Top Sales

Synopsis

A drama about a woman who changes her career and eventually becomes a president of a car sales company in a male-oriented society of the 1970's. Makino Hisako quits her job at a leading textile company before turning 25, which is considered the retirement age for women at that time, and starts working as a car salesman. The drama depicts her success story along with her high school classmates, the baby-boom generation.

Cast

• Natsukawa Yui as Makino Hisako
  • Matsubara Nanohana (松原菜野花) as young Hisako
• Shiina Kippei as Shibata Takao
• Ishida Hikari as Shibata (Nozawa) Mariko
• Yamaguchi Makiya as Omori Goro
• Osawa Ken (大沢健) as Takamura Masayuki
• Suzuki Kazuma as Taniguchi Katsuhiko
• Shioya Shun as Abe Yukio
• Umezawa Masayo as Fujiyama Kuniko
• Sato Hitomi as Nakano Harumi
• Shionoya Masayuki (塩野谷正幸) as Sasaki Yoshio
• Sakurai Akiyoshi (櫻井章喜) as Mori Tatsuo
• Yamamoto Ryuji as Mizawa （butcher shop）
• Ueda Koichi as Kitagawa （flower shop）
• Toake Yukiyo as Makino Mitsue
• Ishibashi Renji as Makino Kotaro
• Kanie Keizo as Okano Eiji
• Yamada Tatsuo (山田辰夫)
• Harada Daijiro

Details

• Title: トップセールス
• Title (English): Top Sales
• Format: Renzoku
• Episodes: 8
• Viewership ratings: 7.1
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-12 to 2008-May-31
• Air time: Saturday 21:00-21:58
• Theme song: Kodoku no Muko by Hirahara Ayaka