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Wise and Foolish

Wise and Foolish

20156.52 Seasons17 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

All of a sudden, Prime Minister Taizan and his carefree son Sho find their bodies switched around. They have no idea why nor how to turn back. Now Sho has to attend the Diet as Prime Minister. He cannot even read the words as he speaks as Prime Minister...but the diet members and the people are gradually moved by his straightforward opinions and things begin to change... Meanwhile, Taizan, the Prime Minister, is now a college student undergoing numerous job interviews. But he cannot pass the interview. And things become more confusing as he meets Sho’s ex-girlfriends.

Created by Yoichi Kato
Written by Yoichi Kato, Kento Goto
Produced by Sayaka Iida, Mayuko Tanaka, Makoto Kikuchi
Networkstv asahi

Where to Watch

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Top Cast

Kenichi Endo

Kenichi Endo

武藤泰山

Soma Santoki

Soma Santoki

猫田マモル

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

蓮沼清彦

Akio Kaneda

Akio Kaneda

狩屋孝司

Takaya Yamauchi

Takaya Yamauchi

新田理

Junpei Mizobata

Junpei Mizobata

白鳥翼

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

二木正一

Themes & Keywords

politicspolitician

About Wise and Foolish

Wise and Foolish is a comedy series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of politics, politician. Created by Yoichi Kato, it stars Kenichi Endo, Soma Santoki, Shinnosuke Mitsushima. All of a sudden, Prime Minister Taizan and his carefree son Sho find their bodies switched around. They have no idea why nor how to turn back. Now Sho has to attend the Diet as Prime Minister. He cannot even read the words as he speaks as Prime Minister...but the diet members and the people are gradually moved by his straightforward opinions and things begin to change... Meanwhile, Taizan, the Prime Minister, is now a college student undergoing numerous job interviews. But he cannot pass the interview. And things become more confusing as he meets Sho’s ex-girlfriends.

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