Drama: Smoke and Mist: Gold Rush (literal title) Romaji: Enka -Gold Rush- Japanese: 煙霞 -Gold Rush- Director: Shotaro Kobayashi Writer: Hiroyuki Kurokawa (novel), Michiru Egashira Network: WOWOW Episodes: Release Date: July 18, 2015 -- Runtime: Language: Japanese Country: Japan **Plot** Kumagai (Mirai Moriyama) is an art teacher at a private female high school. Sakai (Bunchin Katsura), the school's chairman of the board, runs the school like the school is his own property and pays Kumagi a low salary. Then, Music Teacher Naoko (Mitsuki Takahata) and P.E. Teacher Oyamada (Hiroyuki Onoue) asks Kumagi to join them in a scheme to blackmail Sakai. Unexpectedly, Sakai and his girlfriend Akemi (Yuri Nakamura) go missing. The duo are assumed to be kidnapped by Minowa (Houka Kinoshita) and Nakao (Yuichi Kimura) who are education consultants. Meanwhile, Kumagai and Naoko unwittingly become involved in a scheme to steal large amount of gold bars that were hidden by Sakai. **Notes** Based on the novel "Enka" by Hiroyuki Kurokawa (published January, 2009 by Bungeishunju Ltd.). **Cast** Mirai Moriyama as Toru Kumagai Mitsuki Takahata as Naoko Masamoto Yuri Nakamura as Akemi Morino Houka Kinoshita as Katsuhisa Minowa Yuichi Kimura as Shuichi Nakao Hiroyuki Onoue as Oyamada Bunchin Katsura as Yuzo Sakai