Stand Up!!Created byStarringCountry of originNo. Of episodes11ProductionRunning time45 min.ReleaseOriginal network(TBS)Original releaseJuly 4 –September 12, 2003Stand Up!! ( スタンドアップ!!, Sutando Appu!!) is a which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars of and of, centers on the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation.
A 6-DVD Box Set featuring all eleven episodes, as well as six individual volumes, were released in Japan on December 18th, 2003. The four main characters: Shōhei, Kengo, Hayato and Kōji (from left)Four schoolboys find themselves the last virgins left at school. During the summer holidays, a girl they knew as children 11 years ago, moves back to the neighborhood. Despite their childhood attraction to her, they realize she is a mere shadow of the 'princess' they all thought they knew. This story of summer - love, friendship, school, family, the hypocrisy of adults, complications of life, experience and failure is set in an everyday shopping district and shows the clumsiness of children who have developed a little later than their peers.Setting The story takes place in the ward of Tokyo, although at least one location, namely the school, is actually in Yokohama. Main characters.
Kids Stand Up Drama Act
Shohei Asai Shōhei Asai (Shō-chan) Shōhei ( 浅井正平, Asai Shōhei, played by ), nicknamed Shō-chan, is the main of the story, and often his thoughts are expressed by narration. He lives with his older sister Yuriko and his parents, who run a drugstore.
At the start of the series, he is head over heels in love with one of his temporary teachers, the young Isuzu Mochizuki. His life starts to go crazy when an old childhood friend, Chie Ōwada, decides to visit the four long-time friends and moves into his house. Chie Ōwada (Chie-chan) Chie Ōwada ( 大和田千絵, Ōwada Chie, played by ) is the 'childhood princess' the 4 friends knew 11 years ago, up until she had to move away with her parents. There was very little contact between her and the boys during the time span, and she seems to hide a dark secret within her.
Stand Up Japanese Translation
It is later revealed that during her high school year, she had a crush on one of her classmates, but he took advantage of the situation, raped her and threatened to blackmail her.