The King of Novels

8.0IMDb Score
Released:2019-04-22
Genre:Drama
Duration:23 min
Country:Japan
Director:Naruhide Mizuta
Actors:Yu Koyanagi, Hitomi Miyauchi, Alan Shirahama
Production:Fuji Television Network

Overview:

Toyotaka Yoshida is a novelist. He was the winner of a big writing prize in his past, but he has been in a slump since then. Toyotaka Yoshida feels the limit of his writing ability and is thinking about quitting. Around this time, he meets his Shuntaro Koyanagi who is his friend and editor and Haruka Sakura who is a fan.

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