Details
Title: ショムニ
Title (romaji): Shomuni
Title (English): Power Office Ladies
Genre: Comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Air time: Wednesday 21:00
Cast
Esumi Makiko as Tsuboi Chinatsu
Kyono Kotomi as Tsukuhara Sawako
Sakurai Atsuko as Miyashita Kana
Hosho Mai as Maruhashi Ume
Toda Naho as Sugita Misono
Takahashi Yumiko as Himukai Rie
Toda Keiko as Tokunaga Azusa
Ishiguro Ken as Ukyo Tomohiro
Morimoto Leo as Inoue Koji
Takahashi Katsumi as Terasaki Torao
Aijima Kazuyuki
Ito Toshihito as Nonomura (season 1-2)
Musaka Naomasa (S1)
Hashizume Koichi (S1-2)
Yajima Kenichi (S1)
Kubo Akira (S1-3
Sawamura Ikki (S2-3)
Numata Baku (S2)
Okayama Hajime (S2)
Masana Bokuzo
Fukikoshi Mitsuru (S1)
Season 1
Episodes: 12 + 2 Specials
Viewership ratings: 21.8
Broadcast period: 1998-Apr-15 to 1998-Jul-01
Theme song: Sugao na Mama De by Izam with Astral Love
Synopsis
Shomuni (ショムニ) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Gumi Yasuda (安田弘之 Yasuda Gumi).
The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation.
GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies", simply because it is the place where female employees are dumped should they mess up big time elsewhere. Jobs include replacing used toilet rolls, changing light-bulbs, organizing company outings among other menial stuff. As an added incentive, their department is located in the nether regions of the company - in the basement, and is in fact a disused store room.
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Takahashi Rumi, Hashimoto Hiroshi
Producer: Takiyama Madoka, Funatsu Koichi
Director: Suzuki Masayuki
