Saru Lock

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Details
Title: ‰ŽƒƒbƒN
Title (romaji): Saru Lock
Also known as: Monkey Lock
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Action, comedy
Broadcast network: YTV, NTV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-23 start
Air time: Thursday 23:58

Synopsis
Sarumaru Yataro, nicknamed "Saru" is an average high school boy who daydreams about idols but otherwise has no luck with girls. While working at his fathers locksmithing business, Saru uses his genius-like lock picking skills to take on dangerous cases.

Cast
Ichihara Hayato as Sarumaru Yataro
Ashina Sei as Mizuhara Ritsuko
Watabe Gota as Yamamoto Kenji
Takaoka Sousuke as Yamada Jiro

Guests
Nakamura Yuri (’†‘º‚ä‚è) as Eri

Production Credits
Original writing (manga): Saru Lock by Serizawa Naoki (‹Ú‘ò’¼Ž÷)
Screenwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (•Ÿ“c—Yˆê)
Producer: Amago Daisuke (“òŽq‘å‰î)
Directors: Maeda Tetsu (‘O“c“N), Tsukamoto Renpei

Official Site
http://www.ytv.co.jp/sarulock/

Pass.

I'll give this a look since I liked Ichihara Hayato in ROOKIES

I'm with beem :sweat:

Takoyama wrote:I'll give this a look since I liked Ichihara Hayato in ROOKIES

I sorta liked his character in the movie Rainbow Song, even though he was a dork...

manga is kind of interesting, but I dont tink it'll translate to dorama.

From Japan Times:

A new type of anti-hero debuts Thursday night in the first installment of the drama series "Saru Lock" (Nihon TV, 11:58 p.m.). Saru (Hayato Ichihara) is a master locksmith and a notorious ladies man to boot. He just can't keep his hands off the young girls, and his chosen profession turns out to be an advantage in this regard.

In this week's episode, Saru attends a retailers association meeting in the shopping area where he keeps his locksmith and key duplicating store. The association is all up in arms because a "dating club" has just opened for business in the area, and the members believe that such an unsavory sort of enterprise will attract undesirable types.

The association assigns Saru and his two associates to investigate the dating club. For this particular mission, Saru's locksmithing skills come in handy, but not as handy as his irrepressible urge to meet attractive young ladies.

Trailer for the Saru Lock movie, due out the end of next month:http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/saru-lock-trailer/

This drama merited a movie? :shocked: :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:This drama merited a movie? :shocked: :headscratch:

Your talking about the country that gave Kurosagi a film as well. :sweat:

Jav_sol wrote:Your talking about the country that gave Kurosagi a film as well. :sweat:

And Gokusen. :shakehead: :bleh: :crazy: