Hanzawa Naoki

Hanzawa Naoki (半沢直樹) is a 2013 and 2020 Japanese television series by Japanese broadcaster TBS based on the Hanzawa Naoki series (半沢直樹シリーズ) of novels by Jun Ikeido (池井戸潤). It follows the story of Hanzawa Naoki, a banker working for the largest bank in Japan, Tokyo Chuo Bank. He faces numerous obstacles from upper management as he climbs his way up the ranks. The show received consistently high ratings: the final episode of Season 1 reached 42.2% in the Kanto area, the highest figure for a drama in the Heisei Era.[1][2]

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hanzawa.
Hanzawa Naoki
Written byJun Ikeido
Yatsu Hiroyuki
Directed byFukuzawa Katsuo
Takayoshi Tanazawa
Starring
Theme music composerTakayuki Hattori
ComposerTakayuki Hattori
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time46–92 minutes
Release
Original networkTBS
Original releaseJuly 7, 2013 (2013-07-07) –
September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)
External links
Website

The show's popularity in viewer polls achieved the highest rating in three decades of Japanese television drama.[3][4][5][6]

Following its success as the most-watched series in Japan, Hanzawa Naoki made was broadcast overseas in Taiwan and Hong Kong, as well as Jamaica[7] and the Marshall Islands.[7] It was also distributed by Japan Foundation in some Latin American countries[8] such as Mexico[7][9][10] and Paraguay,[7][11] dubbed in Spanish.

A second season was announced in 2019, scheduled for the spring of 2020.[12] Due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, the series broadcast and filming was postponed.[13] The second season premiered in Japan beginning in July 2020 will consist of 10 episodes.[14]

Cast
  • Masato Sakai as Naoki Hanzawa, a charismatic banker who works for the Tokyo Central Bank.
His family
  • Aya Ueto as Hana Hanzawa, the wife of Naoki Hanzawa.
  • Keita Ninomiya as Takahiro Hanzawa, the son of Naoki Hanzawa.
  • Shōfukutei Tsurube II as Shinnosuke Hanzawa, the father of Naoki Hanzawa.
  • Lily as Michiko Hanzawa, the mother of Naoki Hanzawa.
Tokyo Central Bank
  • Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Shinobu Tomari, a close friend of Naoki who he met during the induction of the bank.
  • Kenichi Takito as Naosuke Kondo', a former employee of Tokyo Central Bank and close friend of Naoki and Tomari.
  • Teruyuki Kagawa as Akira Ohwada, the director of Tokyo Central Bank.
  • Kin'ya Kitaōji (special appearance) as Ken Nakanowatari, the chairman of Tokyo Central Bank.
  • Jundai Yamada as Keijirō Fukuyama
  • Junpei Morita as Shingo Kishikawa
  • Arata Furuta as Yōichirō Mikasa
  • Yasunori Danta as Heihachi Kimoto
  • Ichikawa En'nosuke IV as Taiji Isayama
  • Kōtarō Yoshida as Hiroshi Naitō
  • Norihiko Tsukuda as Yūya Sonezaki
  • Kazuyuki Asano as Yoshinori Tomioka
  • Jingi Irie as Shun Tajima
Osaka Nishi branch
  • Kanji Ishimaru as Tadasu Asano, the branch manager at the Osaka Nishi branch.
  • Ichirōta Miyagawa as Hiroshi Ejima
  • Yuto Nakajima as Eiji Nakanishi
Kyōbashi branch
Tokyo Central Securities
  • Kento Kaku as Masahiro Moriyama
  • Mio Imada as Hitomi Hamamura
  • Tōru Masuoka as Mitsuhide Oka
  • Narushi Ikeda as Shōichi Morota
  • Akihiro Kakuta (Tokyo 03) as Shigeyuki Miki
Tamiya Denki Inc.
Iseshima Hotel
National Tax Agency and Financial Services Agency
Spiral Inc.
Dennō Zatsugi Shūdan Inc.
  • Hideo Tsuchida as Kazumasa Hirayama
  • Yoko Minamino as Miyuki Hirayama
The Government
Teikoku Airways
Teikoku Airways reconstruction task force
  • Michitaka Tsutsui as Shōta Nohara
Development and Investment Bank of Japan
Others

