Esumi Makiko will be back in the FujiTV summer 2013 drama "Shomuni" which is the first sequel in 10 years and will be shown in the Wednesdays 10pm slot from July. The first "Shomuni" drama series was aired in 1998 with Esumi playing the leader of a group of 6 OLs who were regarded as useless or problematic and sent to do miscellaneous tasks in "Shomu-nika" (2nd section of general affairs). However, the ladies ended up solving various problems in the company with their unique skills thus leading the drama to a high of 28.5% for its final episode. The word "Shomuni" was also one of the top 10 popular words that year. Following that, two drama sequels were produced in 2000 and 2002 before the finale SP "Shomuni FOREVER" in 2003.
Esumi plays the role of Tsuboi Chinatsu who goes back to her company which is in the midst of a retrenchment exercise 10 years after she disappeared and ends up in the Shomu-nika with new buddies i.e. Becky who plays a cool girl and Internet expert, Honda Tsubasa who is a former high jump athlete and has to shoot everything with her digital camera, Ando Sakura, Mori Kanna and Horiuchi Keiko. Morimoto Leo who used to play the section chief of Shomu-nika, will be absent from this drama.
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