Don Quixote (Drama)

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Drama: Don Quixote
Romaji: Don Kihote
Japanese: ドン★キホーテ
Director: Satoru Nakajima, Yoichi Matsunaga, Taro Otani, Hiroshi Matsubara
Writer: Tetsuya Oishi, Nonji Nemoto
Producer: Hiroshi Matsubara
Network: NTV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: July 9 - September 24, 2011
Runtime: Saturday 21:00-21:54
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy
TV Ratings: 10.9% (weekly average)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Masataka Shirota (Shota Matsuda) has a weak disposition and works in a child consultation center. One day, his soul changes bodies with yakuza boss Jin Sabashima (Katsumi Takahashi) who lives in the same small town. After this, Masataka Shirota becomes strong willed, dispenses odd advice and boldy goes forth to save the lost children at the child consultation center ...

Cast



Shota Matsuda	Katsumi Takahashi	Riko Narumi
Masataka Shirota	Jin Sabashima	Sachiko Matsuura



Yuki Uchida	Yutaka Matsushige	Satomi Kobayashi
Ayumi Sabashima	Daisuke Hyodo	Mineko Mizumori

Additional Cast Members:

Kazuma Yamane - Yasu
Ken Aoki - Ken
Shigemitsu Ogi - Takumi Ajisawa
Hiroshi Matsunaga - Akiyama
Hiroki Miyake - Sosuke Nishiwaki
Miwako Ichikawa - Aki Nanba
Mahiru Konno - Kyoko Kodama
Ai Tamura - Kaede Noguchi
Kenkichi Watanabe - Shinji Omori
Seijun Nobukawa - Yamada
Mayuko Kawakita - Eri
Mao Ueda - Hikari
Yuma Ishigaki - Koichi Misaki (ep.1)
Mayuko Iwasa - Atsuko Misaki (ep.1)
Ryoko Takizawa - Sato (ep.1)
Shinji Matsubayashi - bar manager (ep.1)
Kaoru Fujiwara - Ryosuke Sakamoto (ep.2)
Hiroo Otaka - Shuichi Sakamoto (ep.2)
Nozomi Muraoka - Yumi Sakamoto (ep.2)
Haruki Kimura - Yuya Sakamoto (ep.2)
Shuku Muneda - high school student (ep.2)
Shuka Fujii - ep.2
Hiroshi Okochi - Ryu Kamiyama (ep.3)
Takashi Sumita - ep.3
Ouga Tanaka - Fumiya Matsuoka (ep.3)
Sachiko Kurosawa - cabaret employee (ep.3)
Takumi Sato - student (ep.3)
Shuji Kashiwabara - Shinichi Moriguchi (ep.4)
Yuki Kurimoto - Yui Moriguchi (ep.4)
Anne Nakamura - Shirota's date (ep.4)
Emi Maki - Teacher (ep.4)
Haruka Suenaga - Maki Asakura (ep.5)
Takamasa Suga - cabaret manager (ep.5)
Masaki Suda - Kazuya Akashi (ep.5)
Kazuyoshi Hayashi - Saito (ep.5)
Mari Nishio - (ep.5)
Tadahiro Aoki - (ep.5)
Hana Sugisaki - Rina Takazawa (ep.7)
Shoichiro Tanigawa - Rina Takazawa's father (ep.7)
Kazumasa Taguchi - (ep.7)
Toru Kugasawa - doctor (ep.7)
Chinami Suzuki - nurse (ep.7)
Ryou Itou - Keita Takahashi (ep.8)
Sanae Miyata - Takako Iwakura (ep.8)
Runa Natsui - teenage Takako Iwakura (ep.8)
Kaoru Hirata - Tomoko Uchino (ep.8)
Komatsu Toshimasa - Yoshio Yamori (ep.8)
Nozomi Ohashi - Chika Muramatsu (ep.9)
Tomu Miyazaki - Kiyoshi Muramatsu (ep.9)
Takayuki Imanara - Ishibashi (ep.10)
Katsuya - Okudera (ep.10)
Yumiko Ise - Okudera (ep.10)
Yuko Miyamoto - Naoko Murakami (ep.11)
Rina Endo - Kaori Murakami (ep.11)
Mami Abe - (ep.11)

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	07/09/2011	11.7%
02	07/16/2011	11.0%
03	07/23/2011	8.0%
04	07/30/2011	11.3%
05	08/06/2011	9.8%
06	08/13/2011	12.4%
07	08/27/2011	10.3%
08	09/03/2011	8.7%
09	09/10/2011	12.8%
10	09/17/2011	11.1%
11	09/24/2011	12.8%
Average		10.9%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

rizqa May 02 2016 7:55 am Why it has just 11 episodes, meanwhile Indonesian Opera Soap has no ending???? :"( Japan! Please make longer drama... At least 15 episodes...

Really love this drama... I hope they make another season :")

yeloyelo94 Aug 08 2015 1:47 am Love this drama so much! One of my favs!

chibichan Jul 10 2012 7:03 pm Matsuda Shota did a SUPERB job with this role!! I am so proud of him. I was worried that his Akiyama portrayal would stick with me but his great acting got me believing him completely in this role. MUST WATCH! So enjoyable!

HurryUp Feb 23 2012 2:30 pm Why did it have to end? It was such a great drama and Matsuda Shota's acting was superb! ♥

Ji Dec 09 2011 4:33 pm Great drama. Hilarious and touching at the same time. Wiodnerful main actors, wonderful friendship theme, touching learning rpcess and dealing woth problems that touch the most vulnerale of all: children. It;s a really heart-warming and hilarious drama and well acted! With body swap idea very well exploited! Give it a try!

thao dao Nov 11 2011 8:57 am heyyyyyy! such a favorable drama, i love the adorable children, but the most impressive ones are Donquixote (shota matsuda) and Sancho Panza (Katsumi Takahashi). They make children believe in good things^^

n132 Oct 26 2011 2:05 am Nice drama.... the kids are so adorable and cute i really enjoy to watch this drama

xt Aug 02 2011 9:08 am i'm enjoying this series so far. i like that it tackles the children and youth issues with a light touch. i so adore matsuda shota. watched 3 episodes already and waiting for episode 4 to be subbed...

Fou Jul 12 2011 10:53 am OMGG. I <3 Matsuda.. I can't wait for this to be subbed. c:

noir Jul 09 2011 1:46 am am i supposed to be excited? Matsuda's figure as Akiyama Shin'ichi in Liar Game stuck to me like a gum and it ain't coming out real soon.

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