Yoisho no Otoko
The Complete Japanese Drama DVD Collection (1-11 End)
Japanese with English Subtitles
Format: DVD

Sakurai (Inagaki Goro) is a section chief in an insurance company who is well-known for his tremendous ability to suck up to his bosses, sometimes to the embarrassment of his girlfriend and OL co-worker Naomi (Yada Akiko). Just when Sakurai thought he could be promoted to department chief, the company gets into trouble and is bought over, Sakurai's boss Tokugawa is sacked, and a high-flying, no-nonsense female executive Ogata (Asano Yuko) takes over. Sakurai's habits are initially embarrassing and irritating to her, but his value soon emerges as he manages to retain old customers, stop his outstanding co-worker Shiraishi (Ichikawa Somegoro) and others from leaving, and smoothen the transition for everyone.

Cast
    * Inagaki Goro as Sakurai Kotaro
    * Ichikawa Somegoro as Shiraishi Eiji
    * Yada Akiko as Sugita Naomi
    * Hatano Hiroko as Tachibana Yukie
    * Kobayashi Nenji as Tokugawa Yasuhiro
    * Asano Yuko as Ogata Makiko
    * Hasegawa Hatsunori as Tsumura Ryusuke
    * Ito Masayuki as Ihara Daisuke
    * Morii Misao (森井未知央) as Yoshimura Hideo
    * Orihira Mayumi (織平真由美) as Nakane Kaoru
    * Sunouchi Mihoko (須之内美帆子) as Morimoto Chika
    * Yamadera Kouichi (山寺宏一) as Matsunaga Shinya
    * Noguchi Yuki (野口優樹) as Takashi
    * Matsuda Naoki (松田直樹) as Date
    * Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Sakurai Harue
    * Nakamaru Shinsho as Nomura
    * Achiwa Satomi
    * Kubo Akira
    * Kagaya Junichi
    * Inoue Yoshiko