Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~
Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~ (最高の人生の終り方~エンディングプランナー~; The best way to complete a life) is a TBS TV dorama main-casting Yamashita Tomohisa. It aired between January 12th and March 15th, 2012. It had an average viewership rating of 11.0%.
Synopsis
The funeral parlor Ihara-ya has been run by Ihara Masato’s family for generations. Masato grows to hate the family business due to the teasing he suffers from for being "the undertaker's kid", and he leaves home early in life. The sudden death of his estranged father and the disappearance of his older brother Kento leave the Ihara-ya in Masato's reluctant hands.
The Ihara-ya has close ties with the police and mostly handles the bodies of people who have died under mysterious or unexplained circumstances. On occasions, when the police simply classify the deaths as accidental, Masato tries to find out the truth for the sake of the surviving family, even though he knows that he is being meddlesome.
Masato ends up dealing with these silent bodies, the painful reasons behind their deaths, and the harsh realities of the world together with rookie detective Sakamaki Yuki. As he does so, he starts to face up to his own life and family.[1]
Cast
- Ihara Masato - Yamashita Tomohisa
- Sakamaki Yuki - Eikura Nana
- Ihara Haruka - Maeda Atsuko
- Ihara Hayato - Chinen Yuri
- Ihara Momoko - Ono Ito
- Nagamine Jun - Mikami Kensei
- Muraichi Yayoi - Hashimoto Mami
- Mizuno Kanako - Okamoto Rei
- Tanaka Eisuke - Otomo Kohei
- Kagawa Yuko - Isono Kiriko
- Kawahara Itaruhou - Kikawada Masaya
- Kinohora Yoshio - Shiomi Sansei
- Ihara Kotaro - Kanie Keizo
- Ihara Kento - Sorimachi Takashi
- Iwata Itsuo - Yamazaki Tsutomu
Main Staff
- Screenwriter
- Watanabe Chiho
- Director
- Ishii Yasuharu, Kawashima Ryutaro, Yamamuro Daisuke
- Music
- Haketa Takefumi
- Producer
- Iyoda Hidenori
Episodes
| Episode | Japanese subtitle | Airing date | Director | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Boku, sougi-ya ni narimasu (僕、葬儀屋になります) |
2012.01.12 | Ishii Yasuharu | 15.3% |
| 02 | Namida to sougi-ya no nazo (涙と葬儀屋の謎) |
2012.01.19 | 11.0% | |
| 03 | Yome VS shuutome battle to namida (嫁VS姑バトルと涙) |
2012.01.26 | Kawashima Ryutaro | 12.9% |
| 04 | Isanzouzoku ~ hakushi no igonjou no namida (遺産相続〜白紙の遺言状の涙) |
2012.02.02 | Yamamuro Daisuke | 9.1% |
| 05 | Futatsu no yubiwa ~ otouto no koi ani no himitsu (2つの指輪〜弟の恋兄の秘密) |
2012.02.09 | Ishii Yasuharu | 9.1% |
| 06 | Kanashiki furin ai no ketsumatsu ~ mago he no ai (哀しき不倫愛の結末〜孫への愛) |
2012.02.16 | Kawashima Ryutaro | 10.4% |
| 07 | Arigatou nii-chan ~ imouto no hatsukoi (ありがとう兄ちゃん〜妹の初恋) |
2012.02.23 | Yamamuro Daisuke | 9.6% |
| 08 | Ani no omoi ni kazoku goukyuu ~ namida no junshoku (兄の想いに家族号泣〜涙の殉職) |
2012.03.01 | Ishii Yasuharu | 9.9% |
| 09 | Saishuu zenpen! Haha no ai (最終前編! 母の愛) |
2012.03.08 | Kawashima Ryutaro | 10.5% |
| 10 | I love you (アイ・ラブ・ユー) |
2012.03.15 | Ishii Yasuharu | 10.3% |
Music
- Theme song
- Yamashita Tomohisa - "I, Texas" (愛、テキサス; Love, Texas)
- Soundtrack
- [2012.03.07] - "Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~" Original Soundtrack (「最高の人生の終り方～エンディングプランナー～」オリジナル・サウンドトラック)
Releases
The dorama was released in a compiled box in both DVD and Blu-ray formats. It was released on July 4th, 2012.
| Home-media Releases | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Format | Release date | Catalog Number | Price | Oricon Charts | ||||||
| DVD | 2012.07.04 | TCED-1516 | ¥20,900 | #49 / 1 week | ||||||
| Blu-ray | TCBD-0119 | ¥26,400 | #47 / 1 week | |||||||
References
External Links
- Oricon Profile: DVD Box | Blu-Ray Box
- Official Website
- Official YouTube
- IMDb Profile
- Japanese Wikipedia
