Details
Title: トンスラ
Title (English): Tonsure
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 12＋SP
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-04 to 2008-Dec-27
Air time: Saturday 24:55
Theme song: Somaru yo by chatmonchy
Synopsis
Yabu is an unattractive and incompetent middle-aged publishing editor. Mika is a beautiful young author who debuted at 18 and has since written two best-sellers. When Yabu commissions some writing from Mika, she suddenly finds herself stricken with writer's block. Somehow, Yabu ends up being confined to Mika's home, resulting in a strange state of cohabitation for the mismatched pair. --Tokyograph
Cast
Nukumizu Youichi as Yabuta Hidehiko aka Yabu
as Yabuta Yukijiro (ep4)
Yoshitaka Yuriko as Kashiwaba Mika
Guests
Kurine Makoto (栗根まこと) Editor-in-chief, Komori (ep1-3,5,11-12)
Kato Ayumu (加藤歩) (ep1-3,11-12)
Hara Kazuo (原一男) as himself (ep1)
Eguchi Noriko as Sajima, Mika's manager (ep1)
Yurisa (ユリサ) as Eba (ep1)
Mori Tomomi (森ともみ) as Mayumi (ep1)
Suga Tomio (菅登未男) as store owner (ep1)
Yanagi Yurei (柳憂怜) as Sawaguchi, cult leader (ep2,6,10)
Haba Yuichi as Kenichi, Mika's father (ep2,6,10)
Sekida Aoi (関田葵) as young Mika (ep2,6,10)
Ishii Ryuji (石井竜二) as bully (ep2)
Udo Maki (有働真樹) as bully (ep2)
Tsubaki Nao (椿直) as bully (ep2)
Nagashima Shinichiro (長島伸一郎) as bully (ep2)
Yoshimi Dai (好美大) as bully (ep2)
Komatsu Kazushige (小松和重) as sailor (ep2)
Kago Ai as Kurume Mai (ep3,6,11-12)
Bando Eiji as himself (ep3)
Sootome Keiko (五月女ケイ子) as Ogi Naomi (ep3)
Inoue Yoshiko as Toyotomi Taeko (ep3)
Sada Mayumi as Toyotomi Taeko (ep3)
Nonaka Takamitsu (野中隆光) as store clerk (ep5)
Riju Go as Mr. Yoshihara (ep5)
Hirota Leona as Mrs. Yoshihara (ep5)
Tanaka Yoji (ep5)
Ichikawa Shinpei (市川しんぺー) as Sakurai (ep5)
Inoue Fumiko (井上富美子) as news anchor (ep5-6)
Nakagawake Reiji (中川礼二) (ep6)
Kobayashi Megumi (ep6)
Iketani Nobue as Kumiko (ep6-8)
Yamane Kazuma as Kei, Mika's ex (ep6-8)
Murata Yoko (村田洋子) (ep6)
Muramatsu Toshifumi as exorcist (ep6-8)
Asakura Erika (朝倉えりか) as Yasumi (ep7-8)
Bluesky (ブルースカイ) (ep7)
Murakami Toshiko (村上寿子) (ep7)
Moda Ruriko (藻田留理子) (ep7)
Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Koichi, Kumiko's husband (ep7-8)
Hara Kintaro (原金太郎) as Takayuki (ep7-8)
Hirata Kaoru as Yoko, Kei's fiancée (ep8)
Nakano Kumiko (中野久美子) as Akemi (ep9)
Owada Shinya as Joji, Yabu's father (ep9)
Kunieda Ryohei (国枝量平) as Akemi's father (ep9)
Takimoto Yuni (滝本ゆに) as Akemi's mother (ep9)
Nozoe Seiji (ノゾエ征爾) as reporter (ep10-12)
Sakai Maki as Reiko (ep10)
Kitayama Hiroshi (北山ひろし) as samurai (ep10)
Suda Kunihiro (須田邦裕) as capturer (ep11-12)
Tsuda Kanji as SAT squad leader (ep11-12)
Ito Shuko (伊藤修子) (ep12)
Takeshima Masayoshi (竹島正義) (ep12)
Matsuo Tomouchi (松尾伴内) as restaurant owner (ep12)
Hou Wei (候偉) as restaurant deliveryman (ep12)
Makimura Senzaburo (牧村泉三郎) as hostage (father) (ep12)
Tsuchiya Mihoko (土屋美穂子) as hostage (mother) (ep12)
Inagawa Mika (稲川実花) as hostage (daughter) (ep12)
Komaki Takahiro (駒木崇宏) (ep12)
Yabushita Hideki (藪下秀樹) (ep12)
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Tonsure by Tsuzuki Hiroshi (都築浩)
Screenwriters: Tsuzuki Hiroshi (都築浩) (ep1-2,11-12), Miki Satoshi (ep1), Moriya Kentaro (守屋健太郎) (ep2-3), Kakinomoto Ryu (柿本流) (ep2-3), Tanaka Makoto (田中誠) (ep4-5), Sano Tatsuya (佐野達也) (ep6), Bluesky (ブルースカイ) (ep7-8), Kobayashi Masaki (小林正樹) (ep9), Ujita Takashi (宇治田隆史) (ep10)
Producers: Ito Hibiki (伊藤響), Muto Taishi (武藤大司), Sugita Hiromitsu (杉田浩光), Kobayashi Mitsuko (小林みつこ)
Directors: Miki Satoshi (ep1), Moriya Kentaro (守屋健太郎) (ep2-3), Tanaka Makoto (田中誠) (ep4-5), Sano Tatsuya (佐野達也) (ep6), Honda Ryuichi (本田隆一) (ep7-8), Kobayashi Masaki (小林正樹) (ep9), Kumakiri Kazuyoshi (熊切和嘉) (ep10), Niki Keisuke (仁木啓介) (ep11-12)
Music: Sakaguchi Osamu (坂口修)
Episode Titles
Ep 01: Day 1: Suffering
Ep 02: Day 2: Revelation
Ep 03: Day 3: Baptism
Ep 04: Day 4: Advent
Ep 05: Day 5: Pilgrimage
Ep 06: Day 6: Atonement
Ep 07: Day 7: Demonic Possession
Ep 08: Day 8: Salvation
Special (Behind the Scenes)
Ep 09: Day 9: Gospel
Ep 10: Day 10: Martyr
Ep 11: Day 11: Exile
Ep 12: Day 12: Miracle
Tonsure
