Kurokawa no Techo

Details

 * Title: 黒革の手帖
 * Title (romaji): Kurokawa no Techo
 * Also known as: Black Leather Notebook
 * Genre: Suspense, drama

2004

 * Format: Renzoku
 * Episodes: 7
 * Viewership ratings: 15.4%
 * Broadcast period: 2004-Oct-15 to 2004-Dec-09
 * Broadcast network: TV Asahi
 * Air time: Thursday 21:00
 * Theme song: Here Alone by Arashiro Beni
 * Related TV shows: Kemonomichi (TV Asahi, 2006), Warui Yatsura (TV Asahi, 2007)

Synopsis
Ginza is a night town filled with ambition and burning desire… How does a plain bank clerk embezzle an enormous amount of money and jump into the underground world? What is her ultimate goal? Her greatest weapon is a black leather-bound notebook.

Cast

 * Yonekura Ryoko as Haraguchi Motoko
 * Nakamura Toru
 * Shaku Yumiko
 * Muroi Shigeru
 * Watanabe Ikkei
 * Shibuki Jun
 * Yoshioka Miho
 * Yanagiba Toshiro
 * Yamamoto Yuko
 * Tsugawa Masahiko
 * Kobayashi Nenji
 * Umishima Yuki
 * Maki Yoko (ep5-6)

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張)
 * Producer: Igarashi Fumio

Episode Ratings

 * Ep 01: 17.4%
 * Ep 02: 14.9%
 * Ep 03: 13.6%
 * Ep 04: 15.6%
 * Ep 05: 15.7%
 * Ep 06: 13.7%
 * Ep 07: 17.7%

2005

 * Subtitle: 白い闇
 * Subtitle (romaji): Shiroi Yami
 * Format: Tanpatsu
 * Viewership ratings: 18.8%
 * Broadcast network: TV Asahi
 * Broadcast date: 2005-Jul-02 (TV Asahi's Doyo Wide Gekijo)

Cast

 * Yonekura Ryoko as Haraguchi Motoko
 * Toyohara Kosuke
 * Okamoto Kenichi
 * Tamura Takahiro
 * Ozawa Maju
 * Fukikoshi Mitsuru
 * Nishimura Masahiko
 * David Ito

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張)
 * Producer: Igarashi Fumio

2017

 * Format: Renzoku
 * Episodes: 8
 * Viewership ratings: 11.24%
 * Broadcast network: TV Asahi
 * Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-20 to 2017-Sep-14
 * Air time: Thursday 21:00
 * Theme song: Seiiki by Fukuyama Masaharu

Synopsis
Motoko embezzled 180 million yen from the bank where she worked as a temp staff, but gets away from accusation with her "black leather notebook" in which she had jotted down all the borrowed-name accounts she spied from the bank. With the money and the notebook, she opens her own club, "Carnet" in Ginza. With no backing, Motoko works her way up to satisfy her desires and struggles to survive in the mecca of night business as a young proprietress. She battles against an array of villains whose desire and hidden motives tangle into a deadly maze. -- TV Asahi

Cast

 * Takei Emi as Haraguchi Motoko
 * Eguchi Yosuke as Yasujima Tomio
 * Naka Riisa as Yamada Namiko
 * Takito Kenichi as Murai Tooru
 * Wada Masato as Makino
 * Naito Risa as Shimazaki Sumie
 * Takashima Masanobu as Hashida Tsuneo
 * Maya Miki as Iwamura Eiko
 * Takahata Atsuko as Nakaoka Ichiko
 * Okuda Eiji as Narabayashi Kenji
 * Ito Shiro as Hasegawa Shoji
 * Nagano Satomi (ep1,3,5)

Production Credits

 * Original writing: Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張)
 * Screenwriter: Habara Daisuke
 * General Producer: Uchiyama Satoko
 * Producer: Nakagawa Shinko (中川慎子), Kikuchi Makoto (菊池誠), Oka Mitsuru (岡美鶴)
 * Director: Motohashi Keita, Katayama Osamu
 * Music: One Music