Yasashii Jikan
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- Title: 優しい時間
- Title (romaji): Yasashii Jikan
- Also known as: Affectionate Time
- Genre: Human drama
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 14.9
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-13 to 2005-Mar-24
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: Ashita by Hirahara Ayaka
Synopsis
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido.
Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel.
Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."
Unbeknownst to Yukichi, Takuro is working as an apprentice pottery maker in Biei—a town located 50km away from Furano. His father hasn't spoken a word to him since the accident.
One day, Takuro meets Azusa, the lovely Forest Clock employee who has a habit of accidentally breaking the shop's plates and cups. It doesn't take long for the two to fall in love.
Will the wall of ice between father and son ever melt?
Adding color to the drama are the conversations between Yukichi and the tourists and café-goers who drop in the shop. --Fuji TV
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Terao Akira as Wakui Yukichi
- Ninomiya Kazunari as Wakui Takuro
- Nagasawa Masami as Minagawa Azusa
- Yo Kimiko as Kujo Tomoko
- Otake Shinobu as Wakui Megumi
- Maro Akaji as Amano Rokusuke
- Asaka Mayumi as Amano Yoko
- Yamaya Hatsuo as Takamatsu
- Nashimoto Kenjiro as Aiba
- Masana Bokuzo as Tamura
- Tanaka Kei as Anzai Mitsuo
- Morigami Chie (森上千絵) as Uchimura Riri
- Takahashi Fumiko (高橋史子) as Mimita Emiko
- Yamashita Sumito (山下澄人) as Kazama
- Kubo Takanori (久保隆徳) as Sakuma
- Naya Masatomo (納谷真大) as Takigawa
- Suitsu Satoshi (水津聡) as Yokoyama
- Rokujo Hisayuki (六条寿倖) as Nagasawa
- Fuse Hiroshi as Otonari
- Shimizu Misa as Inoue Mikako (the widow)
- Kunimura Jun as Tateishi
Guests
- Tokito Saburo as Mizutani Saburo (ep1, 10)
- Tezuka Satomi as Mizutani Miko (ep1, 10)
- Tsukayama Masane
- Nakamura Shunta as Kawanishi Ken (ep2)
- Tabata Tomoko as Kawanishi Hideko (ep2)
- Sasaki Kuranosuke as Matsuda (ep3, 8)
- Yoshii Rei as Aoyama Noriko (ep3)
- Hoshino Gen as Amano Yoichi (ep3)
- Kimura Midoriko as Otonari Haruko (ep5)
- Kohinata Fumiyo (ep5)
- Shiga Kotaro (ep5)
- Kimura Tae as Itsuki (ep6)
- Koike Mie (小池美枝) (ep6)
- Tamagawa Misa (玉川美沙) (ep6)
- Ono Takehiko (ep6)
- Nagayama Takashi (ep6)
- Kajihara Zen (ep6)
- Yamada Meikyo (ep6)
- Kitajima Saburo as Nakazato (ep7)
- Sasaki Sumie as Kida Toshiko (ep7)
- Sasaki Katsuhiko as Kawai (ep7)
- Tajima Reiko as Kawai Ayako (ep7)
- Tokushige Satoshi as Domoto (ep8, 9)
- Miyashita Yuji (ep8)
- Ikeda Tsutomu (ep8)
- Nakamaru Shinsho (ep8)
- Koizumi Kyoko (ep9)
- Sugita Kaoru as Takigawa Tamako (ep10)
- Takahashi Katsumi as Kameda (ep11)
- Sudo Risa as Tateishi Maya (ep11)
- Uto Shuusei as Wakui Takuro (child)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Kuramoto Sou, Yoshida Noriko, Tago Akihiro, Kobayashi Akio (小林彰夫)
- Producer: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Asano Sumi
- Director: Tajima Daisuke, Miyamoto Rieko, Nishiura Masaki
- Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki, Andre Gagnon (アンドレ．ギャニオン)
Episode Information
| Episode | Air Date | Subtitle | Ratings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2005-Jan-13 | Snowbugs | 18.3 |
| 02 | 2005-Jan-20 | Takuro | 13.0 |
| 03 | 2005-Jan-27 | First Snow | 13.8 |
| 04 | 2005-Feb-03 | Lingering Snow | 13.5 |
| 05 | 2005-Feb-10 | Memory | 14.0 |
| 06 | 2005-Feb-17 | Holy Night | 15.6 |
| 07 | 2005-Feb-24 | Son | 13.3 |
| 08 | 2005-Mar-03 | Blizzard | 12.7 |
| 09 | 2005-Mar-10 | Scar | 15.1 |
| 10 | 2005-Mar-17 | Tattoo | 16.1 |
| 11 | 2005-Mar-24 | Snowbreak | 17.3 |
| Average | -- | -- | 14.9 |
Soundtrack
- 01. Forest Theme ~Soprano Version
- 02. Tomorrow ~Instrumental Version
- 03. "The Forest Clock" Theme ~Cello Version
- 04. Time Together
- 05. Takuro to Azu
- 06. Bond ~Cello Version
- 07. Forest Theme ~Thawing of the Heart
- 08. "The Forest Clock" Theme ~Soprano Version
- 09. Thank You ~Instrumental Version
- 10. Anxiety and Sadness
- 11. Throbbing
- 12. The Regular Customers
- 13. Takuro's Theme
- 14. Azu's Theme
- 15. Real Kindness is...
- 16. Forest Theme ~In the embrace of Furano's forest
- 17. "The Forest Clock" Theme
- 18. Tomorrow
- 19. Solitary Drive
- 20. Tomorrow ~Music Box Version
Awards
- 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement
External Links
| Autumn 2004 | Fuji TV | Spring 2005 |
| Ooku Dai-ishou | Thursday 22:00 | Koi ni Ochitara |