Series synopsis
Mr. Straightforward, also known as まっすぐな男 is a Japanese drama television series that premiered on Fuji TV on January 12, 2010. It ended on March 16, 2010. It was created by Masaya Ozaki. It stars Kanji Tsuda, Takashi Ukaji, Misato Tate and Nozomi Sasaki.
Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design. However, he is inept when it comes to love. Kenichiro's destiny changes after he meets Kurita Narumi, an audacious, self-centred impish female. He becomes serious about leading her back to the right path which she finds interesting. While getting pushed around by Narumi, who is the exact opposite of him, Kenichiro learns about her way of doing thing ...
Premise
Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design. However, he is inept when it comes to love. Kenichiro's destiny changes after he meets Kurita Narumi, an audacious, self-centred impish female. He becomes serious about leading her back to the right path which she finds interesting. While getting pushed around by Narumi, who is the exact opposite of him, Kenichiro learns about her way of doing things and way of life. He is stimulated by her and gradually gets attracted to her... Before long, he starts to look at a new self and at the things he had believed were correct, maturing into a more upright man.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kanji Tsuda as Tatsuhiko Yamaguchi
- Takashi Ukaji as Yoshiki Yamazaki
- Misato Tate as Woman
- Nozomi Sasaki as Yukie Kayashima
- Misako Uno as Nami Matsushima
- Kyoko Fukada as Nurumi Kurita
- Atsuro Watabe as Norio Yabe
- Kitaro as Takaishi
Supporting cast
- Ryuta Sato as Keniciro Matsushima
- Kazuaki Hankai as Tanaka
- Shihori Kanjiya as Yoshino Machida
- Kei Tanaka as Shiro Kumazawa
- Yoji Tanaka as Policeman
- Yû Kamiwaki as Receptionist
- Shinobu Tsuji as Keiko Nishiyama
- Yuya Endo as Hideki Kusaka
- Saori Takizawa as Kumi Morioka
- Rieko Miura as Tamami Yamazaki
- Kazuki Namioka as Kunieda
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | January 12, 2010 | March 16, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Winding woman Kenichiro Matsushima works for a mid-sized construction company Frontier Construction. Until recently, an apartment was built here, but it was demolished by the remodeling of Kenichiro's company. One night, Kenichiro went to the scene to attend a party with his colleague Shiro Kumazawa. Kumazawa is worried about the drinking party with Yoshino Machida, who is waiting for the party, and feels uncomfortable. Narumi, who began to suffer from abdominal pain, was rushed to the hospital, but he ate too much. The next day, Narumi visited Kenichiro and went to his office. He seems to have found her whereabouts at the address of the invitation. |
January 12, 2010 |
| 2 |
Sharp Man Seiichiro was sent to the scene by the Sales Development Department after being beaten by a famous interior designer who tried to prove Narumi's innocence. However, Narumi went around Kenichiro without regrets when he asked for a boring errand. One day, Kenichiro took the position of "explainer" and persuaded the local residents to oppose the condominium construction plan of Yoshiki Yamazaki, the general manager of the sales development department. Around the same time, Knieda, who had just been released from prison, appears under Narumi. Kunieda is a former boyfriend of Narumi. He was arrested for growing cannabis, rooted because of Narumi and pushed the meeting, but Narumi responded casually. There, he looked up the history of Narumi's mobile phone and found out Kenichiro's name, and thought he was a newcomer and joined the company. In addition, Narumi lied that it was Kenichirou's wisdom to tell her about her cannabis to distract Kunieda. |
January 19, 2010 |
| 3 |
Secrets of Women Kenichiro, who approached Narumi, requested that he appear as a model in an advertisement for a building that will be completed soon. Kitaro, who owns the building, found that the woman she was looking for to fit the image of her model was Narumi. Furthermore, Mr. Takaishi says that if he can persuade Narumi, he will leave the construction of the next building to Kenichiro's company. That would be a great job to make a 3 billion yen project. Kenichirou promised to attend the party at the "Anya" general store where Yoshino works, but she gave up and invited Narumi to a Chinese restaurant. Narumi, who came out to the store with Yukie, can tell Kenichiro that he can't see himself even if he looks cool. Faced with Narumi's anger while curbing his anger, Kenichiro agreed to become a model and promised to take part in the upcoming ad shoot on Sunday. |
January 26, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 12, 2010 |
| Last aired | March 16, 2010 |
| Runtime | 54 minutes |
| Status | Ended |