Don Quixote (TV series)

Don Quixote (ドン★キホーテ) is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NTV from July 9 to September 24, 2011.^[1]

Don Quixote
Starring	Shota Matsuda Katsumi Takahashi Riko Narumi Yuki Uchida Satomi Kobayashi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Original release
Network	NTV
Release	July 9 (2011-07-09) – September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)

Plot

In this unusual story, Shota Matsuda plays a child welfare official Shirota working at a child consultation center, while Takahashi Katsumi plays a charitable yakuza boss Sabashima. These two lead completely different lives, but one day, their souls are suddenly switched. As a result, Shirota begins dispensing odd advice about the "rules of society" and other things. While his colleagues naturally see this as a problem, the children gradually come to rely on him.

Cast

• Shota Matsuda as Masataka Shirota
• Katsumi Takahashi as Jun Sabashima
  • Ryōsuke Makioka as young Jun Sabashima
• Riko Narumi as Sachiko Matsuura
  • Ando Kokoha as young Sachiko Matsuura
• Mayuko Kawakita as Eri, Sachiko's friend
• Mao Ueda as Hikari, Sachiko's friend
• Satomi Kobayashi as Mineko Mizumori, the director of the Child Guidance Center
• Hiroki Miyake as Sousuke Nishiwaki, chief child welfare officer
• Miwako Ichikawa as Aki Namba, child welfare officer
• Mahiru Konno as Yasuko Kodama, child welfare officer
• Ai Tamura as Kaede Noguchi, child psychologist
• Kenkichi Watanabe as Jinji Oomori, pediatrician
• Seijun Nobukawa as Yamada, staff member
• 5th Reireisha Bafū as Shuzo Iwashihara
• Hakuryu as Kameo Usagida
• Yuki Uchida as Ayumi Sabashima
• Yutaka Matsushige as Daisuke Hyodo
• Kazuma Yamane as Yasu
• Ken Aoki as Ken
• Masaki Suda as Kazuya Akashi