Title: 受験のシンデレラ Title (romaji): Juken no Cinderella Format: Renzoku Genre: Drama Episodes: 8 Broadcast network: NHK BS Premium Broadcast period: 2016-Jul-10 to 2016-Aug-28 Air time: Sunday 22:00 Theme song: But It's OK! by Sakai Yu **Synopsis** 38-year-old charismatic Igarashi Toru, a former lecturer of a famous preparatory school, has been given a year to live. One day, he happens to encounter Endo Maki who attends part-time high school while juggling multiple part-time jobs. Wanting to graduate from high school so that she can hold a steady job, Maki appeals to Igarashi to teach her to study for the makeup exam. This fires up Igarashi who has lost pride as a teacher and the passion for teaching. Deciding that he will make Maki qualify for Tokyo University and get back at the world, he starts preparing her to pass the entrance exam in a year later. -- Jdrama Weblog **Cast** Koizumi Kotaro as Igarashi Toru Kawaguchi Haruna as Endo Maki Yamaguchi Sayaka as Murai Toko Tomita Yasuko as Endo Chieko Matsuo Satoru Hakamada Yoshihiko Kojima Kazuya (児嶋一哉) Harada Kana Yamada Yuki Kawahara Kazuma as Murai Kazuya Endo Nina (遠藤新菜)