Osamu Mukai Stars in WOWOW Drama Adaptation of Yo Kusakabe's Novel MR
The adaptation marks the third WOWOW collaboration with Kusakabe, continuing the network's focus on medical ethics dramas, and casts Mukai in a role that explores the little-known but high-stakes world of pharmaceutical sales representatives.
Reporting from 1 sources: Eiga Natalie.
Osamu Mukai will play Masaki Kiochu, a medical representative at a mid-sized pharmaceutical company, in a five-episode WOWOW drama adaptation of Yo Kusakabe's novel "MR." The series, titled "Ren-zoku Drama W MR - Iyakujoho Tantosha," follows Kiochu as he works to get his company's new diabetes drug designated as a first-line treatment while navigating interference from a rival firm. The drama airs this fall.
Osamu Mukai will star in a five-episode WOWOW drama adaptation of Yo Kusakabe's novel "MR," titled "Ren-zoku Drama W MR - Iyakujoho Tantosha." Mukai plays Masaki Kiochu, a medical representative at Tenpo Pharmaceutical who works to secure first-line treatment designation for his company's new type 2 diabetes drug, Pansel, while facing interference from a rival foreign firm. The series is written by Takashi Kosaka and directed by Hiro Kanai. It is the third Kusakabe work adapted by WOWOW, following dramas about medical errors and euthanasia. The show will broadcast and stream this fall.
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- Eiga Natalie 向井理主演で久坂部羊の小説「MR」WOWOWでドラマ化、医療現場と製薬業界の裏側描く