The Summer of the Bureaucrats
Posted on 21. Sep, 2009 in Drama, Japan
The story takes place in 1955, 10 years after losing in WWII. It tells the story of the government officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), who are carrying out their mission to make Japan as affluent and wealthy as the western world. The story revolves around Kazakoshi Shingo, otherwise known as “Mr. Ministry of International Trade and Industry”, and unfolds around the battle between the “industry supporters” who want to protect the national industry, and the “trade supporters” who are aiming for free trade to globalize the country.
Main Cast
- Sato Koichi as Kazakoshi Shingo
- Sakai Masato as Niwano Takahisa
- Takahashi Katsumi as Ayukawa Kotaro
- Sano Shiro as Nishimaru Kenji
- Nishimura Masahiko as Maruo Kaname
- Sugimoto Tetta as Maki Junzo
- Fukiishi Kazue as Yamamoto Makoto
- Tanaka Kei as Mikage Taiki
- Tokoshima Yoshiko as Kazakoshi Machiko
- Murakawa Eri as Kazakoshi Takako
- Takahashi Katsunori as Katayama Taisuke
- Funakoshi Eiichiro as Tamaki Hirobumi
- Kitaoji Kinya as Ikeuchi Nobuto
Other Information
- Title: 官僚たちの夏
- Title (romaji): Kanryotachi no Natsu
- Also known as: The Summer of the Bureaucrats
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Politics
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-05 start
Links
Go Ah Ra
Share your thoughts or Report a problem