Life's Punchline

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Drama: Life's Punchline
Romaji: Konto ga Hajimaru
Japanese: コントが始まる
Director: Ryuichi Inomata, Ko Kanai
Writer: Shigeki Kaneko
Network: NTV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: April 17 - June 19, 2021
Runtime: Saturday 22:00-22:54
TV Ratings: 7.6%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

A story of 5 people in their late 20's.

Haruto Takaiwa (Masaki Suda), Shunta Asabuki (Ryunosuke Kamiki) and Junpei Minowa (Taiga Nakano) are members of unpopular comedy trio Macbeth. They always gather at a family restaurant where Rihoko Nakahama (Kasumi Arimura) works as a waitress. Tsumugi Nakahama (Kotone Furukawa) is Rihoko Nakahama’s younger sister.

Notes

"Life's Punchline" takes over NTV's Saturday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Red Eyes" and followed by "Voice II" on July 10, 2021.

Cast



Masaki Suda	Kasumi Arimura	Taiga Nakano	Kotone Furukawa	Ryunosuke Kamiki
Haruto Takaiwa	Rihoko Nakahama	Junpei Minowa	Tsumugi Nakahama	Shunta Asabuki



Masato Ibu	Kosuke Suzuki	Yuki Matsuda	Rio Asumi	Rina Ono
Tomoro Ando	Gonsuke Makabe	Yoshie Shimojo	Mitsuyo Onda	Urara Suguri

Reia Yonekura

Rina Sakasai

Additional Cast Members:

Kodai Asaka - Yuma Kobayashi

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	04/17/2021	8.9%
02	04/24/2021	8.6%
03	05/01/2021	7.5%
04	05/08/2021	7.1%
05	05/15/2021	7.1%
06	05/22/2021	6.5%
07	05/29/2021	6.8%
08	06/05/2021	8.4%
09	06/12/2021	7.4%
10	06/19/2021	7.6%
Average		7.6%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

mindo Jan 26 2022 12:38 am a great drama to watch. depicted real life struggles and a great performance from all the casts. good job. i like junpei haha

Grandmalee Jun 26 2021 11:11 am An absolutely delightful drama series with first-rate performances by a stellar cast. The dialog is smart (in Chinese subtitles), and the plot touches on many of life's issues, like family, friendship, career, love affairs, etc. The scenes at the Chinese restaurant are so seamlessly put together that they are naturally absorbing instead of appearing staged or forced.

Day May 19 2021 6:27 am I just watched the 1st episode, i have tears watched it. Mou, ganbatte kudasai macbeth?

Nana Feb 08 2021 10:46 am Wow all the great casts, hope they can leave the impact for us. I cant wait

Haru Feb 08 2021 6:21 am This is a great cast. Having the 93liner in one drama together is such a dream come true. May more 93liner cameo for the drama cuz there are really great 93liner actors/actresses

AoiKanbara Feb 08 2021 2:18 am Saw it from Masaki Suda and Ryunosuke Kamiki's tweet. Love the cast! Can't Wait!

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