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*Masshiro*
Masshiro
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yumiko Inoue
Directed by	Natsuki Imai; Toshio Tsuboi; Yūsuke Itō; Keigo Higashinaka; Shin Katō
Starring	Maki Horikita; Yūya Yagira; Mirai Shida; Rin Takanashi; Ken Ishiguro; Miki Mizuno; Tae Kimura
Ending theme	"Fighting Girls" by Miwa
Composers	Masaru Yokoyama; Masato Suzuki
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Hiroki Ueda; Keigo Higashinaka
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	January 13 –; March 17, 2015

Masshiro (まっしろ, English title "Nurses of the Palace") is a Japanese soap opera series created by Yumiko Inoue.^[1]^[2] She wrote the screenplay based on her own experiences of her father being in hospital.^[3] Maki Horikita played the lead role as a nurse. It premiered on TBS on 13 January 2015, and concluded 17 March 2015, airing 10 episodes.

Cast

Maki Horikita as Akari Arimura, a nurse who wants to marry a wealthy man
Yūya Yagira as Kōtarō Nakano, a young surgeon who studied cutting-edge medicine in the United States
Mirai Shida as Nana Matsuoka, Arimura's nurse colleague
Rin Takanashi as Yūko Wada, Arimura's nurse colleague
Ken Ishiguro as Masataka Satō, a director of the Tōō hospital surgical center
Miki Mizuno as Megumi Iwabuchi, a veteran nurse
Tae Kimura as Shizuka Tanoshima, a head nurse

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Ratings (%)
1	"玉の輿を狙う新人ナース!! この白い大奥で恋に仕事に勝つ"	Natsuki Imai	January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)	7.9^[4]
2	"口外厳禁!! 開かずの病室の秘密"	Toshio Tsuboi	January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)	7.8^[5]
3	"師長退陣!? 看護師全面戦争! 患者と禁断の恋"	Yūsuke Itō	January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)	5.7^[6]
4	"生きる! 勇気を私にくれた人"	Natsuki Imai	February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)	5.1^[7]
5	"人生最後の願いとは?"	Toshio Tsuboi	February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)	5.4^[8]
6	"元カレ妻を看護!?命をかけて守る大切なもの"	Keigo Higashinaka	February 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)	5.9^[9]
7	"優しい嘘… 残酷な告知!本物の愛の選択とは"	Natsuki Imai	February 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)	4.6^[10]
8	"攻めの看護20年間の覚悟!!"	Shin Katō	March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)	4.9^[11]
9	"究極の選択救えないオペか尊厳ある死か!?"	Toshio Tsuboi	March 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)	5.4^[12]
10	"哀しみの涙、瞳に宿るは希望"	Natsuki Imai	March 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)	5.2^[13]

References

^ 堀北真希主演『まっしろ』初回7.9% (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 志田未来「女って怖いなって思いました」 (in Japanese). modelpress. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ はじめに TBSテレビ:火曜ドラマ『まっしろ』 [Introduction TBS TV Tuesdays Drama Masshiro] (in Japanese). Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希はドSなナースを熱演!「まっしろ」初回は7.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第2話は7.8% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第3話は5.7% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第4話は5.1% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第5話は5.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第6話は5.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第7話は4.6% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第8話は4.9% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」第9話は5.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-11.
^ 堀北真希主演「まっしろ」最終回は5.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-05-11.

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Preceded by Onna wa Sore o Yurusanai (21 October 2014 - 23 December 2014)	TBS Tuesday Dramas Tuesdays 22:00 - 22:54 (JST)	Succeeded by Mother Game: Kanojotachi no Kaikyū (14 April 2015 - )