Yami no Bansosha: Henshucho no Joken
Yami no Bansosha: Henshucho no Joken (Japanese: 闇の伴走者～編集長の条件) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on the WOWOW network in 2018. It is the second installment in the Partner in Darkness (Yami no Bansosha) series, following the original 2015 production. The series consists of five episodes and was broadcast in the network's Saturday 22:00 time slot from March 31 to April 28, 2018.
Background and Production
The series is based on the novel Henshucho no Joken-Daigo Shinji no Hakuran Suiri Fairu by Takashi Nagasaki, which was published by Shinchosha on January 31, 2018. The production was directed by Takahiro Miki, with a screenplay by Kumiko Aso.
Plot
The narrative centers on the death of Masaharu Nanbu, a legendary manga editor who falls to his death from a rooftop shortly after assuming the position of chief editor at the magazine Manga Bureibu. Following the incident, Shinji Daigo is tasked with filling the vacancy at the publication. Together with Yuki Mizuno, Daigo investigates the circumstances surrounding Nanbu's death.
Cast
The series features an ensemble cast, including:
- Nao Matsushita as Yuki Mizuno
- Arata Furuta as Shinji Daigo
- Ryo Iwamatsu as Masaharu Nanbu
- Shunya Shiraishi as Ito Shota
- Hiroki Konno as Yoshimasa Watanuki
- Kenichiro Tanabe as Yoichi Ishida
- Kenji Mizuhashi as Kei Tamura
- Ichiro Hashimoto as Satoshi Kawabata
- Yuta Kanai as Hayato Takei
- Tomoya Maeno as Kosuke Takeuchi
- Kyoko Maya as Yoshiko Ajima
- Leo Morimoto as Tomoyuki Yajima
- Toru Nomaguchi as Mikio Terada
- Rie Yoshizawa as Rika Miyawaki
- Min Tanaka as Keizo Menzo
- Hironobu Komiya as Daichi Miura
- Yoichi Nukumizu as the cafe master
- Sei Hiraizumi as Toshikatsu Ogi
- Kanji Tsuda as Satoshi Hori
- Shohei Abe as Toshinori Ogi
- Norimasa Fuke as Takayuki Shono
- Jun Hashizume as Sosuke Tsukamoto
- Jun Hashimoto as Hiroshi Wakamatsu
- Reiko Kataoka as Haruko Watanabe
- Akiko Yagi as Kayoko Nanbu
