Shojiki Fudosan: Overview of the Japanese Television Drama Series
Shojiki Fudosan, known internationally as The Honest Realtor, is a Japanese television drama series broadcast by NHK. The series originally aired from April 5 to June 7, 2022, running for 10 episodes in the Tuesday 22:00 time slot. The production is adapted from the Japanese manga series of the same name.
Background and Source Material
The television drama is based on the manga series Shojiki Fudosan, written by Takeshi Natsuhara and Mitsuhiro Mizuno, and illustrated by Akira Otani. The manga was first published on June 9, 2017, in the manga magazine Big Comic. The television adaptation was written by Nonji Nemoto, with direction handled jointly by Yasuhiro Kawamura, Tomoya Kanazawa, and Kenta Noda.
Cast and Characters
The series features an ensemble cast portraying characters within the real estate industry and related settings:
- Tomohisa Yamashita as Saichi Nagase
- Haruka Fukuhara as Sakura Tsukishita
- Hayato Ichihara as Takahisa Kiriyama
- Shinobu Hasegawa as Masumi Okawa
- Masao Kusakari as Toshiro Tosaka
- Rika Makino as Sayuri Ono
- Kana Kurashina as Ryoko Hanazawa
- Asahi Ito as Masaki Nishioka
- Katsunori Takahashi as Masato Ikaruga
- Rika Izumi as Minami Enomoto
- Momoka Goshima as Ai Matsuda
- Takeyuki Yue as Tadashi Wakamatsu
- Mamiko Ito as Naoko Wakamatsu
- Mao Daichi as Madam
- Kaoru Okunuki as Misaki Tsukishita
Related Media and Franchise
The 2022 television series is part of a broader media franchise. Subsequent installments and related titles include the television drama sequel The Honest Realtor 2 (broadcast by NHK in 2024) and a film adaptation slated for 2026.