Papa wa Newscaster

Papa wa Newscaster
Genre	Drama Comedy
Written by	Kazuhiko Ban
Starring	Masakazu Tamura Atsuko Asano Mari Nishio George Tokoro Rumi Matsumoto
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production company	TBS
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	January 9 (1987-01-09) – March 27, 1987 (1987-03-27)

Papa wa Newscaster... (パパはニュースキャスター…) is a Japanese comedy drama series that first aired on TBS in 1987.^[1] Masakazu Tamura gained new popularity through the drama.^[2] Also, three special editions of the drama were produced later.

Kagami Ryutarō is a News presenter. He is a playboy, but suddenly he becomes the father of three daughters.^[3][4][5]

Cast

• Masakazu Tamura as Kagami Ryutarō^[6]
• Atsuko Asano as Yonezaki Miyuki
• Mieko Suzuki as Suzuki Megumi
• Chikako Otsuka as Otsuka Megumi
• Mari Nishio as Nishio Megumi
• Jūkei Fujioka as director of The Press
• George Tokoro as Matsumoto Tamotsu
• Rumi Matsumoto as Matsumoto Fumiko
• Shigeru Kobayashi as a Caster

TV specials

• Papa wa Newscaster special (October 2, 1987) Guest starring Honami Suzuki, Jun Fubuki, Miho Nakayama
• Papa wa Newscaster Oshōgatsu special (January 2, 1989) Guest starring Naoko Ken, Yumi Shirakawa, Hibari Misora
• Papa wa Newscaster Kaetekita Kagami Ryutarō (September 30, 1994) Guest starring Isao Hashizume, Takako Tokiwa, Masatoshi Hamada

References

1. "BS-TBS" パパはニュースキャスター (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
2. 日本映画人名事典 1996年度　下 P.150-151 キネマ旬報社 ISBN 4873761891
3. パパはニュースキャスター…2 (in Japanese). TBS. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
4. "田村正和さん 逸見さんから助言 色男と三枚目の融合した「パパはニュースキャスター」". sportsnippon. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
5. "パパはニュースキャスター". kotobank. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
6. "Masakazu Tamura biography". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.