Maruyama, the Middle Schooler

Apr 18, 2013

2h 0m

★ 5.3

Overview

Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Cine Bazar

Pony Canyon

Fuji Television Network

J-dream

Otona Keikaku

Kansai Television

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

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Cast

Tatsuo Shimoi

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Katsuya Maruyama

Takuma Hiraoka

Yang Ik-june

Yuzuka Shimizu

Yuiko Kariya

Mizuki Maruyama

Maki Sakai

Katsuyuki Maruyama

Toru Nakamura

Hosono

Sarutoki Minagawa

Wrestling coach Umeda

Hiroki Miyake

Shimizu's mother

YOU

Inoue's grandfather

Kenji Endo

Miura

Fumina Hara

Ryo Iwamatsu

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