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[[File:Utahime new banner.jpg|thumb|400px|Utahime]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 歌姫
*'''Title (romaji):''' Utahime
*'''Also known as:''' Songstress / Diva
*'''Genre:''' Romance
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2007-Oct-12 to 2007-Dec
*'''Air time:''' Friday 22:00
*'''Theme songs:'''
**'''Main theme:''' ''SEISYuN'' by [[Wikipedia:TOKIO|TOKIO]]
**'''Insert theme:''' ''change the world'' by Eric Clapton

==Synopsis==
Koizumi Akira, a son of a popular songstress, travels to a small-town cinema in far-off Kochi Prefecture to watch the closing movie before the theatre shuts its doors forever. The movie takes place in the same village but during the Showa 30s (1950s), in the years following the war. The story follows a young soldier who washes ashore on the beach one day, having lost his memory. He is "adopted" by the family who owns the village cinema and given the name Shimanto Taro. Although his past remains a mystery, Taro becomes good friends with many of the villagers, discovering his love for movies and falling in love with a feisty young girl.

==Cast==
[[File:Utahime-chart.PNG|thumb|350px|Correlation chart]]
*[[Nagase Tomoya]] as Shimanto Taro/Koizumi Akira
*[[Aibu Saki]] as Kishida Suzu
*[[Takada Junji]] (高田純次) as Kishida Katsuo
*[[Fubuki Jun]] as Kishida Hamako
*[[Sato Ryuta]] as Croissant no Matsu
*[[Ohkura Tadayoshi]] as Jinguji-kun
*[[Okouchi Nanako]] as Obinata Izumi
*[[Toyama Kyoko]] as Mary
*[[Akiyama Ryuji]] as Akutagawa
*[[Iijima Bobobo]] (飯島ぼぼぼ) as German
*[[Ono Ryo]] (小野了) as Matsunaka
*[[Furuya Ikko]] as Yamanouchi Oyabun
*[[Judy Ong]] as Koizumi Sakura
*[[Saito Yuki]] as Sabako
*[[Nishimura Kiyotaka]] (西村清孝) as Kohinata Shinkichi
*[[Tanaka Hideyuki]] (田中秀幸) as the narrator

===Guests===
*[[Okada Yoshinori]] as Moririn (ep1)
*[[Sato Megumi]] as Mika (ep1)
*[[Koshimura Tomokazu]] (越村友一) as Hoodlum A (ep1-3)
*[[Sawada Masashi]] (澤田誠志) as Hoodlum B (ep1-3)
*[[Hisa Issei]] (比佐一成) as the cigar shop owner, Chinmo-san (ep1-3)
*[[Akira Tetsunori]] (明樂哲典) as the fisherman Panty-kun (ep1-3)
*[[Teramoto Sumina]] (寺本純菜) as Suzu (10 years old) (ep1-3)
*[[Hikita Hidemi]] (疋田英美) as Izumi (16 years old) (ep1,3)
*[[Yamamoto Yuusuke]] (山本祐輔) as the emcee (ep1-2)
*[[Kikawa Junichi]] (木川淳一) (ep1)
*[[Henmi Tsutomu]] (辺見務) (ep1)
*[[Imaizumi Amane]] (今泉あまね) (ep1)
*[[Kinbara Yasunari]] (金原泰成) (ep1)
*[[Taguchi Kazumasa]] as Dr. Kamayatsu (ep2,4)
*[[Abe Mitsuko]] (阿部光子) as Hamako's grandma (ep4)

==Production Credits==
*'''Original work:''' [[Takuma Takayuki|Satake Mikio]]
*'''Screenwriter:'''  [[Takuma Takayuki|Satake Mikio]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Isoyama Aki]]
*'''Director:''' [[Tsuboi Toshio]] (ep1-2), [[Kaneko Fuminori]] (ep3-4)
*'''Musical producer:''' [[Shida Hirohide]] (志田博英)
*'''Music:''' [[Fukushima Yuko]] (福島祐子), [[Takami Yu]] (高見優)

==Episode Title==
*'''Ep. 01:''' The song of a woman's painful, unrequited love and a furious man's spirit!
*'''Ep. 02:''' The song of a hot-blooded man's soul! A fragment of his memory returns!
*'''Ep. 03:''' Through teary eyes his soul mate appears
*'''Ep. 04:''' I'll never give my girl to ''him''!

==Episode Ratings==
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! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kanto
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kansai
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Nationwide
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Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp Video Research, Ltd.]

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/uta-hime/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:歌姫 (舞台)#テレビドラマ|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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