Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai

Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai (もう誘拐なんてしない) is a Japanese drama special based on the novel of the same name by Tokuya Higashigawa and directed by Yuichi Sato. It received a viewership rating of 13.9%.

Plot
Shotaro Tarui is an ordinary 29-year-old man who came to Tokyo 7 years ago, pursuing his childhood dream of becoming a hero. However, he now simply gets by as a part-time worker and has just lost his latest part-time job. The unexpected story unfolds as he finds himself planning a fake kidnapping after he suddenly receives a request from the daughter of a yakuza boss, Erika Hanazono.

Main cast

 * Satoshi Ohno as Shotaro Tarui
 * Yui Aragaki as Erika Hanazono
 * Maki Shinta as young Erika Hanazono
 * Ryuta Sato as Kazuki Komoto
 * Shihori Kanjiya as Satsuki Hanazono
 * Hiroki Narimiya as Seiji Yamabe
 * Masahiro Takashima as Takashi Kuroki
 * Shota Yasuda as Kota Shiraishi
 * Ryo Kimura as Shuhei Hirato
 * Tokio Emoto as Toshiaki Kanda
 * Sayaka Yamaguchi as Junko Tatsukawa
 * Akiyoshi Nakao as Yuki Kato
 * Kokoro Kuge as Shiori Arai
 * Katsumi Takahashi as Tadao Yasukawa
 * Jun Kaname as Yuya Takazawa
 * Kinya Kitaoji as Shugoro Hanazono

Guest appearances

 * Sho Sakurai as Kageyama (from Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de)
 * Jun Matsumoto as Shuntaro Tokita (from Lucky Seven)
 * Saki Fukuda as Shotaro's elementary school teacher
 * Naoto Takenaka as Sliderman
 * Katsuhisa Namase as the manager of the Hero Show
 * Kei Tanaka as Youth A
 * Yoji Tanaka as a barista
 * Sumie Sasaki as a grocery shopkeeper
 * Takashi Ukaji as a ramen shopkeeper
 * Megumi Yokoyama as Mayuko Arai/Erika's mother
 * Ikkei Watanabe as Kenjiro Takemura
 * Kunihiro Matsumura as Hanazono's deliveryman
 * Nobuhiko Takada as a bicycle courier