Koufuku no Ouji
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Details
- Title: 幸福の王子
- Title (romaji): Koufuku no Ouji
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Tragedy
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 11.6%
- Broadcast network: NTV
- Broadcast period: 2003-Jul-02 to 2003-Sep-10
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00-23:39
- Theme song: Drawing by Mr.Children
Synopsis
This is the tragic love story of Shuhei and Umi. Shuhei is the only surviving son of a hospital director. He loves to play the piano as accompaniment to Umi's cello. Umi is the only daughter of a couple who own a little restaurant. As she is a great cellist, Umi obtained a scholarship to attend a famous music school in Austria. While Shuhei dreams of going to Austria with her, being the sole heir in his family, he has to take up medicine to become a doctor. Ryosuke is Shuhei's best friend, but he secretly covets Umi for himself. On graduation day, he purposely lied to the young lovers, causing them to miss meeting each other. On her way home, Umi was knocked over by a truck, and lost the full mobility to her fingers, dashing her dream of becoming a cellist. Shuhei meanwhile, thinks that Umi had given up on him, and left for Austria. He goes on to medical school, and marries an influential banker's daughter, Noriko. He doesn't know that Umi had in fact stayed behind in Japan, helping out at her family's restaurant. Or that she still loves him, but thinks that she's not good enough for him. One day, they meet by chance...
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Cast
- Motoki Masahiro as Narugawa Shuhei
- Kanno Miho as Yasumoto Umi
- Sakashita Chiriko as Kenjo Noriko
- Ayase Haruka as Mitsuishi Mayu
- Kuga Kotomi (空閑琴美) as little Mayu
- Watanabe Tetsu as Umi's father
- Omori Akemi as Umi's mother
- Kawano Naoki
- Tachikawa Eri
- Sunaga Kei
- Uehara Yoshie (上原由恵)
- Suga Kenta
- Harada Shuichi (原田修一)
- Sakai Toshiya
- Kawahara Masahiko (河原雅彦)
- Hankai Kazuaki (ep1)
- Tanaka Ritsuko as Machida Yoko
- Hiraizumi Sei as Narikawa Kensaku
- Matsubara Chieko Narikawa Shizuka
- Imori Miyuki as Mitsuishi Momoko
- Watabe Atsuro as Yoda Ryosuke
- Yanagitani Yuka
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Yukawa Kazuhiko
- Producer: Ohira Futoshi,
- Director: Inomata Ryuichi, Ikeda Kenji, Naganuma Makoto
- Music: Yamakawa Etsuko (山川恵津子)