Zou no Hanako
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- Title: ゾウのはな子
- Title (romaji): Zou no Hanako
- Also known as: Those Poor Elephants
- Format: Tanpatsu
- Genre: Human drama
- Viewership ratings: 11.8
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast date: 2007-Aug-04
- Air time: Saturday 21:00
- Theme song: Sen no Kaze ni Natte by Masafumi Akikawa
Synopsis
In the midst of WWII when food was scarce, the zookeepers of Ueno Zoo are given a devastating order to eliminate the wild animals in their care. Unable to find alternate shelters for the animals, they euthanize most animals except for three elephants whose thick skin protects them from the deadly needles. The elephants struggle to survive, and starve to death at the end. After the war ends, the children across the country plead for another elephant, leading Ueno Zoo to adopt Hanako, a young female elephant from Thailand. With proper training and loving care, Hanako quickly becomes the star of Ueno Zoo. Her life appears to be happy and peaceful until one day she is transferred to another zoo in Inogashira where she is kept in solitude. For animals that live in large groups in nature, this takes an emotional toll on Hanako, causing her to grow hostile to humans. A few years later, when Hanako's former caretaker finds Hanako in disarray, he takes it upon himself to help Hanako recover back to her former self. --groink
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Cast
- Sorimachi Takashi as Yoshioka Ryuhei
- Kitamura Kazuki as Takano Keisuke
- Komoto Masahiro as Sawaki Yuji
- Junna Risa as Takano Sayoko
- Musaka Naomasa as Hasegawa Yoshiharu
- Shibata Jun (柴田淳) as Matsukawa Yuko
- Kubozuka Shunsuke as Takano Yusuke
- Sakai Masaaki as Nishimura Seizo
- Oshima Kanaru (大嶋捷稔)
- Miura Mina (三浦三奈)
- Orimoto Junkichi
- Otsuka Yoshie
- Koichi Mantaro
- Hirayama Hiroyuki
- Ishii Masanori
- Iida Kisuke
- Miura Kouichi (三浦浩一)
- Tamiya Goro (田宮五郎)
- Noma Shuhei (野間脩平)
- Kosuda Yasuto
- Tawaragi Tota
- Hirata Misato (平田弥里)
- Uemura Kihachiro (植村喜八郎)
- Ohori Koichi
Production Credits
- Original writing: Tsuchiya Yukio (土家由岐雄) Kawaisou na Zou (nonfiction children's book)
- Screenwriter: Terada Toshio
- Producer: Suzuki Shintarou (鈴木伸太郎), Iga Nobuko (伊賀宣子)
- Director: Kono Keita
- Music: EDISON
Notes
- This drama special is part of Fuji TV's Documentary dramas that were aired in August 2007 every Friday and Saturday. The dramas focused on real-life stories of people who found inspiration and comfort in the song Sen no Kaze ni Natte.