'Tokujou Kabachi!!' officially announced

[murii.livejournal.com]

Sakurai Sho rescues the weak in TBS drama 'Tokujou Kabachi!!'

13th November 2009

On 12th November, TBS announced that Arashi's Sakurai Sho (27) will play the lead role in TBS drama 'Tokujou Kabachi!!' (starts 17th January 2010, Sundays at 9). The drama follows the struggles of administrative scriveners who use the law as a weapon to fight for the weak. Horikita Maki (21) will also star in their first work together. With the same broadcast time as NTV's 'Gyouretsu no Dekiru Houritsu Soudansho', it will be a showdown between two law-themed programs.

Sakurai plays the main character Tamura Katsuhiro, a meddlesome character with a burning sense of justice. After his mother was given help, Tamura longs to enter into the world of public notary. In reality he thinks "Law my ass, this isn't right at all!" as he complains and uses the law to help out the weak. The drama with its comical and serious aspects will make viewers think about questions like 'What is justice?' and 'How should people lead their lives?'

On the other hand, Horikita plays the shrewd administrative scrivener Sumiyoshi Misuzu, a former delinquent who hates to lose so much that she has been known to sever ties after losing a game of rock-paper-scissors. Confrontations arise at every opportunity between the complete opposites, the herbivorous Tamura and carnivorous Misuzu, but as time goes by they begin to understand each other.

"'Being a daredevil is not a bad thing'. And 'It's cool to work with all one's might'. I want to reaffirm those ideas as I portray Tamura," commented Sakurai. Others in the cast include Nakamura Masatoshi, Endo Kenichi, Takahashi Katsumi and Asano Yuko.

In the works is also a quiz aired during the program itself. Viewers will send in their answers during the broadcast time. The winner will then receive a call from Sakurai or other cast members, in a first of its kind trial project.

INVESTIGATION AND TRANSLATION THANKS TO UNLEASH :D

Comments

thanks for sharing

[goeileen.livejournal.com]

wow a new drama for sho. sounds really interesting

[astrangerenters.livejournal.com]

Please call me, Sho! Hahaha

[nuraisha.livejournal.com]

woah!! sho's drama!! can;t wait!!

[nikhapi.livejournal.com]

A call from sakurai will make me go gaga.

[saturnianlove.livejournal.com]

This is going to be good. :D

[all4cyanide.livejournal.com]

Seriously....Japanese fans get all the awesome perks! WOW! A call from a cast member. Lucky~! Thanks for sharing!

[jamiesteban.livejournal.com]

how i wish [in the gazillion time]that i live in japan!
T^T
the call will make me go 'KYAAAA' [not so me!:D]
thanks for sharing!

[strwberry-muse.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing~! ♥

[corlee1289.livejournal.com]

HAHA!!

So basically the opposite of Ohno's lead drama of Maou XD

[novemberbaby.livejournal.com]

Lucky viewers! I'd like to hear what Sho sounds like over the phone. :D

Thanks for sharing!

[sandreen.livejournal.com]

Sho-chan really loves playing the hero. XD Not that I'm complaining.

[tudorqueeny.livejournal.com]

ill do anything for a call from Sho!XXXDDD Thanks for this!

[awa-naj.livejournal.com]

this drama is really interesting~
can't wait for it!
thanks for sharing~

[kari-rika-dm.livejournal.com]

He's going to CALL them? Seriously? I can't imagine what would go through the mind of the person who receives his call. What if it's a guy who was hoping for Maki? Or what if it's a major fangirl who misses the call and finds out later she was the lucky one? I'd be upset. But this is a very sneaky way of getting ratings - by making all the Sho-chan fans tune in so people get a chance to hear from him.

Meh. Either way, I'm ridiculously excited. And I wish I were in Japan. XD

[mae-ai.livejournal.com]

I wanna hear his sexy voice xDD what in the world would he talk about? xD will he just say "Thank you for watching." and that's it? DDD: lol

thanks for sharing!

[ladynakuru.livejournal.com]

Yay Sho!
I'm very interested to see Horikita Maki in this new role

[aishoni.livejournal.com]

"Law my ass, this isn't right at all!"

o.o
He's going to say that? That just made me interested in the drama. What would be the exact sentence in Japanese sounds like? Sho cursing the judicial system sounds so intriguing.

[ecyojn.livejournal.com]

RECEIVE A CALL??!!! OMG........

[lihui94.livejournal.com]

I CAN'T WAIT! *squeals*
thanks for sharing! XD

[hitomito.livejournal.com]

Yay, a new drama with Sho. I'll expect him wearing costume :3

[imworth-it.livejournal.com]

oh man! if i stayed in japan. i will wait for a whole day just to receive your call, sho(:
can't wait for this drama to be aired. not only there is sho, but maki too!

[liviaokada.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[as-27.livejournal.com]

what ??@@
he's call my T_________T
yada I envy all the winner <<out thank you

[asmasan.livejournal.com]

WAH~
sho will call ?!?!?
I wanna answer too ~~~~ T_T
I hate maki .. don't want her to act with sho ;_;
arigatou for sharing

[edneichon.livejournal.com]

eehhhhh???????
SHO calling someone.........whyyyyyy?????? im so far from japan.....i wanna be call by SHO-kun......nyaaaaaa.........
waaaa this drama is making my nervs......can´t wait to watch ( maki so lucky first yamapi and now sho......waaaa anyway i like her)
thanks for sharing

[babydude48.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing the translation, looking forward to seeing Sho acting again. Seems like he be busy with dramas and SPs non-stop. A phone call from Sho....I wonder if they can make international phone calls too!

[poxyroxy29.livejournal.com]

Oh I haven't seen Sho in a drama yet... I'm looking forward to this! ^__^