Woman (NTV)
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Details
- Title: Woman
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Family
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 13.6% (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: NTV
- Broadcast period: 2013-Jul-03 to 2013-Sep-11
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00
- Theme song: Voice by androp
Synopsis
Currently, there are over 1 million single mothers in Japan. Their average annual income is about 2 mil yen (1.8 mil if government subsidies are excluded), which is about a third of the nation's average annual income of 5.4 mil yen. We cannot begin to imagine the stress they are under to make ends meet. Shunned by society, they find it difficult to find a way out of their poverty. This drama showcases how a single mother gives her all in trying to provide for her beloved children.
Koharu is a single mother of two, Nozomi and Riku. After the accidental death of her husband Shin, she tries to seek welfare but is deemed ineligible as she doesn't meet certain criteria. When asked if she has any relatives who will be able to provide her financial aid, Koharu says that she has no living relatives. Her mother, Sachi, had abandoned her and her father 20 years ago, for her current husband Kentaro. Since that day, Koharu has had no contact with her mother, and her father had also passed away.
When the welfare department called up Sachi, to check if she is able to provide for Koharu, Sachi replies affirmative. Koharu doubts that will happen, since her mother had abandoned her all these years. Then, Koharu decides to meet Sachi... --NTV
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
Main Cast
- Mitsushima Hikari as Aoyagi Koharu
- Tanaka Yuko as Uesugi Sachi
- Oguri Shun as Aoyagi Shin
- Tanimura Mitsuki as Sunagawa Aiko
- Nikaido Fumi as Uesugi Shiori
- Miura Takahiro as Sunagawa Ryosuke
- Usuda Asami as Kamata Yuki
- Takahashi Issei as Sawamura Yugo
- Suzuki Rio as Aoyagi Nozomi
- Suda Rio as 4-yr old Nozomi
- Takahashi Rai as Aoyagi Riku
- Tanaka Rei as 1-yr old Riku
- Kobayashi Kaoru as Uesugi Kentaro
- Kose Tatsuya as Kamata Naoto
- Takada Manato as Kamata Masato
- Ihara Shogo as Sunagawa Shunsuke
- Okayama Hajime as Nakano
- Yajima Koichi as Fujita
- Inoue Takashi as Matsutani Takao
Guests
- Machida Marie as Misawa (ep2)
- Kataoka Tomie (片岡富枝) as Junko (ep2)
- Hamada Mari as Uchimura Mami (ep4)
- Kikuchi Asumi as Uchimura Sayaka / Uchimura Haruka (ep4)
- Onishi Ayaka as Konno Miki (ep4)
- Suwa Shinji (すわ親治) as Tsugawa (ep6,7)
- Kanno Misuzu as Aoyagi Shizue (ep7)
- Tanaka Yoji as Miyamae Koji (ep7)
- Maido Yutaka as Kojima Tsubasa (ep7)
- Ohira Natsumi as Yoshikawa Haruna (ep8)
- Oshima Yoko (ep11)
- Ichikawa Chieko (ep11)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Sakamoto Yuji
- Chief Producer: Ohira Futoshi
- Producers: Tsugiya Hisashi, Chiba Yukitoshi, Otsuka Eiji
- Directors: Mizuta Nobuo, Aizawa Jun (相沢淳)
- Music: Miyake Kazunori (三宅一德)
Episode Information
| Episode | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | A Touching Drama About a Single Mother Who Gives Her All to Her Beloved Children | 13.9 |
| 02 | A Mother's Wrong Choice? | 11.3 |
| 03 | Being a Mother. And Being a Daughter | 11.4 |
| 04 | I Want to Meet Dad | 13.9 |
| 05 | I Won't Tell Anyone, A Mother's Resolve | 12.6 |
| 06 | A Lie to Live, For My Children's Sake | 14.7 |
| 07 | The Important Person Who Died For the Sake of Living, The Truth | 13.0 |
| 08 | Should I Kill that Child and Die, too? | 13.0 |
| 09 | I Want to Live! At Least for 10 Years | 14.9 |
| 10 | Mom, Tell Me the Truth! | 14.0 |
| 11 | To Our Children's Children | 16.4 |
| Average | 13.6 | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
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