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Black Leather Notebook

Black Leather Notebook

20176.71 Season8 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza.

Created by Seicho Matsumoto
Written by Seicho Matsumoto, Daisuke Habara
Produced by 岡美鶴
Networkstv asahi

Top Cast

Emi Takei

Emi Takei

Motoko Haraguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Tomio Yasujima

Riisa Naka

Riisa Naka

Namiko Yamada

Kenichi Takitoh

Kenichi Takitoh

Toru Murai

Masato Wada

Masato Wada

Makino

Risa Naito

Risa Naito

Sumie Shimazaki

Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima

Tsuneo Hashida

Miki Maya

Miki Maya

Eiko Iwamura

Atsuko Takahata

Atsuko Takahata

Ichiko Nakaoka

Eiji Okuda

Eiji Okuda

Kenji Narabayashi

Themes & Keywords

japan

About Black Leather Notebook

Black Leather Notebook is a drama series that first aired in 2017 exploring themes of japan. Created by Seicho Matsumoto, it stars Emi Takei, Yosuke Eguchi, Riisa Naka. Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza.

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