Matsushige Yutaka

Matsushige Yutaka, born in Fukuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He won the award for the best supporting actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Dear Doctor.

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Name Matsushige Yutaka

Nationality Japanese

Gender Male

Born January 19, 1963

Age 59

Type Japanese

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Popularity #68

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A Shinigami (Death God) drops a notebook in the human world where a young genius picks it up. The notebook displays the message: "The human whose name is written in this note shall die" It is the notebook of death that can determine when a person will die. Light Yagami, an extremely bright elite un...

Architect Ayukawa Itsuki is left paralyzed from the waist down by a sudden accident and is confined to using a wheelchair. Kawana Tsugumi works at an interior design company and one day runs into the senior she had a crush on during high school, Itsuki. Tsugumi is charmed by Itsuki and endeavors to...

1985 year. Lee Eui Shik, who is about to run for president, is suspected of corruption, so intelligence officers are tasked with tracking him down. As a cover, the scouts move into the house next door and slowly rub into the man's confidence. But the longer the surveillance lasts, the more it seems...

Tae Joo, a murderer serving a life sentence in prison, is given a temporary release to save the life of a seriously ill young girl, Se Hee, who suffers from Wilson's disease and desperately needs a liver transplant. Se Hee is the daughter of Yeong Woo, an old friend of Tae Joo's who is now a police...

Henshin tells the story of Junichi, a young boy who is forced to go through a life-saving brain transplantation. By his side, his girlfriend Kei is watching over him all the time. Junichi seems to recover complete from this operation, but while Kei is thrilled that he is back by her side, Junichi se...

Yong Gi is an unknown comedian. His wife, Jung Yeon, does not tell him about her sickness. Instead, she is cruel and cold towards him in order to hide her pain and also not to affect his work performance for worrying about her illness, in her heart " Yong Gi is the biggest present the world has give...

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Jun Hori is a former NHK announce and founder of the 8bit News organisation and director of this documentary which draws links between nuclear accidents in Japan and the US. He interviews people about topics like radiation exposure.

Drama

A high school student and genius hacker, Takagi Fujimaru, a.k.a. “Falcon”, uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to indict the fraudulent acts of evil villains. In order to save his family, friends, and the entire world, he fights against “Bloody Monday”, the worst and most evil form of viral te...

Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since primary school. Ken is obstinate and little gifted in love, but he has long fallen in love with the lively and joyful Rei. But Rei is about to marry another man. While Ken and other high school friends attend the wedding ceremony, a fairy appears and...

Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines...

Two years have passed since the world’s most heinous act of biological terror took place. Japan is threatened anew by an unfolding and sinister plot to destroy Tokyo with a nuclear device. A plane is hijacked, among its passengers, the same ringleader from the previous biological attack. With the n...

Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation’s most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds....

Hachimitsu to Clover is a heartwarming tale of youth, love, soul-searching, and self-discovery, intricately woven through the complex relationships between five dear friends. (Source: myanimelist)

Unnatural is a case-of-the-week medical mystery show; its main theme is the change of reality brought upon by imminent death of a loved one. Mystery and exhilarating human drama unfold against the backdrop of the “unnatural death institute”, or “UDI”. For example, the body of a young man is brought...

In this unusual story, Matsuda plays a child welfare official Shirota working at a child consultation center, while Takahashi Katsumi plays a charitable yakuza boss Sabashima. These two lead completely different lives, but one day, their souls are suddenly switched. As a result, Shirota begins dispe...

Yabushita Yoriko, a 29-year-old economics expert with a master's degree from the University of Tokyo and working in the field of macroeconomics research, is rigid and refuses to comply with the demands of others. Since she wants to marry before 30 years, she registers in a marriage agency to find a...

Architect Ayukawa Itsuki is paralyzed from waist down. Although he was the ace of the basketball team back in high school, he injured his spinal cord in an accident while in the third year in university. After that, he decided that he would not play basketball or fall in love ever again because he i...

Maki’s mother commits assault and Maki is temporarily placed in the children’s orphanage, Kogamo no Ie. Post is a young girl who reigns as the leader at Kogamo no Ie. While she has lost her parents, she is remarkably strong, resilient and positive. There is also Piami and Bonbi who respect Post. The...

The drama is set at the beautiful Shimanto River in the Kochi prefecture and revolves around a group of seven men and women and the unfolding of their lives. Ikuta plays a man named ‘Joutarou’, who’s a typical example of the so-called ‘lost generation’ in Japan. The term ‘lost generation’ refers to...

