Series synopsis
Million Joe, also known as ミリオンジョー is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on October 9, 2019. It ended on December 25, 2019. It stars Hiromitsu Kitayama, Masato Hagiwara, Yui Imaizumi and Motoki Fukami.
Soichi Kurei is a magazine editor. He is currently working on popular manga series Million Joe. The writer of the manga series is Tsuneo Magata, but he suddenly dies. Soichi Kurei is devastated because he feels Million Joe should be finished. Soichi Kurei then makes a suggestion to Tsuneo Magata's chief assistant Ryota Terashi. The suggestion is to hide the death of Tsuneo Magata and for Ryota Terashi to finish the manga series using Tsuneo Magata's notes.
Premise
Soichi Kurei is a magazine editor. He is currently working on popular manga series Million Joe. The writer of the manga series is Tsuneo Magata, but he suddenly dies. Soichi Kurei is devastated because he feels Million Joe should be finished. Soichi Kurei then makes a suggestion to Tsuneo Magata's chief assistant Ryota Terashi. The suggestion is to hide the death of Tsuneo Magata and for Ryota Terashi to finish the manga series using Tsuneo Magata's notes.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hiromitsu Kitayama as Soichi Kurei
- Masato Hagiwara as Ryota Terashi
- Yui Imaizumi as Mai Moriaki
- Motoki Fukami as Kaoru Kishimoto
- Masaki Miura as Tsuneo Magata
- Kouhei Takeda as Ishida
- Kanji Tsuda as Sako
- Daikichi Sugawara as Fumihiko Hashizume
Guest cast
- Houka Kinoshita as Taxi Driver
- Yutaka Morioka as Yoshihiko Isachi
- Kohki Okada as Tetsuya Motosugi
- Hiroyuki Watanabe as Akira Kouno
- Tomomi Morisaki as Emi
- Mayuu Kusakari as Ayaka Ogawa
- Shinji Kasahara as Nakashima
- Mr. Chin as Tasaki
- Yoshie Okuyama as Mariko
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | October 9, 2019 | December 25, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | October 9, 2019 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | October 16, 2019 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | October 23, 2019 |
Production
Release
| First aired | October 9, 2019 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | December 25, 2019 |
| Status | ended |