Seija no Koushin
Sakai Noriko and Hirosue Ryoko
Details[edit]
- Title: 聖者の行進
- Title (romaji): Seija no Koushin
- Also known as: When the Saints Go Marching In
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Human drama
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 20.7%
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 1998-Jan-09 to 1998-Mar-27
- Air time: Friday 22:00
- Theme songs: Ito (1-4, 10-11), Inochi no Betsumei (5-9) by Nakajima Miyuki
Synopsis[edit]
Exploring the perception and treatment of mentally-challenged youth and their similarities to juvenile delinquents in Japanese society, this drama series follows the trials and tribulations of a group of adolescents in a work/study program for mentally-challenged teenagers. Although the program's intention is to gently "normalize" them for introduction in society, the group is subject to constant physical and mental abuse unbeknownst to their parents and teacher, Ms Hagawa. However, the friendship between Towa, a naive but unusually articulate member of the program, and Arisu, a rebellious schoolgirl, helps both of them learn to overcome their troubles. Features a star-studded cast of current popular youth idols. (TBS)
Cast[edit]
- Ishida Issei as Machida Towa
- Sakai Noriko as Hagawa Momo (music teacher)
- Hirosue Ryoko as Tsuchiya Arisu
- Ikariya Chosuke as Uno Junichi (lawyer)
- Ando Masanobu as Takahara Ren
- Danta Yasunori as Takegami Kosuke (factory boss)
- Hinagata Akiko as Mizuma Taeko
- Matsumoto Megumi as Takahara Rin
- Fujita Yumiko
- Shimizu Shogo
- Mizusawa Aki as Takegami Yuko
- Saito Yosuke as Manaka Junji (factory chief)
- David Ito as Takegami Saburo
- Yamamoto Michiko
- Mitamura Kenji as Ayumu's father
- Kato Ai
- Watanabe Kei as Kagami Ayumu
- Kobayashi Masahiro as Inose Tatsuo
- Ishibashi Tamotsu as Mukai Tetsuo (math teacher)
- Kato Zenpaku
- Oki Naomi
- Shiga Matsuko as Arisu's grandmother
- Shinohara Toshiharu
- Nakamaru Shinsho
- Kaku Tomohiro
- Tsukada Wakano as Ayumu's mother
- Asaka Mayumi as Taeko's mother
- Uchiyama Morihiko (内山森彦)
- Masuko Shizue as Ren's mother
- Yamazaki Hajime
Production Credits[edit]
- Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
- Producer: Ito Kazuhiro
- Director: Yoshida Ken (1,2,6,10,11), Matsubara Hiroshi (3,7,8), Nasuda Jun (4,5,9)
- Music composer: Senju Akira
Episode Information[edit]
| Episode | Subtitle | Original Title |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Blue Sky is My Friend | 青い空はぼくの友達 |
| 02 | Alice in Wonderland | 不思議の国のありす |
| 03 | Wish Upon a Star | 星に願いを |
| 04 | Don't Cry Friend | 泣くな ともだち |
| 05 | My Older Brother's Secret | おにいちゃんの秘密 |
| 06 | Eternal Wedding | 永遠の結婚式 |
| 07 | Alice Became a Star | 星になったありす |
| 08 | The Hope of a Single Fragment | ひとかけらの希望 |
| 09 | The Day Wept for the Weight of Life | 命の重さに泣いた日 |
| 10 | The Battle Becomes Sacred | 聖なる戦い |
| 11 | Our Future is Full of Light? | ぼくたちの未来はひかりにみちているか |
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