Imoto Yo

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Table of contents

1 Details 2 Synopsis 3 Cast 4 Production Credits 5 Viewership Ratings 6 Recognition 7 External Links

Details

• Title: 妹よ
• Title (romaji): Imoto Yo
• Tagline: Tokyo Cinderella Story
• Also known as: Sister of Mine (NGN)
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Romance
• Episodes: 10
• Viewership ratings: 24.6
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Broadcast period: 1994-Oct17 to 1994-Dec-19
• Theme songs:

Opening theme: Meguri Ai, by Chage & Aska

Incidental music: Goodbye Girl, by David Gates (ep5)

• Soundtrack: Imouto Yo OST

Synopsis

Yukiko (Wakui Emi) has been living in Tokyo for three years. Inside her heart, she believes that this beautiful city will certainly bring her happiness. This belief starts to realise one day when she has a chance encounter with Masashi (Karasawa Toshiaki) while welcoming her brother, Kikuo (Kishitani Goro), at a railway station. As Masashi is the son of a very rich businessman, and Yukiko is only an ordinary girl from the countryside, their together is highly obstructed by lots of barriers. However, Yukiko's kind-hearted personality finally wins Masashi's love, and he takes out his courage to turn down marrying his rich fiancee. --Snowflakes

Cast

• Wakui Emi as Matsui Yukiko
• Karasawa Toshiaki as Takagi Masashi
• Kishitani Goro as Matsui Kikuo
• Tsuruta Mayu as Takaki Hitomi
• Toyohara Kosuke as Miura Shinji
• Igarashi Izumi as Kanzaki Hatsue
• Watanabe Katsumi as Ono Kenji
• Nishida Naomi as Nakamura
• Takashima Reiko
• Kawauchi Momoko
• Namase Katsuhisa
• Koyama Shigeru (神山繁) as Yukiko's father
• Kochi Momoko (河内桃子) as Yukiko's mother
• Kawarazaki Choichiro (河原崎長一郎)
• Moriguchi Yoko as Masashi's ex-girlfriend
• Kobayashi Susumu as Masashi's chauffeur

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie
• Producer: Ota Toru, Koiwai Hiroyoshi (小岩井宏悅)
• Directors: Hayashi Toru, Nagayama Kozo

Viewership Ratings

• Ep 1: 24.2%
• Ep 2: 19.7%
• Ep 3: 22.5%
• Ep 4: 22.6%
• Ep 5: 24.6%
• Ep 6: 25.2%
• Ep 7: 23.5%
• Ep 8: 24.7%
• Ep 9: 24.2%
• Ep 10: 30.7%

Recognition

• 3rd Television Drama Awards - Best Actress: Wakui Emi
• 3rd Television Drama Awards - Best Supporting Actor: Kishitani Goro
• 3rd Television Drama Awards - Best Supporting Actress: Tsuruta Mayu

External Links

• Official site (http://www.fujitv.co.jp/cs/program/7212_022.html)
• Japanese Wikipedia
• JDorama.com (http://www.jdorama.com/drama_156.htm)
• Dorama.info (http://over-time.idv.tw/drama/dramashow.php?num=045)
• J!-Ent Dorama Database (http://www.nt2099.com/DORAMA/i_imoutoyo.html)

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