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The Perfect Boss (1997)

NR | Apr 13, 1997 (JP) | Drama, Comedy

After returning to Japan from a five-year overseas assignment, Tokio Sakamoto (Kyōzō Nagatsuka) takes up his new post as acting branch manager of the Gotanda branch. Branch manager Yoshiharu Takushi (Gin Maeda) orders Tokio to lay off Marika, Emiko, and new employee Nanoko, who are considered "burdensome office ladies." To gather information, he invites the three women to a bar, but when he discovers their true identities, he is filled with bitterness. He then decides to train them to become independent, and all three of them develop feelings for Tokio.

No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
12

Cast

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Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Tokio Sakamoto
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Yasuko Matsuyuki
Marika Shirakawa
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Yuriko Ishida
Emiko Tsuruta
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Yoshino Kimura
Nanoko Kobayashi
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Ikki Sawamura
Yusuke Koreeda
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Saburo Ishikura
Tamotsu Nanba
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Gin Maeda
Yoshiharu Tsuge
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Jun Fubuki
Izumi Sakamoto