I Wanna Punch that Scumbag![1] (Japanese: あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ, Hepburn: Ano kuzu wo nagutte yaritainda) is a romantic comedy television series scheduled to air in the Tuesday Drama slot on TBS Television from October 2024. It stars Nao.[2]
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| Japanese | あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ |
| Genre | Romantic comedy |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
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| Running time | 57 minutes |
| Production company | TBS Television (Japan) |
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| Release | October 2024 – December 2024 |
The catchphrase for this television series is "My love hurts."[3]
Yuta Tamamori plays Kairi Kuzutani, a mysterious blond man who meets the main character, Hokomi. This is his first appearance in a Tuesday drama in three years since Oh My Boss! Love Not Included.[4] It is a completely original scripted television series about a woman who takes both love and boxing earnestly.[4]
Premise
editThe protagonist, Hokomi Sato (Nao), is a 29-year-old woman with a serious personality who works at a city hall. After her boyfriend runs away from her on her wedding day and she also discovers that he has been unfaithful, she decides never to be steady with a scumbag again. Then she meets Kairi Kuzutani (Yuta Tamamori), a kind and friendly man. When Kairi helps her out when she is down, she feels a sense of destiny, but soon finds out his true identity. She then started boxing, partly due to Kairi's influence. As she continues to be involved with Kairi, she learns more about his past.[5]
Production
editTelevision producer Mitsuki Tomura said that they created an original script to tell the story of a woman's growth through boxing and her love affair with someone she initially thought she disliked, but who she comes to gradually fall in love with.[6] The main character, Hokomi, is a serious and clumsy woman, but her mere presence brightens up those around her and makes them want to cheer her on, so she was cast as a perfect match for Nao.[6] Kairi is a man with secrets and is difficult to grasp, with a carefree smile and a dark expression. Tomura cast Tamamori for the role of Kairi because of the gap between when Tamamori smiles and when he has a straight face.[6] For this role, Tamamori underwent a physical transformation. After a concert by his boy band Kis-My-Ft2 in February, Tamamori weighed 59 kilograms (130 lb), gained 13 kilograms (29 lb) in two months with muscle training,[7] then lost more than 12 kilograms (26 lb) again.[8]
About the work, Nao said that she is excited to see what kind of work it will be because she has never seen a combination of a romantic comedy and boxing in a television series before. She said she hopes to convey to everyone the appeal of boxing and the beauty of building trust with others.[6] Tamamori said that he was glad when he received the offer but also felt a lot of pressure. He said that it had been a long time since he had acted in a love story, so he wanted to give his all to the role. He said that Kairi is a character he has never played before, so he hoped that he could inspire the viewers. He said he hopes people will look forward to the television series, which is a romantic comedy but has various messages and is a passionate work.[6]
Promotion
editPrior to the broadcast of the television series starting in October 2024, three TBS Television dramas appearing with Tamamori, La Grande Maison Tokyo, Oh My Boss! Love Not Included,[9] and He is Beautiful,[10] were streamed for a limited time from September 2024 on the free to stream TVer as "TBS drama autumn special".
Cast
edit- Hokomi Sato (Nao)
- She is 29 years old with a serious personality. On her wedding day, her boyfriend runs away from her and she also discovers that he is cheating on her. She decides not to be steady with such a scumbag anymore and starts boxing to change herself.[11]
- Kairi Kuzuya (Yuta Tamamori)
- A mysterious man who is a photographer by day and a bartender by night. He and Hokomi meet as photographers at the wedding venue where she was to hold her wedding ceremony. He has a friendly personality and is very popular with the ladies.[2] He kindly reaches out to her when she is depressed after her breakup, but he has suffered a traumatic event in his past and lives in an unusual place. For some reason, he knows the people at the boxing gym that she goes to.[11]
- Yui Hanegi (Sae Okazaki)[12]
- Daughter of the chairperson of the boxing gym where Hanegi goes to school. Yui had aspired to become a professional boxer, but due to certain circumstances, she is now a trainer at the boxing gym.
- Kanato Ohba (Yuta Koseki)[12]
- An elite civil servant who works at the same city hall as Hokomi. He is perfect at his job, but not good at love.
- Satoru Aizawa (Yuki Kura)[13]
- He is an assistant to Kairi, a photographer. He is Kairi's roommate and lives in the same room with Kairi. He adores Kairi, but in fact, he has a secret that she cannot tell Kairi.
- Sayami Sato (Yui Narumi)[13]
- The younger sister of Hikomi. She is divorced and raising her daughter, Mimi, while helping out at her mother's snack bar. She is the complete opposite of Hokomi; she is free-spirited and prone to getting into steady relationships with scruffy men, but she has a cheerful personality.
- Nade Nitta (Shiori Tamai)[13]
- A co-worker who works at the same city hall as Hokomi. She has a cheerful personality and is a good personal friend of Hokomi's.
- Nari Hanegi (Atsuro Watabe)[14]
- The chairman of the boxing gym where Hokomi attends. He is a former boxer and a former champion of Japan.
- Akemi Sato (Yuki Saito)[15]
- Hokomi's mother. She has been with only scruffy men in her life. Currently, she is a mom of a small snack bar, but she is still popular with men and always has a boyfriend. She has a cheerful personality that can laugh off any misfortune.
Staff
edit- Screenplay: Yoko Izumisawa, Keiko Koname[16]
- Producer: Korai Tomura, Daiki Sai, Masako Miyazaki[16]
- Director: Shingo Okamoto, Yasuharu Ishii, Sakura Komaki[16]
- Production Writings: TBS Television[16]
Reference
edit- ^ "I Wanna Punch that Scumbag!". TBS Television. 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b "奈緒の主演ドラマ「あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ」10月放送、玉森裕太はとにかくモテる役". natalie (in Japanese). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "奈緒×玉森裕太『あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ』ポスタービジュアル公開". oricon (in Japanese). 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ a b "奈緒、10月スタート『あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ』でTBSドラマ初主演 玉森裕太は"火ドラ"に3年ぶりの凱旋「キュンキュン系は久しぶり」". thetv (in Japanese). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ". crankin (in Japanese). 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ a b c d e "『あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ』放送決定". TBS Television (in Japanese). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "キスマイ玉森裕太、2ヵ月で13キロ増量「人生で1番でかいかも」". modelpress (in Japanese). 2024-06-12. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ From Tamamori's own Instagram live on August 26, 2024.
- ^ "神木隆之介、玉森裕太、松下洸平、竜星涼ら過去出演ドラマがTVerで配信開始". Realsound (in Japanese). 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "初配信となる「美男ですね」と「ガチバカ！」を期間限定で無料配信が決定！". TBS Television (in Japanese). 2024-09-11. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ a b "奈緒＆玉森裕太、秋の火曜ドラマで共演！ 「あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ」". cinemacafe (in Japanese). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b "奈緒×玉森裕太のドラマ「あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ」に岡崎紗絵、小関裕太が出演". natalie (in Japanese). 2024-08-20. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ a b c "奈緒×玉森裕太『あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ』新キャスト3人発表【キャラクター紹介あり】". oricon (in Japanese). 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "渡部篤郎 ドラマ「あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ」出演決定！". stardust.co.jp (in Japanese). 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ "斉藤由貴 ドラマ「あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ」出演決定！". toho-net (in Japanese). 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ a b c d "奈緒、『あのクズを殴ってやりたいんだ』でTBSドラマ初主演 玉森裕太が金髪の"沼らせ"男に". Realsound (in Japanese). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-09.