44 minSeason 1 • Episode 9
LatestAkitsu Wataru is the manager of the Toyama branch of Maruo Holdings, an established major supermarket chain. He is demoted as a result of some incident and moves to the countryside with his family. However, one day, Akitsu is recalled to headquarters as the head of the compliance unit. The CEO and board members have hidden ulterior motives. Various harassment issues happen within the company. Akitsu solves them with novel ideas and methods.
Acting
Karasawa's restrained fury makes every bureaucratic victory electric.
Writing
Twists labor law into narrative gold — educational AND petty.
Direction
Tight boardroom tension that makes paperwork feel lethal.
Toshiaki Karasawa
Akitsu Wataru
Alice Hirose
Takamura Makoto
Yuki Furukawa
Yazawa Kotaro
Ichirō Ogura
Iwamura Taku
Kenta Satoi
Shiraishi Muneo
Shiro Sano
Mizutani Itsuro
Masayuki Itô
Aoki Junpei
Yui Ichikawa
Komatsu Minako
Kenichi Takitoh
Maruo Takafumi
Masahiro Takashima
Wakita Haruo
Mako Ishino
Akitsu Eiko
Noa Kita
Akitsu Natsumi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Japan's 2018 labor law reforms made workplace harassment a hot-button topic; this series rode that wave with surprising corporate sympathy.
Karasawa reportedly consulted actual compliance officers to nail the specific exhaustion of reading between lines in Japanese corporate emails.
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