Beach Boys

WHAT IS "BEACH BOYS" ALL ABOUT:  Takenouch Yukuta plays the character, Suzuki Kaito who is an elite salary man who is on paid leave 'cause he made a small miss in a project so he decides to head towards the beach. Sorimachi Takeshi who plays the character of Hiromi, just got kicked out by his girlfriend so he heads towards the beach and got a part time job at this inn thingy where takenouchi is headed in to live.

Then the owner said he was going to close it down and they go back to Tokyo but somehow they are missing something so they both go back to the beach....  Sakurai Hiromi (Sorimachi Takashi) is kicked out by his girlfriend. Suzuki Kaito (Takenouchi Yutaka) fails while working on a project. Both of them meet at Diamondhead, a resort, to alleviate their pressures. But as time goes by, both of them realize that they couldn't leave Diamondhead so easily.

STARRING: Sorimachi Takashi, Takenouchi Yutaka, Hirosue Ryoko, Inamori Izumi, Akimoto Yuki, Ojiro Kawasaki, Kawaoka Daijiro, Mike Maki, Tsuji Kaori, Hara Sachie, Sato Hitomi
THEME SONG: "Forever" by Sorimachi Takashi, "Sing a Love Song For Me" by Yamaguchi Yuko
NETWORK: FUJI TV
DURATION: July 7, 1997 through September 22, 1997.  12 episodes + 1 special.
ASU JUDGMENT: Want a drama that's fun to watch but a little bit in the unintelligent side?  
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REVIEWS:

As a fellow surfer (as in waves), I liked this drama...although Sorimachi kind of got on my nerves at times, I enjoyed it.   I think though...this drama is eye candy....4 popular actors and actresses but a storyline that is not so super (well, again I liked it because it's a beach setting and so forth). I am amazed though how people really like this drama a lot and how they talk about it to the point that it makes it sound like this drama is really "all that" when it really isn't. Even when I traveled throughout Asia outside of Japan, people were watching "Beach Boys" on the restaurant televisions and people were talking about this drama as if it was all good. Oh well, to each their own. - KNDY