BODYGUARD

WHAT IS "BODYGUARD" ALL ABOUT?:  A drama starring Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi and Atsushi Onita. TV Asahi network (Thursdays at 9 p.m.). Actually this one started out rather well with bodyguard Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi saving the president of a mythical English-speaking country from an assassin's bullet, but a scene in which a gun was held to a waiter's head with the camera shifting to show ketchup exploding against a wall was neither authentic nor necessary.

Nagabuchi lives with junior partner Atsushi Onita, who in real life rose to fame as a professional wrestler. So he is up to scenes like the one where he bangs his head against concrete blocks or the numerous scenes in which Nagabuchi clouts him in the head for the fun of it. Forget this one. With bodyguards like that, who needs enemies?

STARRING: Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi, Atsushi Onita, Zaizen Naomi, Hatsuse Kaoru, Natsuyagi Isao, Iwabuchi Yukihiro, Yamada Tatsuo, Wakabayashi Shiho and more.
THEME SONG: "Hidamari" by Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi
NETWORK: TV ASAHI
DURATION: July 10, 1997 through September 18, 1997.  11 episodes.
REVIEWS:

Well, it's a little corny but you can tell Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi knows some martial arts....anyways, the drama is o.k. but the cameraman should of done a better job because you can see the fake hits.