Sōri to Yobanaide

Sōri to Yobanaide (総理と呼ばないで) is a Japanese political and comedy drama series that first aired on FUJI TV in 1997.^[1][2][3] It stars Masakazu Tamura.^[4][5][6][7] The drama set in a fictional country.^[8] It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani.^{[9][10][8][11]} Mitani directed similar political and comedy film Hit me Anyone One More Time in 2019.^[10]

Sōri to Yobanaide
Genre	Drama Comedy
Written by	Kōki Mitani
Directed by	Keita Kono Masayuki Suzuki
Starring	Masakazu Tamura Honami Suzuki Masahiko Nishimura
Theme music composer	Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	11
Production
Producer	Sizuo Sekiguchi
Running time	54 minutes
Production company	FUJI TV
Original release
Network	FUJI TV
Release	April 8 (1997-04-08) – June 17, 1997 (1997-06-17)

Plot

The new Prime Minister is incompetent and self-centered, and very unpopular with the people. He is on the verge of resigning. The Prime Minister and his staff struggle not to be the shortest cabinet in history at all costs.^[4]

Cast

• Masakazu Tamura : Prime Minister
• Masahiko Nishimura : Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary
• Honami Suzuki : Mrs. Prime Minister
• Michitaka Tstutsui : Chief Cabinet Secretary
• Masao Komatsu : Servant
• Kōji Nakamoto : Deputy Secretary-General of the Cabinet Secretariat
• Aiko Satō; Daughter of Prime Minister
• Keiko Toda : Secretary
• Hozumi Gōda : Secretary
• Morio Kazama : Mrs. Prime Minister's secret lover
• Masanari Nihei : SP
• Katsuya Kobayashi : Chief of Staff
• Katsuhiko Sasaki : Chairman of Diet Affairs Committee
• Shunji Fujimura : Deputy Prime Minister
• Mayu Tsuruta : Maid

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