60 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestAfter working hard to recover and resume his pilot duties, Shinkai is finally ready for his flight evaluation — with both Koda and Ayumi on board.
A young, maverick airline copilot navigates love, ambition and workplace drama while struggling to prove himself worthy of promotion to captain.
Acting
Kimura's chaotic pilot energy is unmatched.
Production
Actual airplane sets, pre-CGI aviation glory.
Creator
Yumiko Inoue
Takuya Kimura
Hajime Shinkai
Ko Shibasaki
Ayumi Ogawa
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Kazuki Koda
Hitomi Kuroki
Noriko Togashi
Yasunori Danta
Kentaro Ota
Rina Uchiyama
Urara Fukaura
Naoto Takenaka
Naito Jane
Yoon Son-ha
Park Mi-Suk
Jun Kaname
Takayuki Abe
Takako Katou
Miwako Harad
Miwako Ichikawa
Kaori Ogawa
Chosuke Ikariya
Ryuji Shinkai
Akiyoshi Nakao
Makoto Shinkai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during Japan's early 2000s 'airline boom' when JAL and ANA were pop culture fixtures; pilot dramas captured white-collar aspiration before the industry's 2008 collapse.
Kimura reportedly did actual flight simulator training and developed a pilot license-worthy understanding of cockpit protocol, which he mostly used to ad-lib chaotic energy.
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