Kaseifu no Mita

Details

Title: 家政婦のミタ
Title (romaji): Kaseifu no Mita
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, family
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 24.8 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-12 to 2011-Dec-21
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Yasashiku Naritai by Saito Kazuyoshi (斉藤和義)
Related TV shows: The Strange Housekeeper (SBS, 2013)

Synopsis

Mita Akari is a mysterious housekeeper who is completely unsociable. However, she is perfect in her housework and does whatever she is told, no matter how outlandish, as long as it doesn't involve smiling or revealing her past. She's been dispatched to the Asuda household where plenty of problems await, as the children have recently lost their mother and their father lacks confidence in his own role.

Cast

Correlation chart

Harumi Housekeeper Agency

Matsushima Nanako as Mita Akari
Shirakawa Yumi as Harumi Akemi
Yanagitani Yuka as Mita Tami (ep9)

Asuda Family

Hasegawa Hiroki as Asuda Keiichi
Daike Yuko as Asuda Nagiko
Kutsuna Shiori as Asuda Yui
- Takagi Ayana (高木彩那) as young Yui (ep3,6)
Nakagawa Taishi as Asuda Kakeru
Ayabe Shuto as Asuda Kaito
Honda Miyu as Asuda Kii

Yuki Family

Aibu Saki as Yuki Urara
Hiraizumi Sei as Yuki Yoshiyuki

Minagawa Family

Sato Hitomi as Minagawa Mariko (ep1-2,4-5,7-11)
Nakanishi Ryuga (中西龍雅) as Minagawa Tsubasa (ep1,4-5,7,9,11)
Ikeda Masanori as Minagawa Isao (ep9)

Mita Family

Kamio Yu as Mita Naoya (ep7,9-10)
Fujimoto Kanata as Mita Jun (ep7,9-10)
Akaza Miyoko as Mita's mother-in-law (ep7,10-11)
Sunaga Kei as Mita's father-in-law (ep7)

Sawai Home

Nonami Maho as Kazama Mie (ep1-7,11)
Sekito Masashi (関戸将志) as Natori (ep1,3-7,11)
Masuda Yuji (増田雄ニ) as Sumitani (ep1,3-7)
Shiraishi Yuina (白石唯菜) as Imada (ep1,3-4,7)
Ishida Yukiko (石田由紀子) (ep1,3-4,7)
Hori Mayumi as receptionist (ep3)
Takizawa Haruyuki (滝澤晴幸) as director (ep3)
Kubota Keiji (窪田圭志) as director (ep3)
Wada Ryota as security guard (ep3)

Others

Saito Shusuke (斉藤秀翼) as Ozawa Takuya (ep1-7)
Katsuji Ryo as Oba (ep10-11)
Sawai Miyuu as Kindergarten teacher (ep1,7)
Morita Ayaka as Amusement Park Food Stall employee (ep3-4,7,9-10)
Masu Taichi (桝太一) as TV Announcer (ep1-2)

Guests

Moriyama Yonetsugu (森山米次) as Air Gun shop employee (ep2)
Yashiba Toshihiro as Kaito's teacher (ep2,10)
Otsuki Takehiro (大朏岳優) as Furuta (ep2)
Yoshida Kakeru Furuta's friend (ep2)
Uchida Jun (内田純) Furuta's friend (ep2,10)
Harukaze Hitomi as Amano (ep3)
Iida Noeru as Yui's classmate (ep3)
Ide Masaki (井手雅紀) as Yui's classmate (ep3)
Watanabe Kenkichi as policeman (ep5)
Noda Kazuma (野田一馬) as waiter (ep5)
Naito Koji (内藤浩次) as Game Center manager (ep5)
Horio Wakana (堀尾若奈) as mother at Amusement Park (ep5,10)
Okada Ryunosuke as Basketball Club member (ep5)
Kuwashiro Takaaki as Basketball Club member (ep5)
Suzuki Maika as female student (ep6)
Saito Riku (齊藤陸) as man who tried to pick up Yui (ep6)
Hisa Issei (比佐一成) as restaurant manager (ep8)
Osugi Airi as nurse (ep8)
Hankai Kazuaki as construction company president (ep9)
Yoshikawa Maria (吉川まりあ) as Minagawa Isao's lover (ep9)
Yoshizawa Shio (吉沢志央) as hotel staff (ep10)
Iwasaki Sojiro (岩崎奏次郎) as Oba's father (ep10)
Takahashi Ikuyo (高橋育代) as Oba's mother (ep10)
Kato Osamu (加藤治) as priest (ep11)
Sugawara Sachiko (菅原祥子) (ep11)
Hamura Junko as nurse (ep11)
Kojima Kanako (ep11)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yukawa Kazuhiko
Chief Producer: Tanaka Yoshiki
Producers: Ohira Futoshi, Ota Masaharu
Directors: Inomata Ryuichi, Sato Toya, Ishio Jun, Higurashi Ken
Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)	Ratings (Kansai)	Ratings (Sapporo)
01	An ice-like woman who's lost her smile arrives at a household on the verge of shattering...	19.5	17.8	17.2
02	Kill the double-crosser for me	18.7	18.7	17.7
03	Exposing the truth of the father who drove the mother to suicide	19.8	19.8	19.9
04	I've kidnapped your beloved younger daughter	19.5	20.1
05	Take it all off! ...Very well	22.5
06	Kill me! ...Very well	23.4
07	Even until death I won't smile again...	23.5
08	My secret past, all is revealed	29.6
09	The beginning of the final chapter! A stream of tears...let me die in the flames	27.6
10	[My] son, [My] husband, please! Bring me to heaven with you	28.6
11	A true mother...that's for you all to decide	40.0
Average		24.8

Recognitions

15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Annual): Best Actress - Matsushima Nanako
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Matsushima Nanako
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Hasegawa Hiroki
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter - Yukawa Kazuhiko
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director - Inomata Ryuichi, Sato Toya, Ishio Jun, Higurashi Ken
71st Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
15th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Oct-Dec 2011): Best Actress - Matsushima Nanako

External Links

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