Zeni Geba: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gamagori Futaro has been poor since the day he was born. As a child his recklessly wasteful and abusive father sunk the family into debt and disappeared, leaving Futaro and his sick mother to fend for themselves. With no money to pay for medical treatment for his ailing mother, she eventually died. After her death Futaro became obsessed with money and willing to do anything for it. Several years pass and Futarofinds himself working at "Mikuni Shipbuilding" where he meets the company president's daughters Midori, who was his former classmate, and her younger sister Akane, who is disabled, and like Futaro, has a scarred face. In a plot to acquire their fathers company, Futaro begins to get close the sisters...

Series details

• Title: Zeni Geba
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2009-01-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2009-03-14
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37167
• IMDb ID: tt1360719
• TVDB ID: 84778

Cast and credited roles

• Kenichi Matsuyama — Gamagori Futaro
• Haruka Kinami — Mikuni Akane
• Kei Yamamoto — Mikuni Joji
• Mimura — Mikuni Midori

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-01-17; final listed air date 2009-03-14; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from Zeni Geba 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.