Perfect Son
| Perfect Son | |
|---|---|
 The promotional poster for the drama | |
| Genre |
Comedy Family |
| Format | Television series |
| Written by | Shinji Nojima |
| Directed by |
Sakuma Noriyoshi Nakajima Satoru Mori Masahiro |
| Starring |
Ryosuke Yamada Kyōka Suzuki Taisuke Fujigaya Yuto Nakajima |
| Ending theme | "Super Delicate" |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Eriko Mikami Yuta Fukui Hiroshi Matsubara Kuniko Yanai |
| Location(s) | Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time | Saturday at (UTC+09:00) 09:00p.m. JST |
| Distributor | Nippon Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NTV |
| Picture format | 720p HDTV |
| Audio format |
Dolby Digital DTS Digital Sound Sony Dynamic Digital Sound |
| First shown in | 14 January 2012 |
| Original run | 14 January 2012 – 17 March 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Human Monster Bem |
| Followed by | Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri |
| External links | |
| Official Website | |
Perfect Son (理想の息子 Risō no Musuko) is comedy-drama television series co-starring Ryosuke Yamada and Kyōka Suzuki,[1] which aired on NTV from 21:00-21:54 on Saturday nights from 14 January 2012 to 17 March 2012. The screenplay was written by Shinji Nojima.
Synopsis
Having led a life of misfortune and having had no luck with men in her life, Umi Suzuki (Kyoka Suzuki) has one tremendous expectation for her son Daichi (Ryosuke Yamada): “It’s payback time and my son is going to make up for all of my past misery!” Umi has played the role of a good mother, but has secretly manipulated Daichi to become the “Perfect Son” who cares more about his mom than anyone else. Daichi, not knowing anything about her unspoken plan, has actually grown up to become a completely new type of “mama’s boy” who is so honest that he is not embarrassed to say out loud, “My mom is the most important person in the whole world.” Much to Umi’s delight, Daichi is accepted at a prestigious high school.
One day, Umi begins a new part-time job. However, when Daichi finds out that her new workplace is a high-school cafeteria full of villainous boys, he suddenly quits his elite high school and transfers to this notorious one in order to protect his mom, which leads to the collapse of Umi’s “perfect” scenario.
This intelligent, honest and sweet “perfect son” sometimes exceeds Umi’s expectations as he tries to please his mom too much![2]
Character Description
- Ryosuke Yamada as Daichi Suzuki
Daichi Suzuki is the son of Suzuki Umi who has been raised to be the “Perfect Son”. He is good-looking, has excellent grades, and is pure and honest. Originally from the prestigious Meifu Private School, he moves to Sea King Public High School to look after his mother.
- Kyōka Suzuki as Umi Suzuki
Umi Suzuki is the mother of Daichi Suzuki and works at Sea King Public High School. She has raised her son with the secret goal of having him buy her a house in the future.
- Taisuke Fujigaya as Kengo Mifune
Kengo Mifune is the leader of the Sea King Public High School students and has a potential to become a well-known boxer. He was abandoned by his mother during his childhood days thus depicting a rare attachment to Umi Suzuki.
- Yuto Nakajima as Koji Kobayashi
Heir of Marukoba Construction, he befriends Daichi Suzuki. He is a coward student and jealous of Daichi’s kind-hearted character.
Cast
Main Cast
- Yamada Ryosuke as Daichi Suzuki
- Kyōka Suzuki as Umi Suzuki
- Taisuke Fujigaya as Kengo Mifune
- Yuto Nakajima as Kouji Kobayashi
Extended cast
- Anju Suzuki as Mitsuko Kobayashi
- Ikki Sawamura as Minoru Kurahashi
- Risa Sudo as Honda Kayoko
- Masayo Umezawa as Nishida
- Masako Miyaji as Ota
- Hagiwara Rie as Yoshida
- Ayaka Miyoshi as Tanba Sayaka
Sea King Public High School
- Kouhei Takeda as Goro Uchiyama
- Kendo Kobayashi as Kanbe Toshio (Homeroom/Physical Education Teacher)
- Nobuaki Kaneko as Ikeda Fuyuhiko (Art teacher)
- Tomohiro Waki as Tanba Iwao
- Jingi Irie as Yuma Wanikawa
- Tokio Emoto as Yoshikazu Habu
- Daisuke Moromizato as Zoubayashi Tomoyuki
- Jun Yoshinaga as Masako Hyouzuka
Guest
- Kenji Anan as Masako's Father [Episode 5]
- Yugo Suzuki as Kaneko Nobuaki [Episode 6-7]
- Kento Hayashi as Kinoo [Episode 6-7]
- RED RICE as Junpei Handa [Episode 7]
- Shunsuke Kazuma as Kata Tennouji [Episode 8]
- Shinoda Hiroyuki as Nobuaki Kaneko [Episode 8-9]
- Anna Ishibashi as Shinoda Sora [Episode 8-10]
Soundtrack
Theme song
The theme song of the drama was provided by Hey! Say! JUMP titled "Super Delicate". The lyrics were written by Shinji Nojima, who also wrote the script for the drama.
