Masshiro Explained

Genre:	Drama
Runtime:	54 minutes
Director:	Natsuki Imai Toshio Tsuboi Yūsuke Itō Keigo Higashinaka Shin Katō
Producer:	Hiroki Ueda Keigo Higashinaka
Starring:	Maki Horikita Yūya Yagira Mirai Shida Rin Takanashi Ken Ishiguro Miki Mizuno Tae Kimura
Composer:	Masaru Yokoyama Masato Suzuki
Endtheme:	"Fighting Girls" by Miwa
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Network:	TBS
Num Episodes:	10

is a Japanese soap opera series created by Yumiko Inoue.^{[1] [2]} She wrote the screenplay based on her own experiences of her father being in hospital.^[3] Maki Horikita played the lead role as a nurse. It premiered on TBS on 13 January 2015, and concluded 17 March 2015, airing 10 episodes.

Cast

• Maki Horikita as Akari Arimura, a nurse who wants to marry a wealthy man
• Yūya Yagira as Kōtarō Nakano, a young surgeon who studied cutting-edge medicine in the United States
• Mirai Shida as Nana Matsuoka, Arimura's nurse colleague
• Rin Takanashi as Yūko Wada, Arimura's nurse colleague
• Ken Ishiguro as Masataka Satō, a director of the Tōō hospital surgical center
• Miki Mizuno as Megumi Iwabuchi, a veteran nurse
• Tae Kimura as Shizuka Tanoshima, a head nurse

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Ratings (%)

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2047165/full/. ja:堀北真希主演『まっしろ』初回7.9%. 2015-05-11. oricon ME inc.. Japanese.
2. Web site: http://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1458995. ja:志田未来「女って怖いなって思いました」. 2015-05-11. modelpress. Japanese.
3. Web site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/masshiro2015/intro/. ja:はじめに TBSテレビ:火曜ドラマ『まっしろ』. Introduction TBS TV Tuesdays Drama Masshiro. 2015-05-11. Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.. Japanese.