Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu (ヤメゴク〜ヤクザやめて頂きます〜) is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on TBS on 16 April 2015.[1][2] This is Yuko Oshima's first time starring in the lead role of a serial drama.[2] It received an average viewership rating of 6.5%.[3]
| Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Takeharu Sakurai |
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| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Running time | 54 minutes |
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| Network | TBS |
| Release | 16 April – 18 June 2015 |
Cast edit
- Yuko Oshima as Bakushū Nagamitsu, a detective (Leading role)
- Kazuki Kitamura as Kakeru Mikajima
- Ryo Katsuji as Naomichi Sano, an advisor at the Yakuza countermeasure center
- Tsubasa Honda as Haruka Nagamitsu, Bakushū's sister and a nurse
- Tetsushi Tanaka as Hakubun Ishiyama, Bakushū's supervisor
- Ken Shōnozaki as Ken Tōjō, Bakushū's colleague
- Kouki Okada as Kouki Mizuhara, a detective
- Sayaka Yamaguchi as Shōko Aridome, a doctor
- Mio Miyatake as Sakura Nagamitsu, Bakushū's sister and a high school student
- Emiko Matsuoka as Yuka Mikajima, Bakushū's colleague
- Erena Kamata as Haru Mikajima
- Makiya Yamaguchi as Eitoku Tanigawa, a personal section manager at a police department
- Kim Sungrak as Senichi Mizuta, a Yakuza head
- Tadashi Sakata as Kiichirō Fujita
- Yūko Natori as Yumiko Nagamitsu, Bakushū's mother and a child care worker
- Kenichi Endō as Isao Tachibana, a Yakuza head
Episodes edit
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Viewers (%) |
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| 1 | "堤幸彦最新シリーズ！喪服の女警官とマル暴刑事 人情任侠事件簿" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 16 April 2015 | 9.1[4] |
| 2 | "人の再生を邪魔する奴は許さねえ 麦秋怒りの鉄拳！！！！" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 23 April 2015 | 6.7[5] |
| 3 | "秘密の依頼 娘の恋人がヤクザ！！" | Shin Katō | 30 April 2015 | 6.0[6] |
| 4 | "極道の妻VS女刑事!! 母の涙の訳" | Toshio Tsuboi | 7 May 2015 | 6.2[7] |
| 5 | "親の愛、友の情" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 14 May 2015 | 6.4[8] |
| 6 | "麦秋の過去を知る男" | Shin Katō | 21 May 2015 | 6.1[9] |
| 7 | "狙われた家族" | Toshio Tsuboi | 28 May 2015 | 5.2[10] |
| 8 | "兄が出所!?女弁護士との智略戦" | Tatsuya Shiraishi | 4 June 2015 | 5.8[11] |
| 9 | "残酷な真実" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 11 June 2015 | 6.2[12] |
| 10 | "命が示す人生道" | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | 18 June 2015 | 6.2[3] |
Curiosities edit
- Kazuki Kitamura and Kenichi Endō have already performed together in 2014 in The Raid 2, as well as Yakuzas: Kenichi Endō as Hideaki Goto, head of Goto Family, a powerful yakuza family from Japan and one of two mob bosses that control Jakarta and Kazuki Kitamura as Ryuichi, the main Goto lieutenant and interpreter.
- Yuko Oshima, the protagonist of this drama, is a former member from AKB48, one of the biggest groups of J-pop and Japan.
- Before Isao Tachibana, Kenichi Endō had already been portrayed/interpreted two notorious fictional yakuza bosses in previous films: Joji Yazaki in Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2 and Hideaki Goto in The Raid 2: Berandal. In the first two films, he is the main antagonist, and in The Raid 2 he is a kind of anti-hero / anti-villain.
- Actors with previous experiences in productions involving Yakuza: Kazuki Kitamura (Dead or Alive (film), Like a Dragon and The Raid 2), Ryo Katsuji (Crows Explode), Tetsushi Tanaka (Get Up! and Outrage Beyond), and Kenichi Endō (Like a Dragon, Crows Zero, Crows Zero 2, The Raid 2: Berandal, Dead or Alive 2: Birds and more).
- It is possible that Senichi Mizuta, one of the bosses of the Yakuza and one of characters of this series is Zainichi Korean, mainly because he is interpreted by a Korean Zainichi, Kim Sung-Rak. With that it is quite possible that he was inspired by Machii Hisayuki, "The Ginza Tiger" and founder of Toa-kai or Tokutaro Takayama, one of bosses of Aizukotetsu-kai.
References edit
- ^ 木曜ドラマ劇場『ヤメゴク～ヤクザやめて頂きます～』 (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Oshima Yuko to become a detective in new TBS drama". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b ヤメゴク～ヤクザやめて頂きます～ (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」初回視聴率は9.1% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第2話は6.7% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第3話は6.0% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第4話は6.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第5話は6.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第6話は6.1% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第7話は5.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第8話は5.8% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ^ 大島優子 連ドラ初主演「ヤメゴク」第9話は6.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
External links edit
- Official website
(in Japanese) - Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu on Twitter (in Japanese)
- YAMEGOKU - HELPLINE COP -
- Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu at IMDb
