Series synopsis
Lost Man Found, also known as 拾われた男 is a Japanese drama comedy television series that premiered on NHK BS Premium on June 26, 2022. It ended on August 28, 2022. It was created by Shin Adachi. It stars Taiga Nakano, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Sairi Ito and Hiroko Yakushimaru.
Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds an airplane ticket belonging to a talent agency CEO. Time passes, and Satoru makes a name for himself as an actor. He gets a call from America. Hoping it is a Hollywood offer, he instead hears about his estranged older brother.
Premise
Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds an airplane ticket belonging to a talent agency CEO. Time passes, and Satoru makes a name for himself as an actor. He gets a call from America. Hoping it is a Hollywood offer, he instead hears about his estranged older brother.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Taiga Nakano as Satoru Matsudo
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Takeshi Matsudo
- Sairi Ito as Higa Yui
- Hiroko Yakushimaru as President Yamamura
- Anne Suzuki as Hitachi Manager
- Morio Kazama as Heizo Matsudo
- Mako Ishino as Kiku Matsudo
- Jun Kaname as Tsukamoto
Supporting cast
- Shunsuke Daitoh as Sugita
- Yumi Suenari as Haruko Matsudo
- Shima Ise as Sagara
- Yukiya Kitamura as Hirayama Heigo
- Tamae Ando as Yamashita
- Kana Kita as Yoshimira
- Oshirō Maeda as Nakata
- Akira Emoto as Himself
- Kaho as Mari Akutagawa
- Satoru Matsuo as Himself
Guest cast
- Honoka Matsumoto as Tabata
- Yuki Katayama as Nomoto
- Rokkaku Seiji as Arita
- Yukino Kishii as Yoshiko
- Bengal as Himself
- Toshiki Ayata as Himself
- Kasumi Arimura as Herself
- Shoko Takada as Nomoto's mother
- Shingo Mizusawa as Hayashi
- Takashi Yamanaka as Demon sergeant
- Haruka Igawa as Herself
- Momoko Tanabe as Sugiura
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | June 26, 2022 | August 28, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 A man moves to Tokyo to live with his childhood friend and pursue his dream of becoming an actor, and he finds a mysterious plane ticket under a vending machine that kickstarts his acting career. |
June 26, 2022 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Satoru fall for his co-worker Tabata and decides to ask her out; Satoru gets a role as a soldier in a war movie. |
July 3, 2022 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 When Satoru is tasked with chauffeuring popular actress Haruka Igawa, he struggles with the vast difference between her bubbly public persona and her true personality behind the camera. |
July 10, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NHK BS Premium |
|---|---|
| First aired | June 26, 2022 |
| Last aired | August 28, 2022 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 22:00:00 |