Jukunen Rikon
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Details
- Title: 熟年離婚
- Title (romaji): Jukunen Rikon
- Also known as: Middle-aged Divorce
- Genre: Family
- Episodes: 9
- Viewership ratings: 19.19%
- Broadcast network: TV Asahi
- Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-13 to 2005-Dec-08
- Air time: Thursday 21:00
- Theme song: 音色 / Neiro by COLOR
Synopsis
Toyohara Kotaro (60) has finally reached retirement after many years of hard work as a civil engineer. He purchases a ring as a gift to his wife Yoko who has supported him throughout his career, planning to give it to her over dinner. But before he has a chance to give it, she suddenly asks for a divorce. The drama examines married life from the differing perspectives of husband and wife, and sheds light on the growing phenomenon of divorce in old age.
Cast
- Watari Tetsuya as Toyohara Kotaro
- Matsuzaka Keiko as Toyohara Yoko
- Takashima Reiko as Kobayashi Ritsuko
- Katase Nana as Toyohara Midori
- Tokushige Satoshi as Toyohara Shunsuke
- Nishimura Masahiko as Kobayashi Zenzo
- Kusabue Mitsuko as Toyohara Kikue
- Ono Takehiko as Kodama Tooru
- Manaka Hitomi as Kikumura Saori
- Mano Yuko as Uchiyama Takae
- Hasegawa Hatsunori as Satake Ichiro
- Yasuda Misako as Tsuchida Yuki
- Ishikawa Asami as Aoyama Nao
- Sakurai Sachiko as Mizutani Satomi
- Takachi Noboru as Shibusawa Tsukasa
- Watanabe Kunito (渡邉邦門) as Ayukawa Atsuya
- Nakatsugawa Minami (中津川南美) as Kobayashi Mai
- Hagiwara Ryunosuke (萩原竜之介) as Mizutani Kenji
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Hashimoto Hiroshi
- Chief Producer: Igarashi Fumio
- Producer: Nishikawa Kumiko (西河喜美子), Ookawa Takehiro (大川武宏), Funatsu Koichi
- Director: Wakamatsu Setsuro, Tsuzuki Junichi, Muratani Yoshinori (村谷嘉則)
- Music: Sumitomo Norihito
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: The crisis of husband and wife began after retirement...
- Ep 02: The wife's revenge: the beginning of separate living under the same roof
- Ep 03: When the wife puts her seal on the divorce form...
- Ep 04: Daughter-in-law vs. mother-in-law, the husband at last collapses
- Ep 05: A farewell of tears... Their last wedding anniversary
- Ep 06: The two can't turn back... The trials after divorce
- Ep 07: Wavering hearts... The husband's regret and the wife's hesitation
- Ep 08: The teary-eyed final chapter for father and daughter.. A farewell party for the wife
- Ep 09: A wedding of tears... Towards an emotional conclusion
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 18.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | 19.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 18.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 18.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 20.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 20.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 16.0 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 19.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 21.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| average | 19.19 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
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