Taiga Kusunoki is a less than popular, tsundere, second-generation actor. Although he is the son of the famous and popular actor, Kotaro Kusunoki, his career is far below the level of his father's. Taiga develops an inferiority complex due to the huge difference between his image and his father's po...

Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing industry is going through a turbulent time due to ebooks. Members of the editorial department strug...

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This...

The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Shima Kazumi is selected as a new member of MIU. He is intelligent, with excellent observation and communication skills. Yet, he does not trust other people....

There is a small eatery ‘Meshiya’ in a back alley of a busy street which is run just by its owner. Called the “midnight eatery”, its opening hours are from midnight to 7 am in the morning. The only items on the menu of are miso soup with pork and vegetables set, beer, sake and shochu. All sorts of c...

Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over...

“Yae no Sakura” will tell the story of Niijima Yae, also known as Yamamoto Yaeko, who was born into the Aizu Domain during the late Edo period. Skilled in gunnery, she helped defend Aizu during the Boshin War, earning her the nickname of the “Bakumatsu Joan of Arc.” After the war, she married educat...

Kohei Kuryu is a prosecutor at the Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. He looks and thinks different from the other prosecutors. When he takes on a new case, he first goes to the scene of the incident and looks around with his own eyes. His unique habits as a prosecutor hav...

Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whose skills at behavioral analysis are the k...

A private high school by the sea... All of the senior students devote themselves only to their studies for college entrance exams from the end of the summer. One day, an unconventional teacher gets posted at this high academia-oriented school. His name is Sakurai Sakutaro. His background is a myster...

Inogashira Goro, a private merchant who alone manages his trade in imported dry products. Being a man of few words, he prefers to live a simple and solitary lifestyle. He smokes but doesn't drink alcohol. He also has a very healthy appetite. Between two meetings with customers in different cities, I...

The basis of the drama is the novel "Kashikogi" by the author Cho Chang-in, which has sold 2 million copies in Korea since its publication in 2000. It has already been adapted in the form of a television show and a play in this country. On February 4, Shogakukan published the book in Japan under the...

The story begins in April 1986 and is set during the days of the bubble economy. Kaidou Akira comes from a wealthy background and is the heir of a large company Tokai Yuusen. On the other hand, his genius classmate from the University of Tokyo, Yamazaki Akira had a tough life due to the bankruptcy o...

Naho is the assistant curator of the art gallery created by his grandfather, a passionate art collector. Naho's husband is the general manager of another art gallery in Ginza, which his family has been running for several generations. To avoid the fast pace of Tokyo, a pregnant Naho decides to move...

This drama follows the staff of an Italian restaurant and their everyday struggles. “Roccabianca” is a famous and popular Italian restaurant, but their head chef and owner Tatsumi suddenly collapses and the restaurant loses its unique flavor. The number of customers rapidly declines, but the owner’...

Lu Xiao is the captain of Haigang Police, who is wise and calm. He is considered the elite of the police force despite his young age, as he has solved multiple difficult cases. However, he was stumped by a bizarre case of a floating corpse, and the "Water Ghost" killer. In the process of investigati...

Sawada Kyoka works as a yoga instructor. Her mother died two years ago and she moved in with her father Sawada Rintaro afterwards. Sawada Rintaro works as a Japanese language scholar. His only interest now is in the study of the Japanese language. After his wife died, his life seems to have no ener...

A man identifies himself as “Kizoku” ("Aristocrat") and works as a private detective for a hobby. Nobody knows his age, address or anything about his family. The actual deductions and investigations are carried out by his employees including his butler, maid, and chauffeur. He only has a good time t...

The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peacef...

Rintaro Hino is a 41-year-old psychiatrist, working at a university hospital. He is an excellent doctor with keen insight and intuition. He even sees the Chief Cabinet Secretary as a patient. Dr. Rintaro has written books and appears as a guest on TV. Some patients have to wait more than 2 months to...

Set in an old prestigious Ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young Itamae (cook for Japanese dishes) struggles his life, love and work while the long-lasted ryotei and the beloved old town face the change to survive the time. This heartwarming drama shows th...

