inoue Yumiko
Producer: Ogura Hisao
Director: Kawake Shunsaku, Wakamatsu Setsuro, Kobayashi Yoshinori
Music: Sato Naoki
Episode Titles
Ep 01: Discovery
Ep 02: Desire
Ep 03: Betrayal
Ep 04: Sin
Ep 05: Trap
Ep 06: Rage
Ep 07: Death
Ep 08: Love
Awards
1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Grand Prix (Renzoku)
1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Screenplay - Inoue Yumiko
1st Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Director - Kawake Shunsaku
Pandora
