Off the Record (Japanese Drama)

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Drama: Off the Record (English title) / No Need To Know (literal title)
Romaji: Shiranakute Ii Koto
Japanese: 知らなくていいコト
Director: Shunsuke Kariyama, Renpei Tsukamoto, Mitsuru Kubota, Hidemi Uchida
Writer: Renpei Tsukamoto
Network: NTV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 8 - March 11, 2020
Runtime: Wednesday 22:00-23:00
TV Ratings: 9.5%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Keito (Yuriko Yoshitaka) is a reporter for a weekly magazine. The magazine covers everything from corruption by politicians to entertainers' scandals. She watches out for the next big scoop. Keito is also rich and enjoys her work, as well as her love life. One day, Keito's mother suddenly dies. Anna was a single mother who raised Keito alone. She worked as a movie critic. Right before her death, Anna mentioned something about Keito's father. The name she mentioned is that of a Hollywood star.

Notes

"Off the Record" takes over NTV's Wednesday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Our Dearest Sakura" and followed by "The Pride of the Temp" on June 17, 2020.

Cast



Yuriko Yoshitaka	Tasuku Emoto	Daiki Shigeoka
Keito Makabe	Yuichiro Odaka	Haruki Nonaka



Kumiko Akiyoshi	Kuranosuke Sasaki	Kaoru Kobayashi
Anna Makabe	Susumu Iwatani	Toru Notoa

Additional Cast Members:

Takaya Yamauchi - Masahiko Kurokawa
Soko Wada - Yuji Samejima
Chikara Honda - Hidenori Higashiyama
Takafumi Imai - Akihito Onodera
Kanro Morita - Yukihiko Sato
Nagisa Sekimizu - Koizumi Aika
Munenori Nagano - Ryota Kijima
Kento Shibuya - Takeshi Ichikawa
Zuimaro Awashima - Ryuta Tabuchi
Kunito Watanabe - Kenta Woody Shibasaki
Nao Okabe - Hideaki Kobayashi
Yuto Fuchino - Akira Yufuku
Fumina Hara - Miho Odaka
Yuko Genkaku - Manager Asai (ep.1)
Mitsuko Baisho - Emiko Taga (ep.1)
Tomoyuki Takagi - Satoru Taga (ep.1)
Kazuki Enari - Atsuo Yamagiwa (ep.2)
Yui Ichikawa - Akina Sasano (ep.2)
Yusuke Onuki - Tatsumi Kawahara (ep.3)
Eisuke Sasai - Mimiko Kondo (ep.3)
Hiroshi Okochi - Sugai (ep.3)
Shinya Niiro - Jesus Tomioka (ep.4)
Mizuki Inoue - Sho Mukai (ep.4)
Ren Komai - Sho's girlfriend (ep.4)
Satomi Nagano - Hikari Nakashima (ep.4)
Sogen Tanaka - Koichi Kanzaki (ep.4)
Yuzumi Shintani - (ep.4)
Hiroshi Katsuno - Hidenori Okita (ep.5)
Shin Shimizu - Detective Hasebe (ep.5)
Yasuto Kosuda - Lawyer Ishikawa (ep.5)
Mitsuru Hirata - Lawyer Takamura (ep.6)
Kentaro Tamura - Yosuke Sakuraba (ep.6)
Mana Mikura - Kazumi Sakuraba (ep.6-7)
Aimi Satsukawa - Fumika Yoshizawa (ep.6)
Masahiko Nishimura - Shigeo Maruyama (ep.7)
Maju Ozawa - Mirei Sasa (ep.7)
Hajime Okayama - Naoyuki Egawa (ep.7)
Kumiko Endo - Yoriko Aida (ep.8)
Takashi Sumita - Shoji Aida (ep.8)
Hiroo Otaka - Vice President Ishimori (ep.8,10)
Kaito Mifune - Aramaki (ep.9)
Kinako Kobayashi - Kaoru Kotaki (ep.9)
Atsushi Hashimoto - Satoshi Tokura (ep.10)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	01/08/2020	9.4%
02	01/15/2020	8.9%
03	01/22/2020	10.3%
04	01/29/2020	9.1%
05	02/05/2020	8.7%
06	02/12/2020	8.4%
07	02/19/2020	9.5%
08	02/26/2020	9.8%
09	03/04/2020	10.1%
10	03/11/2020	10.6%
Average		9.5%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Nats Dec 28 2020 1:13 am ..me too love this drama, the love story part is just too right..

..the music part is what I always waiting for each episode..

..and a lot of funny scenes..

Katy Tran Apr 26 2020 10:59 am Excellent drama They should make 2nd episode I w like to see Kate and Odaka getting married and have twins

Ellen Choo Apr 15 2020 7:59 pm Just finished watching this drama. I like it but quite sad that Odaka and Keito did not marry in the end.

Rani Apr 12 2020 4:36 am This is a pretty good drama. It is interesting and got me thinking what the next episode would be. I find Odaka really charming. Yuriko seems like haven't age at all.

Lily Mar 11 2020 9:29 am Love this drama. The love stories between Kate and Odaka, quite sad... From lover become an affairs. But nowadays seem people have this kind of affairs everywhere. Anyway love the story, each episode different and can feel the connection from ep 1 - 8 now. Anyway Nonaka really a jerk! He should get more punches from Odaka.

wayer Feb 20 2020 5:56 pm This drama is surprisingly good. Kate is bubbly (the actress is naturally so me thinks) but also deliver well when she is sad and lonely. The scoops they get for the magazine are interesting, and the best is yet to come about her father :) Odaka san acting is natural too, I'm going to check out his other lead roles too!

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