As the first original distribution of the "Kodoku no Gourmet" series, six new short stories featuring small disasters and happenings related to food. (Source: Japanese = Paravi.jp || Translation = MyDramaList)

Depicts how Kamiki Ryunosuke spends his holidays while taking a break from filming. (Source: News Yahoo)

Articulating around human cloning, history is described as a story of suspense and mystery taking place in a metaphorical game of "musical chains", involving elements such as psychological warfare. (Source: Tokyograph)

Near future story about an underground secret medical group who use technology to cure the incurable.

Depicts the lives of three generations of women who have close links to the English lessons on radio which began in 1925. (Source: Twitter)

With a high salary and a beautiful girlfriend, one would expect Osamu to be the envy of all around him. Yet there is something missing in his life. On the complete other end of the spectrum, 25-year-old Ota Miyuki works part-time at a Hardware store while trying to fulfill her dreams of becoming an...

The Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It's positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with his partner, Kaoru Kameyama, this team is Japan’s version of The Odd Couple, solving clueless cases...

In the alternate reality of "MM9", monster attacks are a common occurrence in Japan. A special division of the Japan Meteorological Agency has been established to predict such attacks, as well as support the Japan Self-Defense Forces and minimize the damage from the attacks. The drama depicts the ev...

Stone was the king of the fighters at TBS high school, until he left school for a year. Edward, a rabble student, is accidentally transferred to TBS. Phoenix has a crush on Edward, but he's afraid to admit it. Stone comes back with the wish never to fight. He decides to teach Edward how to defend hi...

A youth comedy where a girl who tried to commit suicide and Ryoma Sakamoto and Shintaro Nakaoka who helped the girl time slip to the present age

Kenji Amo is a 2nd generation Japanese-American. He was born in America but went to school in Japan. He returned to America to study at UCLA. Now, Kenji Amo works as a reporter for a newspaper in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles. Charlie Tamiya also studied at UCLA with Kenji Amo. Charlie Tamiy...

A psychological drama that explores the dilemma of whether a person who has had integral parts of them changed, fundamentally remain the same person. Naruse Junichi hopes to one day become a painter, but he works currently on a factory line. His girlfriend is Megumi and his days are generally happy....

A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key figure in the story. Based on Toyoko Yamasaki's 2009 novel "Unmei no Hito".

Shirakawa Jiro is a genius author. At the age of 15, his novel won the top prize. He has written 99 mystery novels as a trick genius since then. Shirakawa is tackling what would be his milestone 100th novel, but he has not been able to write anything and this has gone on for more than three months....

Special prosecutors are called the most powerful investigating authority. Oda Toshiya (Yoshioka Hidetada) has transferred over from the Chiba Public Prosecutors Office and is quickly assigned to the team led by Onizuka Tsuyoshi, the deputy of the Special Investigation Department. Onizuka’s elite uni...

Mukojima Sakutaro belongs to life insurance company Seiwa Life's Insurance Assessment Department. He probes all kinds of cases such as murders for insurance money, hospital insurance scams, and payments to false claimants and suicide victims, with the investigator Kisaragi Hiro to determine if payou...

Asawa Naoki visits Ishikawa Michiko, and while they are having breakfast, he receives a phone call from Kano Rintaro, the head of the First Investigative Division’s Ninth Sub-division, about a murder case that has occurred. The president of Godai Bank was found dead and it seems that he had been str...

Saeki Shuichi was a detective, but he quit his job. He now works at a detective agency. One day, a couple asks the detective agency to find a man named Sakagami. The man killed the couple's son and served at a youth detention center. Kogure Masato is the director of the detective agency. He tells Sh...

The series centers around Akechi Kogoro, the third generation in a line of famous detectives. Though he’s inherited his famous grandfather’s deductive ability, he’s weak-willed with a bit of a cowardly streak, making him an all-too-human sleuth. Though he’s sometimes dragged kicking and screaming in...

Shuichiro Kiriyama returns to Japan after working for the FBI [in America] for 12 years. Once again, he starts working with the Statute of Limitation Management Department. Since the statute of limitation for serious crimes like murder were abolished in April, 2010, the Limitation Management Departm...

"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of the trade about stock exchange from a well-experienced investor. The backdrop of this story is the elaborate world of banking and the stock market. Shirato Norimichi (Nagase) lives off the money his paren...

In the previous series, Takako Mamiya was an elite lawyer who handled public relations cases. She quit her job at a prestigious law firm to establish her own office. She confidently walked into her new office only to find that her former firm had interfered and taken all her lawyers and staff. They...

