Details
Title: 世界で一番熱い夏
Title (romaji): Sekai de Ichiban Atsui Natsu
Also known as: The Hottest Summer in the world / One Hot Summer
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 9.5%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2001-Jul-06 to 2001-Sep-14
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Tsubasa ga Nakutemo by Color
Synopsis
Daisuke Kami (Kishitani Goro) is the chief private secretary of a powerful parliamentarian, Yuji Tojo (Ono Takehiko). He dreams of becoming a politician and changing Japan. Daisuke looks up to Tojo as his ideal of a clean politician. He wants to become just like him. Daisuke is very busy and barely has any time to spend with his wife Kumiko (Wakui Emi) and daughter Chiemi (Saori Nakane). Despite this, Kumiko is very supportive of Daisuke.
One day Daisuke receives an urgent call from fellow private secretary, Ryoko Enomoto (Hara Sachie) to meet with him. She shows him a memo with his signature on it. It says that Daisuke accepted a payment of 50 million from a construction company. He has no recollection of this, but Tojo abandons him telling an astonished Daisuke he has done a terrible thing. Tojo accuses Daisuke of trying to fit him for accepting a bribe. Daisuke is alone and an intense pursuit by the police and media begins. --TBS
Cast
Kishitani Goro as Kami Daisuke
Wakui Emi as Kami Kumiko
Hara Sachie as Enomoto Ryoko
Kazama Shunsuke as Takashi
Yanagisawa Shingo as Mappo
Yamaguchi Moe as Kawai Reiko
Suzuki Shiro as Suzuki-san
Yamashita Shinji as Masaki Jun
Ono Takehiko as Tojo Yuuji
Tanaka Kunie (田中邦衛) as Yabu-san (special appearance)
Kotegawa Yuuko as Hara-san
Aijima Kazuyuki
Oka Ayumi
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Tsuzuki Hiroshi (都築浩), Watanabe Mutsuki, Matsuda Tomoko (松田知子)
Producer: Yamada Yasuhiro
Director: Fukuzawa Katsuo, Oooka Susume (大岡進), Yoshida Akio, Hirano Shunichi
Music: Yoshimata Ryo
