Hito ni Yasashiku

Details

Title: 人にやさしく / ３ピース
Title (romaji): Hito ni Yasashiku
Also known as: Basically Nice / Be Nice to People / 3 Peace
Genre: Family Drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 21.4%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-07 to 2002-Mar-18
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song:
- Opening song: "Yume" by The Blue Hearts
- Insert song: "Hito ni Yasashiku" by The Blue Hearts

Synopsis

This is a story about 3 men that live together. One morning they wake up to find out that they are now fathers; which helps them to grow right beneath their own eyes.

Zen, Taro, Ken

Although different ages, all three were known as the toughest cats in Harajuku Middle School. Now the 3 of them live together in a house they call "Peace." It may sound like a nice place to live, but in actuality, it is closer to poverty than you can imagine. But even so, they bide by their motto of "a cheerful, fun, and funky" life.

Suddenly one day, they find a first grader, Akira, on their doorstep. With Akira, they find a letter from his mother that reads "please take care of him for a little while." The bad part, which they soon find out is that Akira isn't like them. He's been raised in a glass house, and is "soft," quiet unlike the 3 of them, which proves to change their lives as they once knew it. --Fuji TV

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Main Cast

Katori Shingo as Maeda Zen
Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Taro
Kato Koji as Otsubo Ken
Suga Kenta as Igarashi Akira
Hoshino Mari as Sasaki Nozomi
Konishi Manami as Mizusaki Hanako
Ryo as Hyuga Yu
Jinnai Takanori as Hyuga Ryuichi
Brother Tom as Harry
Okayama Hajime as Kuwabara Akira
Oshima Yoko as Sento Owner
Ohgo Suzuka as Kameyama Rika
Ishii Kota
Kyo Shinsuke (京晋佑)
Takahashi Takuji (高橋拓自)
Aoki Kazuyo
Tsubaki Funako (椿鮒子)
Seki Keisuke

Guests

Shinsui Sansho (Ken's father, ep3)
Yamazaki Hajime (ep4)
Nakai Masahiro (ep5)
Ikuta Toma as Yusuke (Tsugumi Gakuen, ep5)
Sato Hitomi as Miki (Minoru's girlfriend, ep5)
Suenaga Haruka as Sachiko (Tsugumi Gakuen, ep5)
Kusamura Reiko (Tsugumi Gakuen Encho, ep5)
Hiyama Yutaka (檜山豊) as Nomura Minoru (Zen's childhood friend, ep5)
Kamiji Yusuke (ep5)
Takaoka Saki as Nana (Taro's ex-wife, 6)
Sawamura Ikki as Kobayashi Naoki (ep7)
Tanaka Yuji (ep8)
Watanabe Marina (渡辺満里奈) as Sakuraba Hatsumi (Gold Sports, ep8)
Toyama Toshiya as Shirakura (Central Television, ep8)
Sanpei (三瓶) as Mighty Sakane (Central Television ep8)
Tanaka Koutaro (ep8)
Nishida Ken (Taro's father, ep9)
Ogi Shigemitsu as Igarashi Koutaro (Akira's father, ep9&10)
Maki Kurodo as Yosuke (Ken's bestfriend, ep10)
Aso Yumi as Igarashi Misato (Akira's mother, ep11)
Yabe Kenji

Production Credits

Producer: Sawada Kensaku, Kurihara Miwako
Director: Sawada Kensaku, Tajima Daisuke, Kubota Satoshi (久保田哲史)
Screenwriter: Suzuki Osamu, Izumi Yoshihiro
Music: Takebe Satoshi (武部聡志)

Episode Titles & Ratings

Ep 01: Please Accept this Child!?
Ep 02: Refused to Attend School
Ep 03: The Father was Found!!
Ep 04: Parenting Slump!?
Ep 05: Dream
Ep 06: The First Love of a 6-year old
Ep 07: Kiss on the Ski Slopes
Ep 08: After Effects of a Kiss
Ep 09: Father and Son Reunion
Ep 10: Friendship
Ep 11: Until The Day We Meet Again!?

Ep 01: 23.6%
Ep 02: 22.6%
Ep 03: 20.5%
Ep 04: 20.9%
Ep 05: 20.5%
Ep 06: 20.6%
Ep 07: 21.4%
Ep 08: 21.4%
Ep 09: 21.3%
Ep 10: 19.8%
Ep 11: 22.5%

External Links

Autumn 2001	Fuji TV	Spring 2002
Antique	Monday 21:00	Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi