45 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestMiyabe Arata, owner of the Roppongi Nidaime Miyabe bar, fights against those who have absolute power. His goal is to take revenge on Nagaya Holdings, a giant in the Japanese food industry. The owner of the holding companies, as well as his son, had a destructive influence on Miyabe Arata's life in the past.
Acting
Teruyuki Kagawa's villain — terrifyingly calm, utterly despicable.
Production
Roppongi skyline porn — Tokyo never looked this expensive.
Writing
Adaptation balances Korean melodrama with Japanese restraint.
Ryoma Takeuchi
Arata Miyabe
Teruyuki Kagawa
Shigeru Nagaya
Yuko Araki
Yuka Kusunoki
Yurina Hirate
Aoi Asamiya
Ouji Suzuka
Ryuji Nagaya
Yuma Yamoto
Yudai Kirino
Taichi Saotome
Ryuga Nagaya
Izumi Inamori
Kyoko Aikawa
Akiyoshi Nakao
Ryota Uchiyama
Honami Sato
Riku Ayase
Naoto Ogata
Hirotsugu Matsushita
Ken Mitsuishi
Shinji Miyabe
Keiko Horiuchi
Eriko Asamiya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Itaewon Class became a phenomenon partly for its queer-coded second lead; Roppongi Class noticeably softens that relationship into bromance territory.
Ryoma Takeuchi reportedly trained with actual bartenders for months — those bottle flips are really him, not doubles.
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