With the progress made in forensic science, the number of cases of arrested criminals proven innocent because of new DNA tests has been increasing. The police always expect to swiftly solve cases. As crime scene detectives try to measure up to those expectations, they occasionally jump to wrong conc...

In a residential area, a man is murdered by another man, who broke his apartment. Sergeant Kizaki, who is working near the area, hears a gunshot and runs towards the apartment. Detective Omura already is at the scene of the crime. During their investigation,they get closer to finding out the identi...

A drama set in a police department depicts how a woman grows and matures as a human being as she suffers from the gap between reality and ideals in an environment where women are looked down upon. Hirano Mizuho, a woman police officer whose work consists of drawing composite sketches of criminal sus...

Follow up the story of 52 years and covers three editions of 1912 Stockholm Olympics, 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics where it features the two lead characters Kanakuri Shisou as the first Japanese man to participate in the Stockholm Olympics' and achieved a world record and Tabata Masa...

Iki Tadashi is a military leader who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of work in a hard prison camp in Siberia. After 11 years in prison, he was released. He returned to Japan and began to adapt to civilian life, refusing his...

Kuroyanagi Tetsuko became NHK’s first television actress in 1953 (Showa 28), which was the start of television broadcasting. She has brought laughter and tears to TV viewers and many people have supported her since the beginning of the television age when dramas were live until today.

The 40th drama of the NHK Taiga is Hojo Tokimune. He recounts the dramatic and turbulent life of the young Shikken Hojo Tokimune, and his successful defense of Japan against the invasion of Mongolia in the 1200s. It is a tragic story of betrayal and clan wars and Hojo Tokimune is at the center of al...

Inogashira Goro runs an imported general merchandise business. He enjoys eating on his own and would visit dining establishments whenever there are intervals of free time during work. (Source: jdramas.wordpress.com)

"Kaidan - Horror Classics" presents ghost stories written by the award-winning modern Japanese authors Yasunari Kawabata, Osamu Dazai, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, &amp ; Seizei Muro. Ep. 1 : One arm / Kataude / 的 Ep. 2 : The leaf cherry and the enchanted flute / Hazakura to Mateki /

It is 1906, near the end of the Meiji period. The government has tried to let the pollutants produced from the Ashio Copper Mine deposit in the pond of Yanaka Village which is in the lower reaches of the Watarase River in Tochigi Prefecture in order to protect the mine’s operations. As a result, the...

Inogashira Goro continues to visit clients and frequent restaurants as he travels in Japan for his import merchandise business.

Inogashira Goro usually eats meals alone at cozy restaurants. He continues to visit new restaurants and also returns to some restaurants that he visited before. (Source: AsianWiki)

Inogashira Goro continues eating his way across Japan on his lunch breaks. His tour of Japan's restaurants starts this time in Osaka.

Inogashira Goro, who runs an imported general merchandise business, enjoys eating on his own and would visit dining establishments when there are intervals of free time during work.

Inokashira Goro, who is an imported goods dealer, visits various towns on business. After business meetings, he will stop by shops that he is interested in and looks forward to meals above all else. This summer, he visits Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture for business. ~~ Based on Kusumi Masayuki and Ta...

The drama will continue in the exact same style as the previous two seasons and feature more sweets and light meals that made the second season so popular. Kusumi himself will also be appearing in a short segment at the end of the drama to give viewers more information. ~~ Based on Kusumi Masayuki a...

Inogashira Goro, the solitaire merchant, food-loving and abstinent. Once again, he travels in and around Tokyo, visiting guests while checking the local cuisine and restaurants along the way. This season, Inogashira indulges in its sweet tooth by trying more desserts and confectionery. ~~ Based on...

With the appearance of a cat, Nekomura is being employed by an upper-class family. He notices everything that goes on in the house and he does not fail to intrigue! He is very hard-working, but he can't help but poke his nose here and there occasionally, stumbling upon some secrets. (Source: MangaO...

Hayami Keigo is a promising young heart surgeon at a university hospital, but is made to examine patients at a clinic in the mountains during summer on the orders of his superior. At a harsh environment 2,000 m above sea level, there is a very small quantity of testing equipment and medicine. It is...

Based on novel by Yamasaki Toyoko, screenplay by Habara Daisuke and directed by Tsuruhashi Yasuo. The era setting is changed from the Showa 30's to the year 2019.

Makoto Kanzaki is a university PR man swept up by a series of scandals for which he must create the perfect spin, only to find himself totally painted into a corner. A dark, satirical comedy about modern society’s contradictions and the sorrows they can inflict upon the individual. (Source: NHK...

