Pianist in the Shopping District: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This drama revolves around a street piano that is located in a music store at a shopping district. Sawamoto Ren is a young electrician who once turned away from the piano but upon meeting the daughter of the music store owner Kajiwara Midori, decides to embark on a new path as a street piano performer. As a result, Ren and Midori meet and interact with various people from all walks of life.

Series details

• Title: Pianist in the Shopping District
• Format: Scripted
• Genres: Drama, Romance
• Premiere date: 2022-10-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-12-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BS Shochiku Tokyu
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 68048
• IMDb ID: tt22490240
• TVDB ID: 425215

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-10-03; final listed air date 2022-12-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Pianist in the Shopping District on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.