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Created by Arisa Kaneko No. of episodes 11 First episode date 4 July 2003 Number of seasons 1 | 7.7/10 IMDb Country of origin Japan Running time 45 min. Final episode date 12 September 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Kazunari NinomiyaTomohisa YamashitaAnne SuzukiHiroki NarimiyaShun Oguri Original network Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Networks Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Japan News Network Awards 10th Rendora 110Award for Best Actor Cast Kazunari Ninomiya, Tomohisa Yamashita, Hiroki Narimiya, Shun Oguri, Anne Suzuki Similar Japanese television drama, Yamada Tarō Monogatari, Ryūsei no Kizuna, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, Tokyo Dogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stand Up!! (スタンドアップ!!, Sutando Appu!!) is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, centers on the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-DVD Box Set featuring all eleven episodes, as well as six individual volumes were released in Japan on December 18, 2003.
Contents
- Ellen degeneres funny 1st appearance doing stand up comedy on johnny carson s tonight show
- Plot
- Setting
- Shhei Asai Sh chan
- Kengo Iwasaki Kenken
- Hayato Udagawa Udayan
- Kji Enami K kun
- Chie wada Chie chan
- Minor characters
- Staff
- References
Ellen degeneres funny 1st appearance doing stand up comedy on johnny carson s tonight show
Plot
Four schoolboys find themselves the last virgins left at school. During the summer holidays, a girl they knew as children 11 years ago, moves back to the neighborhood. Despite their childhood attraction to her, they realize she is a mere shadow of the "princess" they all thought they knew. This story of summer - love, friendship, school, family, the hypocrisy of adults, complications of life, experience and failure is set in an everyday shopping district and shows the clumsiness of children who have developed a little later than their peers.
Setting
The narrative is set in Tokyo's Shinagawa ward, yet notably, one key setting, the school, is situated in Yokohama.
Shōhei Asai (Shō-chan)
Shōhei (浅井正平, Asai Shōhei, played by Kazunari Ninomiya), nicknamed Shō-chan, is the main protagonist of the story, and often his thoughts are expressed by narration. He lives with his older sister Yuriko and his parents, who run a drugstore. At the start of the series, he is head over heels in love with one of his temporary teachers, the young Isuzu Mochizuki. His life starts to go crazy when an old childhood friend, Chie Ōwada, decides to visit the four long-time friends and moves into his house.
Kengo Iwasaki (Kenken)
Kenken (岩崎健吾, Iwasaki Kengo, played by Tomohisa Yamashita) is a train freak, knowing the schedule of all trains passing through the suburb by heart. He lives with his single mother, Kimiko, who runs a love hotel which she bought with the divorce money. The four boys often hang around there, playing karaoke or listening to other paying customers in neighboring rooms. Kenken is the only one of the group who, at the beginning of the series, has a girlfriend: Sonoko Fujisawa.
Hayato Udagawa (Udayan)
Udayan (宇田川隼人, Udagawa Hayato, played by Hiroki Narimiya) is a member of the high school band. He is the one the girls (especially the group of four he calls the Amazones) pick on most, to which is added that his self-confidence is a little lacking, and that he has a certain affection for peeping under girl's skirts. His parents run a grocery store in the shopping district.
Kōji Enami (Kō-kun)
Kōji (江波功司, Enami Kōji, played by Shun Oguri) is the sports ace of the group. He's on the school soccer team and is known for often letting out his anger that way. When talking to girls he often starts to mumble incomprehensibly, turning down all offers from them. His father, who is also the chairman of the local neighbourhood meetings, runs a small shop.
Chie Ōwada (Chie-chan)
Chie Ōwada (大和田千絵, Ōwada Chie, played by Anne Suzuki) is the "childhood princess" the 4 friends knew 11 years ago, up until she had to move away with her parents. There was very little contact between her and the boys during the time span, and she seems to hide a dark secret within her. It is later revealed that during her high school year, she had a crush on one of her classmates, but he took advantage of the situation, raped her and threatened to blackmail her. To escape this awkward situation, and the rumors that soon started to spread, she set out on her journey to Togoshi, to meet her old childhood friends.