Original soundtrack
The drama's original soundtrack was released on February 22, 2012 the same day that "Super Delicate" was released. Music was composed by Masaru Yokoyama.[3]
| Risou no Musuko: Original Sound Track | |
|---|---|
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| Soundtrack album | |
| Released | February 22, 2012 |
| Label | VAP |
| Original tracklist | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "RISOU NO MUSUKO SANKA DAI ICHI GAKUSHOU" | |||||||||
| 2. | "RISOU TOHA" | |||||||||
| 3. | "ONBU.DAKKO" | |||||||||
| 4. | "RISOU NO MUSUKO SANKA DAI NI GAKUSHOU" | |||||||||
| 5. | "GANGAN IKOUZE" | |||||||||
| 6. | "IE WO KAE" | |||||||||
| 7. | "KAACHAN" | |||||||||
| 8. | "ITSUMO NO KANJI" | |||||||||
| 9. | "BOSEI HONNOU DAKE JA.." | |||||||||
| 10. | "KOUSHITE IRETARA" | |||||||||
| 11. | "SEMARI KURU ARATANA NANIKA" | |||||||||
| 12. | "SAFARI HIGHSCHOOL" | |||||||||
| 13. | "ICHINAN SATTE MATA ICHINAN" | |||||||||
| 14. | "TEKA.IE WO KAE" | |||||||||
| 15. | "SHINJITSU TO URA NO URA" | |||||||||
| 16. | "GOKUAKU LULLABY" | |||||||||
| 17. | "IKINARI RUNAWAY" | |||||||||
| 18. | "AKU NO SOUKUTSU" | |||||||||
| 19. | "SAIGO NO SEISEN" | |||||||||
| 20. | "KEISEI GYAKUTEN NO YOTEI" | |||||||||
| 21. | "HAHA.MUSUKO" | |||||||||
| 22. | "SONNA KOTO IWANAIDE" | |||||||||
| 23. | "KAWARANAI KARA" | |||||||||
| 24. | "HITORI BOCCHI NO SHOKUJI" | |||||||||
| 25. | "YOBARETA KI GA SHITE" | |||||||||
| 26. | "RISOU NO MUSUKO SANKA DAI SAN GAKUSHOU" | |||||||||
| 27. | "RISOU NO MUSUKO KOUSHINKYOKU" | |||||||||
Episodes
| Episode | Airing Date | Title | Director | Ratings (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 14, 2012 | Evil mother VS mother-complex son | Noriyoshi Sakuma | 13.9% |
| 2 | January 21, 2012 | Son's heart is of a woman!? At that time, the mother... | Noriyoshi Sakuma | 12.4% |
| 3 | January 18, 2012 | I'll show you that I can say it!! Old hag!!||Masahiro Mori||14.0% | ||
| 4 | February 4, 2012 | A prayer to God to escape from poverty! Zou-san's blue bird | Noriyoshi Sakuma | 11.0% |
| 5 | February 11, 2012 | A fierce fight! Father-complex VS mother-complex!!||Satoru Nakajima||11.2% | ||
| 6 | February 18, 2012 | Mom's got a new lover!? Pack of wolves attack the academy | Noriyoshi Sakuma | 10.6% |
| 7 | February 25, 2012 | The father who came to pick him up! Panda attacks the academy | Satoru Nakajima | 12.3% |
| 8 | March 3, 2012 | Raising him was a loss!? Confused son's ultimate choice | Noriyoshi Sakuma | 10.0% |
| 9 | March 10, 2012 | Son's got a girlfriend!? Mom is an evil mother-in-law? | Masahiro Mori | 10.7% |
| 10 | March 17, 2012 | Opposition to marriage!! Mother VS son final holy war||Noriyoshi Sakuma||12.5% | ||
| Average viewing ratings: 11.9%[4] | ||||
Production staff
- Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
- Producers: Mikami Eriko, Fukui Yuta (福井雄太), Matsubara Hiroshi, Yanai Kuniko (柳内久仁子)
- Directors: Sakuma Noriyoshi, Nakajima Satoru, Mori Masahiro
- Music: Yokoyama Masaru (横山克)
References
- ↑ "Hey! Say! JUMP山田涼介と鈴木京香が"マザコン親子"に挑戦". Oricon Style. Oricon Style. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ↑ "Perfect Son". NTV. Nippon Television.
- ↑ "Riso no Musuko" Original Soundtrack". cdjapan.
- ↑ "Drama Prime Time Report – March 16th~March 18th". tokyohive. Retrieved 20 March 2012.