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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ
*'''Title (romaji):''' Akarui Hou e Akarui Hou e
*'''Also known as:''' To A Brighter Place
*'''Format:''' Tanpatsu
*'''Genre:''' Human drama
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast date:''' 2001-Aug-27

==Synopsis==
With an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn't know it, Teru grows up in her father's bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro's broken heart, and a debilitating illness. Chronicling the short 26 year life of poet Teru Kaneko through her own eyes, this moving drama depicts the emotional events that shaped her prose and took us all to a brighter place.

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==Cast==
*[[Matsu Takako]] as Kaneko Misuzu
*[[Miyake Ken]] as Ueyama Masasuke (Misuzu's younger brother)
*[[Nomura Hironobu]] as Kaneko Kensuke (her elder brother)
*[[Nakada Yoshiko]] as Ueyama Michi (her mother)
*[[Kagawa Kyoko]] as Kaneko Ume (her grandmother)
*[[Watabe Atsuro]] as Kirihara Inahiko (her husband)
*[[Kanno Miho]] as Tanabe Hohoyo (her good friend)
*[[Hashizume Jun]] as Koeda Toshio (Hohoyo's husband, teacher)
*[[Takaoka Saki]] as Aoyagi Mineko (the younger sister of Inahiko's ex-lover)
*[[Okamoto Nobuto]] as Fujita Hatsuichi (the clerk)
*[[Yamabe Yuki]] (山辺有紀) as Kaneko Chiusa (Kensuke's wife)
*[[Mitamura Kunihiko]] as Saijo Yaso (Misuzu's mentor)
*[[Izumi Pinko]] as Takahashi Utako (the landlord's wife)
*[[Watari Tetsuya]] as Ueyama Matsuzo (Masasuke's father)

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Shimizu Akemi]]
*'''Director:''' [[Kiyohiro Makoto]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/misuzu50/ Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.893.htm JDorama.com]

[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2001]] [[Category:TBS]]