Masshiro (まっしろ, English title "Nurses of the Palace") is a Japanese soap opera series created by Yumiko Inoue.[1][2] She wrote the screenplay based on her own experiences of her father being in hospital.[3] Maki Horikita played the lead role as a nurse. It premiered on TBS on 13 January 2015, and concluded 17 March 2015, airing 10 episodes.
| Masshiro | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Yumiko Inoue |
| Directed by | Natsuki Imai Toshio Tsuboi Yūsuke Itō Keigo Higashinaka Shin Katō |
| Starring | Maki Horikita Yūya Yagira Mirai Shida Rin Takanashi Ken Ishiguro Miki Mizuno Tae Kimura |
| Ending theme | "Fighting Girls" by Miwa |
| Composers | Masaru Yokoyama Masato Suzuki |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Hiroki Ueda Keigo Higashinaka |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS |
| Release | January 13 – March 17, 2015 |
Cast edit
- Maki Horikita as Akari Arimura, a nurse who wants to marry a wealthy man
- Yūya Yagira as Kōtarō Nakano, a young surgeon who studied cutting-edge medicine in the United States
- Mirai Shida as Nana Matsuoka, Arimura's nurse colleague
- Rin Takanashi as Yūko Wada, Arimura's nurse colleague
- Ken Ishiguro as Masataka Satō, a director of the Tōō hospital surgical center
- Miki Mizuno as Megumi Iwabuchi, a veteran nurse
- Tae Kimura as Shizuka Tanoshima, a head nurse
Episodes edit
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Ratings (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "玉の輿を狙う新人ナース!! この白い大奥で恋に仕事に勝つ" | Natsuki Imai | January 13, 2015 | 7.9[4] |
| 2 | "口外厳禁!! 開かずの病室の秘密" | Toshio Tsuboi | January 20, 2015 | 7.8[5] |
| 3 | "師長退陣!? 看護師全面戦争! 患者と禁断の恋" | Yūsuke Itō | January 27, 2015 | 5.7[6] |
| 4 | "生きる! 勇気を私にくれた人" | Natsuki Imai | February 3, 2015 | 5.1[7] |
| 5 | "人生最後の願いとは?" | Toshio Tsuboi | February 10, 2015 | 5.4[8] |
| 6 | "元カレ妻を看護!?命をかけて守る大切なもの" | Keigo Higashinaka | February 17, 2015 | 5.9[9] |
| 7 | "優しい嘘… 残酷な告知!本物の愛の選択とは" | Natsuki Imai | February 24, 2015 | 4.6[10] |
| 8 | "攻めの看護20年間の覚悟!!" | Shin Katō | March 3, 2015 | 4.9[11] |
| 9 | "究極の選択 救えないオペか尊厳ある死か!?" | Toshio Tsuboi | March 10, 2015 | 5.4[12] |
| 10 | "哀しみの涙、瞳に宿るは希望" | Natsuki Imai | March 17, 2015 | 5.2[13] |
References edit
- ^ 堀北真希主演『まっしろ』初回7.9% (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 志田未来「女って怖いなって思いました」 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ はじめに TBSテレビ:火曜ドラマ『まっしろ』 [Introduction TBS TV Tuesdays Drama Masshiro] (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希はドSなナースを熱演!「まっしろ」初回は7.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第2話は7.8% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第3話は5.7% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第4話は5.1% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第5話は5.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第6話は5.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第7話は4.6% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第8話は4.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第9話は5.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
- ^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」最終回は5.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
External links edit
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Nurses of the Palace (Official website)
- Masshiro on Twitter (in Japanese)
- Masshiro at IMDb
