head banging: Black President [J-Drama 2014] ONGOING Ep 1

Monday 26 May 2014

Black President [J-Drama 2014] ONGOING Ep 1

Drama: The Sweatshop President (English title) / Black President (Japanese English title)
Romaji: Black President
Japanese: ブラック・プレジデント
Director: Yoshishige Miyake, Keiichiro Shiraki, Takashi Komatsu
Writer: Masaya Ozaki
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Episodes:
Release Date: April 8, 2014 --
Runtime: Tuesdays 22:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Yukio Mitamura (Ikki Sawamura) started a clothing company and the company is now experiencing rapid growth. The company though is a "black company" (Japanese term for an exploitative sweatshop-type company). Yukio places the company's first priority on profits. He drives his employees hard, but he doesn't think what he is doing is bad. To increase profits, Yukio believes more effort is needed. Yukio has never viewed his company is a "black company."

After entrusting his employees with tasks, Yukio becomes to have more free time. At the age of 45, Yukio decides to enroll at a university to study company management. Yukio then meets rookie lecturer Kyoko Akiyama (Meisa Kuroki). Yukio is attracted to Kyoko, but they have arguments frequently because of their different backgrounds and opinions. Yukio looks down on young university students, believing they couldn't get a job at his company. An incident though causes Yukio to interact with the young university students and he begins to become stimulated by them.

While Yukio is studying at the university, powers at his company tries to kick Yukio out. Yukio now knows his company is a black company. A power struggle begins.