https://wiki.d-addicts.com/CHANGE - **Title:** CHANGE - **Format:** Renzoku - **Genre:** Human drama, politics - **Episodes:** 10 - **Viewership ratings:** 21.7 (Kanto) - **Broadcast network:** Fuji TV - **Broadcast period:** 2008-May-12 to 2008-Jul-14 - **Air time:** Monday 21:00 - **Theme song:** Miles Away by Madonna   #### **Synopsis** With the deaths of ruling party's Fukuoka Member of Parliament and his eldest son, his heir apparent, in a plane accident, a by-election had to be held right away and, Kanbayashi Shoichi, the House secretary of the ruling party, conceived the idea of fielding the second son, Asakura Keita, and sent his secretary Miyama Rika to complete the task. Keita was an elementary school teacher in Nagano and his hobby was star gazing. He had no interest in politics. At Rika's persuasion and the pressure of his family, he reluctantly agreed to run for office but with no intention of winning. However, with the help of Nirasawa Katsutoshi, an election strategist, he went on to win by a narrow margin of just 164 votes. When the Prime Minister was forced to resign over allegation of sexual harrassment, Kanbayashi concocted the idea of nominating the inept Keita to run for the party's leadership and thereby becoming the next Prime Minister as he thought it would be easy to manipulate him and work the situation to his own advantage so he would become the next PM when Keita failed. However, the sincerity and hard work of Keita soon won over every sceptic and as Kanbayashi found out, he was not a puppet on his strings. Kanbayashi had to come up with another scheme to destroy Keita. How far would he go to realize his ambition? Could he succeed?   #### **Cast** - **Kimura Takuya** ... Asakura Keita (35) - **Fukatsu Eri** ... Miyama Rika (35) - Terao Akira ... Kanbayashi Shoichi (59) - Abe Hiroshi ... Nirasawa Katsutoshi (44) - Kato Rosa ... Miyamoto Hikaru (23) - Horiuchi Keiko ... Tsukioka Rumiko (35) - Ohkura Koji ... Danbara Dan (36) - Fuji Sumiko ... Asakura Takae (59) - Kazama Morio ... Kondo Mitsuki (54) - Nakamura Atsuo ... Onoda Asao (67) - Kouyama Shigeru ... Nihei Sakae (79) - Obayashi Takeshi ... Kakiuchi Tatsuhiko (65) - Ishiguro Ken ... Ubukata Tsuneo (38) - Nishimura Masahiko ... Momosaka Tetsuya (45) - Hiraizumi Sei ... Gunji Toshio (56) - Yajima Kenichi ... Nishi Seiji (42) - Suzuki Kosuke ... Akiyama Taro Kansuke (34)   #### **Production Credits** - **Screenwriter:** Fukuda Yasushi - **Producer:** Goto Hiroyuki, Shimizu Kazuyuki - **Associate producer:** Ishihara Takashi - **Director:** Sawada Kensaku (ep1-2,5,8,10), Hirano Shin (ep3-4,6-7,9) - **Music:** Nobuchika Teruyuki   #### **Awards** - **12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008):** Best Drama - **12th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2008):** Best Actor (**Kimura Takuya**) - **57th Television Drama Academy Awards:** Best Actor (**Kimura Takuya**)    - [**English Subtitles**](https://www.d-addicts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=61584) ([alt.](http://web.archive.org/web/20121008175859/http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_61584.htm))   **My other uploads with Fukatsu Eri:** - [[jmovie] (ハル) (Haru) (1996) DVDRip RAW](https://nyaa.si/view/1093934) - [[jdrama] 恋ノチカラ Koi no Chikara (2002) DVDRip RAW](https://nyaa.si/view/1077530) - [[jdrama] 空から降る一億の星 Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi (2002) DVDRip RAW](https://nyaa.si/view/1079422) - [[jdrama] [SP] 駅路 Ekiro (2009) RAW](https://nyaa.si/view/1088397) - [[jdrama] [SP] ステキな隠し撮り Suteki na Kakushidori (2011) 720p RAW](https://nyaa.si/view/1091595)