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[[Image:HarutoNatsu22.jpg|thumb|300px|Haru to Natsu]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' ハルとナツ
*'''Title (romaji):''' Haru to Natsu / Haru e Natsu
*'''Genre:''' Fictional, based on historical events
*'''Episodes:''' 5
*'''Broadcast network:''' NHK
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-Oct-02 to 2005-Oct-06
*'''Air time:''' 21:00

==Synopsis==
A special drama commemorating the 80th anniversary of NHK’s broadcasting service. The story is about two sisters who meet each other again after living separated in Japan and Brazil for 70 years. In 1934, Haru and her family emigrated from Hokkaido to Brazil. Haru’s younger sister Natsu, however, was left behind in Japan because of an eye disease. 70 years later, Haru visits Japan and locates the whereabouts of Natsu but the younger sister, who thinks she was abandoned by the family, rejects Haru. After a while, the two find out that both wrote numbers of letters to the other though the letters have been left undelivered to the addressees. Through the discovered letters, the sisters learn each other’s life; Haru lived in Brazil as a member of an immigrant-laborer family surviving various difficulties while Natsu lived in Japan through the Second World War and postwar economic growth depending on herself and managing a business. The drama portrays the separated sisters’ lives full of ups and downs as well as their family ties, asking the meaning of “homeland” and “family.”

==Cast==
===Present Day===
*[[Mori Mitsuko]] as Takakura Haru
*[[Nogiwa Yoko]] as Yamabe Natsu
*[[Imai Tsubasa]] as Takakura Yamato
*[[Nishida Ken]] as Yamabe Akihiko
*[[Izumi Pinko]] as Nakahara Misa
*[[Nomura Akiko]] as Nakahara Ine
*[[Yajima Kenichi]] as Ooda

===Showa Era===
*[[Yonekura Ryoko]] as Takakura Haru
*[[Nakama Yukie]] as Takakura (Yamabe) Natsu
*[[Murata Takehiro]] as Takakura Chuji
*[[Sugata Haruka]] (姿晴香) as Takakura Shizu
*[[Okada Yoshinori]] as Nakayama Ryuta
*[[Kohashi Kenji]] as Kinta
*[[Omori Nao]] as George Harada
*[[Mizumachi Reiko]] (水町レイコ)
*[[Yoshimi Kazutoyo]] (吉見一豊)
*[[Takashima Masahiro]] as Yamashita Takuya
*[[Ishibashi Ryo]] as Commander Unno
*[[Yuki Saori]] as Nakayama Toki
*[[Emoto Akira]] as Nakayama Kotaro
*[[Saito Yosuke]] as Yamashita Heizo
*[[Watanabe Misako]] as Takakura Nobu
*[[Negishi Toshie]] as Takakura Kane
*[[Tayama Ryosei]] as Takakura Yosaku
*[[Shida Mirai]]
*[[Saito Nana]] (斉藤奈々)
*[[Igawa Hisashi]] as Tokuji
*[[Kitamura Kazuki]]

==Episodes Titles & Ratings==
# "Sisters" - 18.1
# "Separated by the Land in the South and North" - 17.4
# "Perpetrually on the Move" - 18.8
# "A Destiny of Love and Sadness" - 19.1
# "xxxx" - 18.5

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Hashida Sugako]]
*'''Music:''' [[Watanabe Toshiyuki]]

==Notes==
*An encore presentation of the series will be shown on NHK 2006-Mar-26 through 2006-Mar-30. Times are 22:30-00:00 (26th), and 23:00-00:15 (27th-30th). All times/dates are JST.

==External Links==
*[http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/harutonatsu/ Official site]
*[http://www.nhk.or.jp/sapporo/bangumi/b_harutonatsu.html Info]
*[http://www.jdorama.com/drama.974.htm JDorama.com]

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