Kurosagi
クロサギ (Romaji: Kurosagi; English: The Black Swindler) is a Japanese seinen manga written by Natsuhara Takeshi and illustrated by Kuromaru. It was published on Young Sunday Magazine from 2003 to 2008, collecting 20 volumes. Later, a new series was created under the name 新クロサギ (Shin Kurosagi).
In 2006, a dorama was made by TBS based on the manga. A movie version was produced and released in 2008.
Contents
Story
Kurosagi is about a young man by the name of Kurosaki who swindles other swindlers to get back the money they have stolen from others. He concentrates on Shirosagi (White Swindlers - people who swindle others financially) and occasionally Akasagi (Red Swindlers - people who swindle others through manipulation of their feelings). Kurosaki's father had killed the rest of his family because of the work of a Shirosagi and now he wants revenge and so he sets out to destroy other Shirosagi.
Dorama
The dorama version of Kurosagi aired from 2006.04.14 to 2006.06.23 on TBS on Fridays at 10:00 PM and had an average viewership of 15.67%. The theme song is Daite Señorita by Yamashita Tomohisa. The series consists of 11 episodes.
Cast
Regulars
- Kurosaki (Kurosagi) - Yamashita Tomohisa
- Yoshikawa Tsurara - Horikita Maki
- Mishima Yukari - Ichikawa Yui
- Shiraishi Yoichi - Kato Koji
- Katsuragi Tetsuji - Yamazaki Tsutomu
- Mikimoto - Kishibe Shiro
- Momoyama Tetsuji - Tayama Ryosei
- Osawa Yuuko - Reina
- Hayase Makiko - Okunuki Kaoru
- Kurosaki's Father - Sugimoto Tetta
- Kashima Masaru - Aikawa Sho
Guests
- Shinkawa Namie - Sugita Kaoru
- Matsumura Keisuke - Omi Toshinori
- Matsumura Yasuko - Nitou Yuuko
- Matsumura Kazuma - Shibuya Takeru
- Tanabe Satoshi - Koyama Keiichiro
- Tanabe Misaki - Ozawa Maju
- Kamo - Kobayashi Susumu
- Shimizu Tadayuki - Sakai Masaaki
- Soma Takashi - Kiritani Kenta
- Nakamura Atsuko - Takahashi Mai
- Eguchi Ichirou - Ono Takehiko
- Yoshikawa Tatsuki - Izumiya Shigeru
- Yoshikawa Midori - Nagashima Eiko
- Goto Takayuki - Tanaka Youji
- Sata Hiromichi - Kurosawa Toshio
- Komi Takashi - Iio Kazuki
- Kumashino Masato - Izumi Motoya
- Tamashiro Kura - Utsumi Keiko
- Tamashiro Satomi - Hasegawa Mayumi
- Takahashi Yoshiko - Harada Natsuki
Awards
- 49th Television Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Horikita Maki)
Movie
The movie version of Kurosagi was released in March 8th, 2008. The theme song is Taiyou no Namida by NEWS and insert song is Daite Señorita by Yamashita Tomohisa.
Cast
- Kurosaki (Kurosagi) - Yamashita Tomohisa
- Yoshikawa Tsurara - Horikita Maki
- Mishima Yukari - Ichikawa Yui
- Shiraishi Yoichi - Kato Koji
- Momoyama Tetsuji - Tayama Ryosei
- Hayase Makiko - Okunuki Kaoru
- Mikimoto - Kishibe Shiro
- Kurosaki's Father - Sugimoto Tetta
- Kashima Masaru - Aikawa Sho
- Sakura - Daichi Mao
- Ishigaki Tetsu - Takenaka Naoto
Staff
- Director: Ishii Yasuharu
- Screenwriter: Shinozaki Eriko
- Original Music: Yamashita Kosuke
