Nurseman - Review (by jdfan)

Story:
The story is about Jiro Yutaka (Matsuoka) who makes a goal to become a nurse but unfortunately the obstacle he faces are from women who don't believe men should be nurses. The hospital he works in is known to have strong female leadership and for Jiro Yutaka, his female peers look to him as an incompetent intern...many things happened during his shifts.

Aired: Started Jan. 2002

Review (7 Stars) (Average Rating 16.73%)
This drama cast included TOKIO drummer, Matsuoka Masahiro, Morning Musume's Abe Natsumi, former SPEED member Uehara Takako. A nice looking group. This is a surprise hit of the season. They even threw in the priminister's son in a doctors role! A heart warming comedy in a hospital setting. The first six month of 2002 is not that strong but this is a better one! At least the VCDs are avaibale!

i'm not sure if this is true, but is prime minister junichiro koizumi's son, kotaro in this drama? probably a small role?

I copied this list of stars from NTV offical site. I believe the primeminister's son's role in Nurseman is the young intern doctor.(Kotaro Koizumi?)

Stars:
Masahiro Matsuoka (from TOKIO),
Natsumi Abe,
Keiichi Yamamoto,
Takako Uehara,
Kotaro Koizumi,
Jun Kunimura,
Kyoko Kishida,
Satomi, Kobayashi,
Takako Uehara,
Naomi Matsushima,
Erika Yamakawa,
Yuka Itaya,
Noriko Shiina,
Seiko Takada

Here is the site with his picture:

http://iyco0.tripod.com/koizumi.html

Kotaro was in the drama from start to finish as an suppoting actor. The role is not small at all. His look is not what you call the leading man look but he was fun in this comic book styled dorama. Again, this dorama is worth a try.

My picks for the 1st 2002 season were Long Love letter, Basically Nice and this one.

Jdfan