Otasukeya Jinpachi

Otasukeya ☆ Jinpachi

Details

Title: お助けや☆陳八
Title (romaji): Otasukeya Jinpachi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense
Episodes: 12
Viewership rating: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-10 to 2013-Mar-28
Air time: Thursday 23:58 - 00:38
Theme song: WE ARE THE NIGHT by MYNAME

Synopsis

In Asakusa, there is a family of rickshaw runners that spans 5 generation. They are all known as Kurumaya Jinpachi. The current Jinpachi, used to work in Osaka, but was called back to Asakusa by his grandfather, who is the 4th generation's runner.

One day, the secret of Kurumaya Jinpachi is shared by the grandfather to his grandson. They are not just any plan rickshaw runners, they are actually the vigilantes of Asakusa, going round saving the helpless and punishing the bad guys... -NTV-

In downtown Tokyo, an unusual trio of heroes emerge...

Girls deceived into paying money to bad guys...

Elderly involved in a banking fraud...

Kids being bullied...

The little injustices that we can all relate to...

Because of injustice, the dreams of people looking for happiness are shattered. Of course, we want to help people out, but to lend out a helping hand you need to be bold and there are some risks. We don’t have time to meddle in other’s misfortunes. Unforunately, that’s what we all assume.

But as reckless as it is, what if there was someone who was willing to stand up to such injustice...without having any weapons, never giving up even if things don’t work out. Even if they aren’t cool, always trying their best, the most clumsy but beloved hero... The main character, Jinpachi, a rickshaw man, after a mere turn of events is left to take on the secret business of his predecessor. The predecessor secretly helped people in trouble by hurting the villains, that couldn’t be punished under the law.

Jinpachi wants to become a hero too, but in reality, it’s not so easy. Having zero potential of becoming a hero, Jinpachi is conflicted. But after meeting a strong geisha entertainer, Ponta and an ex-doctor, Tatsuya, the three of them bring togehther their strengths and they recklessly begin their fight against injustice. -YTV-

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

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Miyagawa Daisuke as Kurumaya Jinpachi the 5th
Koizumi Kotaro as Iguchi Tatsuya
Yamasaki Shizuyo as Ponta
Arimura Kasumi as Kamiya Moe
Kato Cha as Kurumaya Jinpachi the 4th
Hosokawa Shigeki as Murakami Tetsuo
Takeda Kozo (武田幸三) as Kamiya Terumichi
Ito Shuko as Nazo no Onna

Guests

Taira Airi as Ono Mayumi (ep 1-2)
Tokuyama Hidenori as Amemiya Ikki (ep 1-2)
Imai Yuki as Kohinata(ep3)
Aijima Kazuyuki as Nomura Eiji, Assistant principal (ep3)
Lawrence Yumi (ローランス由美) as Catherine (ep3)
Fujiwara Reiko as Kohinata Miki (ep3)
Wakako Sakai (酒井和歌子) as Iijima Fumi (ep4)
Yamazaki Shigenori as Iijima Nobura (ep4)
Shusuke Fukutoku (福徳秀介) as Shindo Naoki (ep4)
Sharo as Kusumoto Ayumi (ep4)
Minami Akina as Saito Miwa (ep5)
Adachi Kentaro (安達健太郎) as Takeuchi Yukio (ep5)
Azuma Mikihisa as Nishida Masefumi (ep5)
Nakano Hideki as Fujiki Hidemoto (ep5)
Morimoto Leo as Ogawa Soyu (ep6)
Fueki Yuko as Hinako Ogawa (ep6)
Yoshida Yo as Fujiki Hidemoto (ep6)
MEGUMI as Sawada Natsumi (ep7)
Takachi Noboru as Ling Mita (ep7)
Imai Masayuki as Aramaki Ryuji (ep7, 9, 11-12)
Omi Toshinori as Ichiro Nogizaka (ep8)
Seto Catherine as Muta Reika (ep8)
Tomoko Murakami (村上知子) as Hirayama Kuniko (ep8)
Sato Yuki as Masuda Keita (ep9)
Mikura Mana as Shirai Saori (ep10)
Nadagi Takeshi as Shirai K. (ep10)
Toyama Toshiya as Nagata Hideki (ep10)
Umezawa Tomio as The mysterious male passenger (ep10)
Okamoto Rei as Tabata Rika (ep11)
Miura Rieko as Misaki Renjo (ep11-12)
Kitahara Sawako as Tabata Kumi (ep11)
Bengal as Sakamoto Tadafumi (ep12)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yamaoka Shinsuke, Kawashima Sumino, Tanaka Shinichi, Takeda Yuki
Producers: Horiguchi Yoshinori, Nishikawa Yoshitsugu, Takahata Masakazu (高畑正和), Takeno Kazuki (武野一起), Kurosawa Atsushi (黒澤淳)
Director: Ikezawa Tatsuya, Yamauchi Munenobu
Music: Harada Tomohide

External Links

Autumn 2012	NTV/YTV	Spring 2013
Doku (Poison)	Thursday 23:58	Detarame Hero