The Pride of the Temp

The Pride of the Temp

2007 · 2 seasons · 18 eps · ★ 7.3 · Drama, Comedy

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Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.

Written by Miho Nakazono

Network: Nippon TV

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Ryoko Shinohara Haruko Ōmae
Kotaro Koizumi Kensuke Satonaka
Ryo Katsuji Tsutomu Asano
Yo Oizumi Takeshi Shōji
Ken Yasuda Shinya Hitotsugi
Tomorowo Taguchi Narrator (voice)
Yusuke Kamiji Kousaku Kon
Ai Kato Miyuki Mori
Masao Komatsu Shigeru Ogasawara
Yuka Itaya Kyōko Kuroiwa
Hiroki Matsukata Toshirō Kirishima
Yumi Shirakawa Mayuko Amaya

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