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Drama: Smiling Matryoshka
Romaji: Warau Matryoshka
Japanese: 笑うマトリョーシカ
Director: Kazuyuki Iwata, Hidenori Joho, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Yoko Asahina,
Writer: Kazumasa Hayami (novel), Yoshihiro Izumi, Yu Kanda, Shohei Fukuda
Network: TBS
Episodes: 11
Release Date: June 28 - September 6, 2024
Runtime: Friday 22:00
TV Ratings: 5.3%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Ichiro Seike (Sho Sakurai) is a popular, 43 year old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected to be a future prime minster candidate. He has a secretary, Toshiya Suzuki (Tetsuji Tamayama), who carefully works to guide him to the prime minister position. They look like a perfect match as a politician and his secretary, but Reporter Kanae Michiura (Asami Mizukawa) feels something is off about the relationship of these two. She begins to investigate their past and notices the mysterious deaths that have followed Ichiro Seike during his rise in politics. Her own father's death, who was also a reporter, is somehow connected to the politician's past.

Notes

"Smiling Matryoshka" takes over TBS' Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "9 Border" and followed by "Light of My Lion" on October 11, 2024.
Based on novel "Warau Matryoshka" by Kazumasa Hayami (published November 5, 2021 by Bungeishunju).

Cast



Asami Mizukawa	Tetsuji Tamayama	Sho Sakurai	Tomomi Maruyama	Ryousuke Sota
Kanae Michiura	Toshiya Suzuki	Ichiro Seike	Takashi Yamanaka	Naoki Aoyama



Mariko Tsutsui	Ikkei Watanabe	Masato Wada	Yurito Mori	Dai Watanabe
Kaori Michiue	Kanetaka Michiue	Kentaro Hatade	Yuki Hatade	Koichi Sasaki



Masaya Kato	Masei Nakayama	Saki Takaoka	Sakuya	Akira Otaka
Yoshitaka Wadajima	Kazunori Sakamoto	mysterious woman	Rinrin	Masafumi Habu



Kenichi Yajima	Shigemitsu Ogi	Tomiyuki Kunihiro	Toshihide Tonesaku	Jun Nishiyama
Ikuo Morohashi	Kazuhiro Takechi	Norinaga Fujita	Kiyohiko Ishiki	Toshiya Suzuki (high school student)



Yuzu Aoki	Noritaka Hamao
Ichiro Seike (high school student)	Koichi Sasaki (high school student)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	06/28/2024	5.3%
02	07/05/2024	4.7%
03	07/12/2024	5.2%
04	07/19/2024	5.9%
05	07/26/2024	5.3%
06	08/02/2024	5.2%
07	08/09/2024	5.5%
08	08/16/2024	5.9%
09	08/23/2024	4.2%
10	08/30/2024	5.2%
11	09/06/2024	5.8%
Average		5.3%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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 * '''Romaji:''' Warau Matryoshka
 * '''Japanese:''' 笑うマトリョーシカ
-* '''Director:''' [[Kazuyuki Iwata]]
+* '''Director:''' [[Kazuyuki Iwata]], [[Hidenori Joho]], [[Yoshinori Kobayashi]], Yoko Asahina,
-* '''Writer:''' [[Kazumasa Hayami]] (novel), [[Yoshihiro Izumi]], [[Yu Kanda]]
+* '''Writer:''' [[Kazumasa Hayami]] (novel), [[Yoshihiro Izumi]], [[Yu Kanda]], Shohei Fukuda
 * '''Network:''' [[TBS]]
-* '''Episodes:'''
+* '''Episodes:''' 11
-* '''Release Date:''' June 28, 2024 --
+* '''Release Date:''' June 28 - September 6, 2024
 * '''Runtime:''' Friday 22:00
+* '''TV Ratings:''' 5.3%
 * '''Language:''' Japanese
 * '''Country:''' Japan
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 ==Notes==
-# "Smiling Matryoshka" takes over [[TBS]]' Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[9 Border]]" and followed by "[[Lion no Kakurega]]" on October 11, 2024.
+# "Smiling Matryoshka" takes over [[TBS]]' Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[9 Border]]" and followed by "[[Light of My Lion]]" on October 11, 2024.
 # Based on novel "Warau Matryoshka" by [[Kazumasa Hayami]] (published November 5, 2021 by Bungeishunju).
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+==Episode Ratings==
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+! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
+! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date
+! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)
+|-
+| 01 || 06/28/2024 || 5.3%
+|-
+| 02 || 07/05/2024 || 4.7%
+|-
+| 03 || 07/12/2024 || 5.2%
+|-
+| 04 || 07/19/2024 || 5.9%
+|-
+| 05 || 07/26/2024 || 5.3%
+|-
+| 06 || 08/02/2024 || 5.2%
+|-
+| 07 || 08/09/2024 || 5.5%
+|-
+| 08 || 08/16/2024 || 5.9%
+|-
+| 09 || 08/23/2024 || 4.2%
+|-
+| 10 || 08/30/2024 || 5.2%
+|-
+| 11 || 09/06/2024 || 5.8%
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Average || 5.3%
+|}
+Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]
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