Masshiro

Masshiro (まっしろ, English title "Nurses of the Palace") is a Japanese soap opera series created by Yumiko Inoue.^[1][2] She wrote the screenplay based on her own experiences of her father being in hospital.^[3] Maki Horikita played the lead role as a nurse. It premiered on TBS on 13 January 2015, and concluded 17 March 2015, airing 10 episodes.

Masshiro
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yumiko Inoue
Directed by	Natsuki Imai Toshio Tsuboi Yūsuke Itō Keigo Higashinaka Shin Katō
Starring	Maki Horikita Yūya Yagira Mirai Shida Rin Takanashi Ken Ishiguro Miki Mizuno Tae Kimura
Ending theme	"Fighting Girls" by Miwa
Composers	Masaru Yokoyama Masato Suzuki
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Hiroki Ueda Keigo Higashinaka
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	January 13 (2015-01-13) – March 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)

Cast

• Maki Horikita as Akari Arimura, a nurse who wants to marry a wealthy man
• Yūya Yagira as Kōtarō Nakano, a young surgeon who studied cutting-edge medicine in the United States
• Mirai Shida as Nana Matsuoka, Arimura's nurse colleague
• Rin Takanashi as Yūko Wada, Arimura's nurse colleague
• Ken Ishiguro as Masataka Satō, a director of the Tōō hospital surgical center
• Miki Mizuno as Megumi Iwabuchi, a veteran nurse
• Tae Kimura as Shizuka Tanoshima, a head nurse

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Ratings (%)
1	"玉の輿を狙う新人ナース!! この白い大奥で恋に仕事に勝つ"	Natsuki Imai	January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)	7.9[4]
2	"口外厳禁!! 開かずの病室の秘密"	Toshio Tsuboi	January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)	7.8[5]
3	"師長退陣!? 看護師全面戦争! 患者と禁断の恋"	Yūsuke Itō	January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)	5.7[6]
4	"生きる! 勇気を私にくれた人"	Natsuki Imai	February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)	5.1[7]
5	"人生最後の願いとは?"	Toshio Tsuboi	February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)	5.4[8]
6	"元カレ妻を看護!?命をかけて守る大切なもの"	Keigo Higashinaka	February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)	5.9[9]
7	"優しい嘘… 残酷な告知!本物の愛の選択とは"	Natsuki Imai	February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)	4.6[10]
8	"攻めの看護20年間の覚悟!!"	Shin Katō	March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)	4.9[11]
9	"究極の選択 救えないオペか尊厳ある死か!?"	Toshio Tsuboi	March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)	5.4[12]
10	"哀しみの涙、瞳に宿るは希望"	Natsuki Imai	March 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)	5.2[13]

References

1. 堀北真希主演『まっしろ』初回7.9% (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
2. 志田未来「女って怖いなって思いました」 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
3. はじめに TBSテレビ:火曜ドラマ『まっしろ』 [Introduction TBS TV Tuesdays Drama Masshiro] (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
4. 堀北真希はドSなナースを熱演!「まっしろ」初回は7.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
5. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第2話は7.8% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
6. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第3話は5.7% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
7. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第4話は5.1% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
8. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第5話は5.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
9. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第6話は5.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
10. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第7話は4.6% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
11. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第8話は4.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
12. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第9話は5.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
13. 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」最終回は5.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-05-11.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Nurses of the Palace (Official website)
• Masshiro on Twitter (in Japanese)
• Masshiro at IMDb

Preceded by Onna wa Sore o Yurusanai (21 October 2014 - 23 December 2014)	TBS Tuesday Dramas Tuesdays 22:00 - 22:54 (JST)	Succeeded by Mother Game: Kanojotachi no Kaikyū (14 April 2015 - )