Perfect Son

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.

Character Description

Daichi Suzuki

The son of Umi Suzuki 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.

Umi Suzuki

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.

Kengo Mifune

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.

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

Ryosuke Yamada 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

Rie Hagiwara as Yoshida

Ayaka Miyoshi as Sayaka Tanba

Sea King Public High School

Kouhei Takeda as Goro Uchiyama

Kendo Kobayashi as Toshio Kanbe (Homeroom/Physical Education Teacher)

Nobuaki Kaneko as Fuyuhiko Ikeda (Art teacher)

Tomohiro Waki as Iwao Tanba

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]

Nobuaki Kaneko as Yugo Suzuki [Episode 6-7]

Kento Hayashi as Kinoo [Episode 6-7]

RED RICE as Junpei Handa [Episode 7]

Shunsuke Kazuma as Taka Tennouji [Episode 8]

Nobuaki Kaneko as Hiroyuki Shinoda [Episode 8-9]

Anna Ishibashi as Sora Shinoda [Episode 8-10]

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.

Production staff

Screenwriter: Shinji Nojima

Producers: Eriko Mikami, Yuta Fukui (福井雄太), Hiroshi Matsubara, Kuniko Yanai (柳内久仁子)

Directors: Noriyoshi Sakuma, Satoru Nakajima, Masahiro Mori

Music: Masaru Yokoyama (横山克)