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Rental Nan mo Shinai Hito (2020)

Country | Japan |
Season Year | Spring 2020 |
Air Dates | Apr 9, 2020 – Oct 1, 2020 |
Episodes | 12 |
Runtime | 40 |
Timeslot | Thursday at 12:12 am |
Network(s) | TV Tokyo |
Official Site | |
Licensed | No |
Synopsis
A unique service emerged in contemporary society, where one is constantly expected to “do something.” The service boldly declares: “I (a person who does nothing) am available for rent” and “I can only provide very basic responses – nothing more.”
“Rental Nanmoshinai Hito” (The Rental Do-Nothing Person) suddenly appeared on Twitter in June 2018. Though there was no response on the first day, the service quickly went viral, gaining 250,000 followers in just a year and a half! It gained recognition through TV, radio, manga, and books, becoming a well-known phenomenon.
Requests flood in despite the service’s premise of doing nothing: “Please wait for me at the marathon finish line,” “Please accompany me to submit divorce papers,” “Please come with me because I’m afraid to go to work.”
In today’s world, where people are expected to be number one or unique at work and home despite wanting to live moderately without trying too hard, where social media demands excessive “connections” to the point of causing “SNS fatigue,” modern people constantly chasing after romance, friendships, work, and family life found what they needed – someone who “does nothing” and “just stays beside them.”
This first drama adaptation portrays the “do-nothing” work style of the “Rental Nanmoshinai Hito!”
Cast
- Masuda Takahisa as Moriyama Shota
- Lead Role
- Higa Manami as Moriyama Saki
- Support Role
- Hayama Shono as Kanbayashi Yusaku
- Support Role
- Komatsu Toshimasa as Koyanagi
- Support Role
- Matsukawa Akari as Tanigawa Maria
- Support Role
- Furutachi Kanji as Kaneda
- Support Role
- Fukui Yuko as Takiguchi Kiyo
- Support Role
- Shida Mirai
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 1
- Tanaka Kotaro
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 1
- Sasaki Shiho
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 1
- Okayama Amane
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 2
- Yamaguchi Shogo
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 2
- Kusano Ini
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 2
- Fukuhara Haruka
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 3
- Yanagi Miki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 3
- Yamaguchi Sayaka
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 4
- Kasahara Hideyuki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 4
- Kurahara Ken
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 4
- Ogi Shigemitsu
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5
- Oshima Satoko
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5
- Sakata Masanobu
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5
- Abe Tomoko
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5
- Fujii Naoki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 5, 11
- Tokunaga Eri
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 6
- Kurauchi Hideki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 6
- Nishioka Tokuma
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 7
- Hirahara Tetsu
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 7
- Matsuo Satoru
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 8
- Matsuzawa Suguru
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 8
- Sawayama Kaoru
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 8
- Mizushima Ryota
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 8
- Furukawa Kotone
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 9
- Yanagi Erisa
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 9
- Isomura Hayato
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 10
- Kasuga Toshiaki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 10
- Miyase Ryubi
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 10
- Yasui Junpei
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 11
- Anami Atsuko
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 11
- Matsumoto Wakana
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 12
- Maehara Kou
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 12
- Kubota Yuki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 12
- Karasawa Toshiaki
- Guest Role
- Episode(s): 12
Crew
- Kusano Shogo
- Director
- Tanada Yuki
- Director
- Tanazawa Takayoshi
- Director
- Shindo Takehiro
- Director
- Masaike Yosuke
- Screenwriter
- Takekawa Haruna
- Screenwriter
- Yamaga Tatsuya
- Producer
- Inada Hideki
- Producer
- Obana Noriko
- Producer
Music
Theme Song 2
Theme Song 3
Promotional images, screencaps, .gifs, etc.
Oshi Spots
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