Japanese Drama - Engine

* itle: エンジン
* Title (English): Engine
* Genre: Love, comedy
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 22.42
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2005-Apr-18 to 2005-Jun-27
* Air time: Monday 21:00
* Theme song: I Can See Clearly Now by Jimmy Cliff

• Insert song: Angel by Aerosmith

Synopsis

Jiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving techniques. He's a daredevil who feels no fear driving at speeds that even top racers dare not attempt.

But unexpected trouble forces this world-famous racer to leave his team and return to Japan for the first time in years. Until he finds a new job as a racer, Jiro decides to stay with his parents. What awaits Jiro there is his hardheaded father, his nagging sister, the 12 children of the foster home his father runs, a snobbish male nurse, and a stubborn female nurse who likes to daydream about her life.

Jiro's return home brings a breath of fresh air that influences the people around him. However, he is still unaware that he too will eventually be influenced to change the way he thinks and lives. -- Fuji TV

Cast

* Kimura Takuya as Kanzaki Jiro
* Koyuki as Mizukoshi Tomomi
* Sakai Masato as Torii Motoichiro
* Matsushita Yuki as Kanzaki Chihiro
* Harada Yoshio as Kanzaki Takeshi
* Takashima Reiko as Ushikubo Eiko
* Izumiya Shigeru as Ichinose Chinsaku
* Okamoto Aya as Suenaga Tamaki
* Kadono Takuzo as Haruyama Mario
* Aoki Shinsuke as Sugawara Hiroto
* Ishigaki Yuma as Ibuki Tetsuya
* Kokusho Sayuri (Harumi's mother)
* Shimada Kyusaku (Daisuke's father)
* Asaka Mayumi (Daisuke's mother)
* Seto Yoichiro guest
* Miura Mayu (ep10)
* Miyata Daizo (ep11)

The Children of Kaze no Oka Home

* Ueno Juri as Hoshino Misae
* Toda Erika as Hida Harumi
* Kaho as Ninomiya Yukie
* Ishida Hoshi as Shioya Daisuke
* Ohira Natsumi as Taguchi Nao
* Arioka Daiki as Sonobe Toru
* Nakajima Yuto as Kusama Shuhei
* Kosugi Moichiro as Hirayama Morio
* Sato Miku as Sonobe Aoi
* Hirota Ryohei as Tone Akira
* Komuro Yuta as Kanemura Shunta
* Oka Mayu as Komori Nanae

Production Credits

* Screenwriter: Inoue Yumiko
* Producers: Makino Tadashi (牧野正), Iwata Yuji
* Directors: Nishitani Hiroshi, Hirano Shin
* Music: Kanno Yugo

Awards

* 45th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress: Koyuki
* 9th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (2005-06): Best Drama

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