Good Luck!! (グッドラック！！) is a 2003 Japanese television drama starring Takuya Kimura.[2] The story revolves around an up-and-coming pilot, Hajime Shinkai, and portrays his interactions with others as he progresses along the road to becoming a captain. As is common in many Japanese drama series, it blends drama and romance with comedic elements. This drama also emphasizes hardship of being a pilot or a cabin crew, and the serious nature of the industry they're in, which puts thousands of lives in its hands.
| Good Luck!! | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama, romance, comedy |
| Directed by | Nobuhiro Doi |
| Starring | Takuya Kimura Shinichi Tsutsumi Kō Shibasaki Hitomi Kuroki[1] |
| Ending theme | Ride on TimebyTatsuro Yamashita (1980) |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Hiroki Ueda Katsuaki Setoguchi |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS |
| Release | 19 January (2003-01-19) – 23 March 2003 (2003-03-23) |
The series presents the characters interacting at work and outside of it. The focus are the flight operations, with the crew characters finding themselves inflight together having to deal with some difficult or unusual occurrences, such as unruly guests, equipment malfunctions, medical emergencies and diversions. The characters have to prove themselves handling those situations, and their relationships are both put to the test and develop.
On the ground, the characters meet at All Nippon Airways main base at Narita Airport, as well as restaurants and bars and the characters and their families' homes. The series features many scenes in the outdoors, including portraying characters driving or riding a boat. Some scenes are shot actually on location at Narita, at the ANA headquarters and maintenance hangars, with ANA employees serving as extras.
Good Luck!! topped the Japanese drama ratings with 35% of the Japanese viewership in 2003.[3] The first episode aired on January 19, 2003, with ratings of 31.6%, the third highest ratings of an opening episode, behind Beautiful Life and HERO, also starring Takuya Kimura.
The single episode ratings are as follows:[4]
| Episode | Nationwide |
|---|---|
| 01 | 31.6% |
| 02 | 27.5% |
| 03 | 28.6% |
| 04 | 27.6% |
| 05 | 30.9% |
| 06 | 28.2% |
| 07 | 28.9% |
| 08 | 29.7% |
| 09 | 33.5% |
| 10 | 37.6% |
| Average | 30.41% |
