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Utahime

Details

Title: 歌姫
Title (romaji): Utahime
Also known as: Song Princess
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 TOKIO
- Insert theme: change the world by Eric Clapton

Synopsis

Nagase Tomoya, playing the 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

Correlation chart

Nagase Tomoya as Shimanto Taro/Koizumi Akira
Aibu Saki as Kishida Suzu
Sato Ryuta as Croissant no Matsu
Ohkura Tadayoshi as Jinguji-kun
Toyama Kyoko as Merry
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
Takada Junji (高田純次) as Kishida Katsuo
Fubuki Jun as Kishida Hamako
Okouchi Nanako as Obinata Izumi
Nishimura Kiyotaka (西村清孝) as Kohinata Shinkichi

Guests

Okada Yoshinori as Moririn (ep1)
Sato Megumi as Mika (ep1)
Koshimura Tomokazu (越村友一) as Hoodlum A (ep1)
Sawada Masashi (澤田誠志) as Hoodlum B (ep1)
Hisa Issei (比佐一成) as the cigar shop owner, Chinmo-san (ep1)
Akira Tetsunori (明楽哲典) as the fisherman Panty-kun (ep1)
Teramoto Sumina (寺本純菜) as Suzu (10 years old) (ep1)
Hikita Hidemi (疋田英美) as Izumi (16 years old) (ep1)
Yamamoto Yuusuke (山本祐輔) as the emcee (ep1)
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)

Production Credits

Original work: Satake Mikio
Screenwriter: Satake Mikio
Producer: Isoyama Aki
Director: Tsuboi Toshio (ep1), Kaneko Fuminori
Musical producer: Shida Hirohide (志田博英)
Music: Fukushima Yuko (福島祐子), Takami Yu (高見優)

Episode Title

Ep. 01: A song of a woman's painful, unrequited love and a furious man's spirit!

Episode Ratings

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Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

Summer 2007	TBS	Winter 2008
Yamada Taro Monogatari	Friday 22:00	TBA

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 *'''Broadcast period:''' 2007-Oct-12 to 2007-Dec
 *'''Air time:''' Friday 22:00
-*'''Theme song:''' ''SEISYuN'' by [[Wikipedia:TOKIO|TOKIO]]
+*'''Theme songs:'''
+**'''Main theme:''' ''SEISYuN'' by [[Wikipedia:TOKIO|TOKIO]]
+**'''Insert theme:''' ''change the world'' by Eric Clapton
 ==Synopsis==
-There is a small old style cinema in a tiny village in Koichi ken which airs a particular movie on designated date on the instructions of its dead owner. One day, a lady travels to the village with her son (Nagase) to watch this movie, the lady then relates the connection between this cinema with her parents and the dead owner.  Time travels back to Showa 30s (1950s). It was just after the war, a young soldier who has lost his memory due to trauma suffered in the war arrives in this village. He is "adopted" by the people in that village, given the name Shimanto Taro and starts working in the small village cinema.  Taro builts up a strong friendship with many of the villagers, discovers his love for movies and also falls in love with a young feisty girl.  -- ''kokitty''
+Nagase Tomoya, playing the 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 Rei
+*[[Aibu Saki]] as Kishida Suzu
-*[[Sato Ryuta]] as  Kurowassan no Matsu
+*[[Sato Ryuta]] as  Croissant no Matsu
 *[[Ohkura Tadayoshi]] as Jinguji-kun
+*[[Toyama Kyoko]] as Merry
+*[[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
-*[[Furuya Ikko]] as Yamanouchi Oyabun
+*[[Takada Junji]] (高田純次) as Kishida Katsuo
 *[[Fubuki Jun]] as Kishida Hamako
-*[[Takada Junji]] (高田純次) as Kishida Katsuo
 *[[Okouchi Nanako]] as Obinata Izumi
-*[[Toyama Kyoko]] as Meri
-*[[Akiyama Ryuji]] as Akutagawa
-*[[Iijima Bobobo]] (飯島ぼぼぼ) as Geruman
-*[[Judy Ong]] as Koizumi Sakura
 *[[Nishimura Kiyotaka]] (西村清孝) as Kohinata Shinkichi
-*[[Koshimura Tomokazu]] (越村友一)
-*[[Sawada Masashi]] (澤田誠志)
-*[[Hisa Issei]] (比佐一成)
-*[[Akira Tetsunori]] (明樂哲典)
-*[[Ono Ryo]] (小野了) as Matsunaka
 ===Guests===
 *[[Okada Yoshinori]] as Moririn (ep1)
 *[[Sato Megumi]] as Mika (ep1)
+*[[Koshimura Tomokazu]] (越村友一) as Hoodlum A (ep1)
+*[[Sawada Masashi]] (澤田誠志) as Hoodlum B (ep1)
+*[[Hisa Issei]] (比佐一成) as the cigar shop owner, Chinmo-san (ep1)
+*[[Akira Tetsunori]] (明楽哲典) as the fisherman Panty-kun (ep1)
+*[[Teramoto Sumina]] (寺本純菜) as Suzu (10 years old) (ep1)
+*[[Hikita Hidemi]] (疋田英美) as Izumi (16 years old) (ep1)
+*[[Yamamoto Yuusuke]] (山本祐輔) as the emcee (ep1)
+*[[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)
 ==Production Credits==
@@ Line 46: / Line 55: @@
 *'''Screenwriter:'''  [[Takuma Takayuki|Satake Mikio]]
 *'''Producer:''' [[Isoyama Aki]]
-*'''Director:''' [[Tsuboi Toshio]], [[Kaneko Fuminori]]
+*'''Director:''' [[Tsuboi Toshio]] (ep1), [[Kaneko Fuminori]]
+*'''Musical producer:''' [[Shida Hirohide]] (志田博英)
+*'''Music:''' [[Fukushima Yuko]] (福島祐子), [[Takami Yu]] (高見優)
+==Episode Title==
+*'''Ep. 01:''' A song of a woman's painful, unrequited love and a furious man's spirit!
 ==Episode Ratings==