Zou no Hanako

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Zou no Hanako

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Details

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

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Synopsis

Takashi Sorimachi plays the role of a zookeeper in charge of elephants at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo during the second World War. At that time, many animals escaped due to the bombings, and they were ordered to be killed. Unwilling to let the animals die, the zookeeper desperately tries to save them. -- Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/features/Summer-07-Drama)

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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 (大塚良重)

Koichi Mantaro
Hirayama Hiroyuki
Ishii Masanori
Ida Kisuke (飯田基祐)
Miura Koichi (三浦浩一)
Tamiya Goro (田宮五郎)
Noma Shuhei (野間脩平)
Kosuda Yasuto (小須田康人)
Tawaragi Tota
Hirata Misato (平田弥里)
Uemura Kihachiro (植村喜八郎)
Ohori Koichi (大堀こういち)

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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: Kouno Keita
Music: EDISON

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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.

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