Masao Kusakari cast in WOWOW drama series “Operation Z”

Masao Kusakari is cast for the lead role in WOWOW drama series “Operation Z.” The drama series is based on 2017 novel novel “Operation Z” by Jin Mayama (“Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth“) and directed by Shosuke Murakami (“Pandora IV: AI War“). For the drama series, Masao Kusakari will play Prime Minister  Takamori Ejima. The drama series will consist of 6 episode and first air March, 2020 in Japan.

Plot synopsis from AsianWiki: The financial health of Japan has fallen into a crisis. The country has accumulated more than 1 quadrillion yen of debt. Prime Minister Takamori Ejima (Masao Kusakari) gathers 4 elite finance bureaucrats and tells them for the benefit of Japan’s future, they need to reduce the country’s annual expenditure in half. The 4 elite finance bureaucrats work under the name of Operation Z and tackles the almost impossible mission of reducing the nation’s annual expenditure by 50%.