Plot

Osaka arc

Naoki Hanzawa (Masato Sakai) joins the Sangyo Chuo Bank (one of the predecessors of Tokyo Chuo Bank before its merger with Tokyo Daiichi Bank) and becomes Chief of the Loans Division at the Osaka Nishi branch. He is forced by branch manager Asano (Kanji Ishimaru) to grant an unsecured loan of 500 million yen to Nishi Osaka Steel. However, Nishi Osaka Steel goes bankrupt, and both president Mitsuru Higashida (Takashi Ukaji) and the 500 million yen loan disappear. Asano shifts the blame to Hanzawa and orders him to recover the amount. Hanzawa joins forces with Kiyohiko Takeshita (Hidekazu Akai), whose business was lost as collateral damage from Nishi Osaka Steel's bankruptcy. The two discover that the entire event was a scheme set up by Asano and Higashida. Racing against time and the Taxation Office investigation, Naoki is able to recover the entire 500 million yen for the bank. Hanzawa wishes to expose Asano to the media, but out of sympathy for his wife and family he instead leverages his evidence against Asano, ensuring that his subordinates can be promoted to positions of their choice. Subsequently, Hanzawa is promoted to deputy Manager of the 2nd Operations Department at banks' Tokyo Headquarters.

Tokyo arc

One year later, Hanzawa is placed in charge of investigating Iseshima Hotel, which borrowed 20 billion yen from Tokyo Chuo Bank. The hotel suffered a loss of 12 billion yen, and with an FSA (Financial Services Agency) inspection coming up, the bank may potentially have to provide a loan loss provision of 150 billion yen should Iseshima Hotel be labelled bankrupt. Hanzawa discovers that Director Owada (Teruyuki Kagawa) was at the forefront of providing the loan to Iseshima Hotel, even though there was substantial evidence showing that the hotel was not in a good financial position. Kondo (Kenichi Takito), a friend of Hanzawa who works at Tamiya Electric, discovers that Owada was also behind an indirect loan to Laffite, a fashion company owned by Owada's wife. Hanzawa puts this evidence against Owada in front of a board of directors meeting, leading to the demise of Director Owada. Seeking personal revenge for his father's death, Hanzawa forces Owada to kneel down before him and apologize for his actions in front of all the board members, despite his supervisor and the Chairman's disapproval. During the final scene, Chairman Nakanowatari is seen giving Owada a small demotion to board member while Hanzawa is "exiled" from the bank to Tokyo Central Securities.

Episodes
Episode subtitle
Broadcast date
Ratings[15]
Ep. 1
Double Payback! A new hero arises to stand up against the evil superior!!
Can the 500 million yen be recovered? War among the wives at the company housing,
Promotion? Friendship?
July 7, 2013
19.4%
Ep. 2
Avoid being framed by the superior! Double payback for his actions!
July 14, 2013
21.8%
Ep. 3
Double payback for this superior! Saving a subordinate who is in trouble!?
A traitor appears
July 28, 2013
22.9%
Ep. 4
It is 10 times the payback! Betrayal between superior and subordinate
August 4, 2013
27.6%
Ep. 5
Hanzawa's transfer…!? To fight to the death!
August 11, 2013
29.0%
Ep. 6
500 million to 1.2 billion! Double payback in Tokyo too?
Hanzawa's battle with his nemesis!!
August 25, 2013
29.0%
Ep. 7
Hanzawa kneels to beg! He faces a tough situation
September 1, 2013
30.0%
Ep. 8
A tough rival appears! Losing will result in transfer
September 8, 2013
32.9%
Ep. 9
The final showdown! ~Survive the FSA inspection or be transferred!!
September 15, 2013
35.9%
Ep. 10
100 times the payback! Who will be kneeling in the end!
~A shocking end!! Friendship? Betrayal?
September 22, 2013
42.2%

Recognitions

References
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  8. "Naoki Hanzawa". Japón en la TV. Japan Foundation.
  9. "¡Regresa NAOKI HANZAWA a Trecevisión Yucatán!". Japón en la TV (Facebook). Japan Foundation. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. "¿Sabían que ya pueden disfrutar de NAOKI HANZAWA por Canal 28 Nuevo León?". Japón en la TV (Facebook). Japan Foundation. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  11. "J-Drama #NaokiHanzawa Domingos 13:00 hs por #Paravision 🖥️👀". Doramas en Paraguay FC (Facebook). 13 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  12. "2020年4月期TBS日曜劇場に、あの「半沢直樹」が帰ってくる! 主演:堺雅人 平成の30年間に放送されたドラマで最終回42.2%の視聴率を弾き出し、堂々の1位に輝いた驚異のドラマが令和の時代に再び登場!". TBS. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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  14. Hanzawa Naoki Season 2, retrieved 2020-08-28
  15. "『半沢直樹』最終回で『ミタ』超え、"紅白"並みの視聴率42.2%、瞬間最高46.7%". ORICON STYLE. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
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