An inspiring human drama that boldly captures "what" is important for a mere individual to survive in a confusingly diversified time of age. In Japan, crime rates among seventeen-year-old high school students are increasing year by year, and "seventeen years old" are often referred to as the most di...

A young boy is saved by firemen in a fire. His name is Daigo Asahina. Now he's a grown-up and has recently received his credentials as a firefighter. He has wanted to become a firefighter like the hero who saved him from the flames. But the firefighting brigade he is assigned to is the so-called "Me...

Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes betwee...

A decade of the economic slump has certainly taken its toll on corporate Japan, and no one group more so than the white-collar workers that laden Japan Inc. For Toaru Corporation, a large Osaka-based trading company, times are tough. At the products trading division in the Tokyo office of this strug...

Kenichi Endo, Ren Osugi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Susumu Terajima, Yutaka Matsushige and Ken Mitsuishi all receive offers to take part in a big budget drama series with a famous lead actor and world famous director. To study their roles and relationships, the director asks the six supporting actors to live...

Kouhei asks his girlfriend Kaede to marry him. He also reveals that his company going to transfer him to London office and that he would like his bride-to-be to come along. As Kaede walks home she bumps into Yuuko, a girl from far-off Yaizu who has come to town for meeting with her ex-boyfriend's bu...

The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytel...

The TV channel TV Tokyo is about to launch a morning drama, "Shimakko-san". Endo Kenichi, Oosugi Ren, Taguchi Tomorowo, Matsushige Yutaka and Mitsuishi Ken are sent to the filming location, but for some reason they arrive at desert island. To survive, they will have to collaborate. At the same time,...

While growing up in a blessed family, Makoto, a cousin of Kiyoka's who has a cold personality, came to Tokyo dreaming of a singer. Makoto, who grew up in the country and is innocent, and Kiyoka, who has the opposite personality, collide with each other from the beginning. However, one day, Kiyoka w...

A series of stories, loosely adapted from local ghost stories and paranormal events. In each episode, we get to know one of the urban legends, adapted by various directors and screenwriter. The last season of three. After the broadcast, the serie was adapted to a manga, book and festival movie versi...

~~It was released in 2005 on DVD

Aired in conjunction with the movie, and follows another incident that occurs before and after the movie incident. ~Adapted from a novel by Joji Iida.

31-year-old Iwasaki Urara became a lawyer and did a disservice to client because of her own mistake in her first court case. This traumatised her and she gave up being a lawyer. Fretting that she isn’t cut out to be a lawyer, Urara ekes out a living by working part time. She is saddled with a debt o...

Hiraki Asuka is diagnosed with cancer with three months left. She returns to her daughter and former husband, both of whom she had abandoned before, in order to spend her last days, especially with her daughter and to regain her love.

Heihachiro Onijima became a prosecutor at the age of 44 and he is also raising his two nephews all by himself, who were left alone after his sister's suicide. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Nemuranu Oni" (東京地検特捜部長・鬼島平八郎 “眠らぬ鬼”) written by Nabeshima Masaha...

A high school student's mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo sets off to meet him, but is completely shocked when she finds someone very different from the father she envisioned. Her father, Shinpei, a 38-year-ol...

Kitazawa Taro played a central role in post-war Japan’s modern poetry movement due to the launch of the poetry magazine ‘Arechi’ with fellow poets in 1947. 28 years later in 1975, the 53-year-old works at a newspaper’s proofreading department as he continues to compose poetry and cherishes ordinary...

Moved by television shows of lawyers she saw as a child, Ishida Ryoko dreamed of nothing more than becoming one herself. Though she studied hard she was never able to realize her dream. Resigned to her fate, Ryoko later went on to work for a bank where she was put in charge of going after defaulted...

Drama series depicts the life of Ieyasu Tokugawa (January 31, 1543 - June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during a war. He grew up lonely and away from his mother. Takechiyo didn't have a clue about wha...

Sequel to Hanako-san Lives in a Locker, NHKs 3 yorudora, Hanako-san is a ghost who lives in a locker at the company and only OLs can see her.

Ruuko has just been assigned to an elite position within the first-class trading company she works for, but quickly tires of the monotonous work her boss gives her. Then, she suddenly encounters Hanako-san, who becomes the guardian of the female employees and is called "The Super Helpful Ghost." Han...

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