https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Okane_ga_nai - **Title:** お金がない！ - **Title (romaji):** Okane ga nai! - **Also known as:** Escape from Poverty - **Genre:** Human drama - **Episodes:** 12 - **Viewership ratings:** 20.5 - **Broadcast network:** Fuji TV - **Broadcast period:** 1994-Jul-06 to 1994-Sep-21 - **Air time:** Wednesday 21:00 - **Theme song:** *Over The Trouble* by Oda Yuji   #### Synopsis Kentaro lives in the suburbs with his two little brothers. They are poor, but they are happy. The factory Kentaro works for, though, goes bankrupt on pay day and Kentaro finds himself out of a job and with even less money. The brothers are thrown out of their apartment and Kentaro, a born optimistic until then, decides that he must aggressively pursue "money". This drama depicts the success story of Kentaro in his search for money and a better life. --*Fuji TV*   #### Cast - **Oda Yuji** ... *Hagiwara Kentaro* - Zaizen Naomi ... *Kanda Michiko* - Azuma Mikihisa ... *Osawa Ichiro* - Takagi Saya ... *Kashiwagi Reiko* - Taguchi Hiromasa ... *Yoshimura Shuhei* - Kanedo Akio ... *Shiraishi Koichi* - Imai Masayuki ... *Ueno Kakuji* - Ishibashi Ryo ... *Himuro Kosuke* - Matsuzaki Shigeru ... *Kanda Shingo* - Yoshimoto Miyoko ... *Yamagishi Kyoko* - Kajihara Zen ... *Tokugawa Ieyasu* - Mori Ren ... *Hagiwara Hiroshi*   #### Production Credits - **Screenwriter:** Morosawa Kazuyuki, Todayama Masashi - **Producer:** Shiozawa Koji - **Director:** Kinoshita Takao, Motohiro Katsuyuki - **Music:** Hattori Takayuki   #### Awards - **2nd Television Drama Academy Awards:** Best Actor (**Oda Yuji**) - **2nd Television Drama Academy Awards:** Best Supporting Actor (**Azuma Mikihisa**)