Shomuni (1998)

Name: Shomuni
Rating: 6.9

Rating: 6.9

Synopsis

Shomuni, that's the common name given to General Affairs Section 2 of a trading company. Here are six women who have ended up in this department known as "the dump" for office ladies. But Chinatsu Tsuboi (Makiko Esumi) declares that the value of woman is equal to the number of men. With her as the central focus they create a totally new type of office lady drama that does away with those heartless men still caught up in worn-out social ideas and the class system within the company.

First Air Date: 1998-04-15

Last Air Date: 2013-09-18

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 46

Networks: Fuji TV

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Top Cast

Makiko Esumi as Chinatsu Tsuboi
Atsuko Sakurai as Kana Miyashita
Keiko Toda as Azusa Tokunaga
Yumiko Takahashi as Rie Himukai
Kotomi Kyono as Sawako Tsukuhara
Mai Hosho as Ume Maruhashi
Leo Morimoto as Koji Inoue
Ken Ishiguro as Tomohiro Ukyo
Katsumi Takahashi as Torao Terasaki
Naho Toda as Misono Sugita [Secretary]

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The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation. GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies" simply because it is the place where female employees are dumped should they mess up big time elsewhere. Jobs include replacing used toilet rolls, changing light bulbs, and organizing company outings, among other menial stuff. As an added incentive, their department is located in the nether regions of the company - in the basement and is, in fact, a disused storeroom. ~~ Adapted from the manga series by Yasuda Gumi.