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==Details==
 
==Details==
*'''Title:''' 薔薇???字架 / Bara no Jyujika
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*'''Title:''' 薔薇の十字架
*'''Also Known As:''' Cross of Roses
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*'''Title (romaji):''' Bara no Jyujika
*'''Episodes:''' 11
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*'''Also known as:''' Cross of Roses
*'''Genre:''' love, dark, family
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*'''Genre:''' Love, Dark, Family
*'''Air time:'''
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*'''Episodes:''' 10
*'''Broadcasted by:''' Fuji TV
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*'''Viewership: ratings''' 8.6%
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2002-10-10 to 2002-12-12
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*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Theme Song:''' [[Cry]] by [[Faith Hill]]
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*'''Broadcast period:''' 2002-Oct-10 to 2002-Dec-12
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*'''Air time:''' [[Mokuyou Gekijou|Thursday 22:00]]
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*'''Theme Song:''' ''Cry'' by [[Wikipedia:Faith Hill|Faith Hill]]
  
==Cast & Credits==
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==Synopsis==
===Producer===
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Togo is 37, married, has no kids and lives with his mother. He is a television commercial director and has won numerous awards for his works. What he most wants to do is make commercials that people will long remember. It is the commercials that he personally doesn't like though, that gain the most recognition. He's even complained to one of the younger guys that he works with about his boss getting on his back for trying to put too much artistic creativity into his commercials. His boss wants him to simply make commercials the way the clients ask for.
  
===Director===
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Togo's wife Sumiko, who is not even pregnant, receives baby presents on just about a daily basis from her mother-in-law. She tries to play the "good daughter-in-law" by politely accepting the gifts. Her mother-in-law seems to be mentally punishing Sumiko for not giving her a grandchild, but it appears that Sumiko really does not want to get pregnant.
  
===Screenwriter===
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Not being able to have children, and work not going the way he wants starts eating at Togo. It is just at this time that his life takes a big turn...One day when he is supposed to meet a model that his friend wants to introduce him to; he mistakenly takes a woman by the name of Aki for the model. After getting to know her, Aki tells him "I don't want a relationship or to get married. I just want you to help me to have a child," and things begin to heat up from there.
  
===Music by===
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Aki, who works at a foreign-affiliated computer manufacturer, is your typical career woman. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lives with her mother and younger sister Masami. Because of a traumatic experience that she had when she was young, she has lost all faith in men.
  
===Cast===
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Before meeting Aki, Togo was about to give up on have a bigger family. So the more he meets Aki, the more he seriously starts considering her offer. The plan they come up with is after Aki has the baby, they won't ever see each other again. But after the baby is born (a boy, whom Aki names "Seiji"), both Togo and Aki start having a change of heart.
*[[Mikami Hiroshi]]
 
*[[Amami Yuki]]
 
*[[Ishida Yuriko]]
 
*[[Sato Aiko]]
 
*[[Katsumura Masanobu]]
 
*[[Tamayama Tetsuji]]
 
*[[Goda Masashi]]
 
*[[Nekoze Tsubaki]]
 
*[[Nishiyama Mayuko]]
 
*[[Nakao Mie]]
 
*[[Nagauchi Minako]]
 
*[[Tayama Ryosei]]
 
*[[Fukuda Mayuko]]
 
  
==Synopsis==
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Sumiko later finds out about Togo's secret. And just when Togo has made up his mind to leave her for Aki, Sumiko starts striking back. Both their friends and families wind up getting involved, and before you know it Aki and Togo begin slipping apart.
Togo is 37, married, has no kids and lives with his mother. He is a television commercial director and has won numerous awards for his works. What he most wants to do is make commercials that people will long remember. It is the commercials that he personally doesn't like though, that gain the most recognition. He's even complained to one of the younger guys that he works with about his boss getting on his back for trying to put too much artistic creativity into his commercials. His boss wants him to simply make commercials the way the clients ask for.
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<br>Who should Togo really be with?
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<br>What has possessed Aki to go this far just to have a child?
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<br>How will Sumiko get revenge?
  
Togo's wife Sumiko, who is not even pregnant, receives baby presents on just about a daily basis from her mother-in-law. She tries to play the "good daughter-in-law" by politely accepting the gifts. Her mother-in-law seems to be mentally punishing Sumiko for not giving her a grandchild, but it appears that Sumiko really does not want to get pregnant.
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This is an all new kind of melodrama about a man that wants children, but can't have them with his wife; and a single-woman that wants to have a child of her own. It is also about what children mean to both sexes. --Fuji TV (corrections by Surge79uwf)
  
Not being able to have children, and work not going the way he wants starts eating at Togo. It is just at this time that his life takes a big turn...One day when he is supposed to meet a model that his friend wants to introduce him to; he mistakenly takes a woman by the name of Akira for the model. After getting to know her, Akira tells him "I don't want a relationship or to get married. I just want you to help me to have a child," and things begin to heat up from there.
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==User/Viewer Ratings==
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<vote type=1/>
  
Akira, who works at a foreign-affiliated computer manufacturer, is your typical career woman. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lives with her mother and younger sister Masami. Because of a traumatic experience that she had when she was young, she has lost all faith in men.
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==Cast==
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<div style="float:left; width:50%;">
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*[[Mikami Hiroshi]] as Kudo Togo
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*[[Amami Yuki]] as Takahata Aki
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*[[Ishida Yuriko]] as Kudo Sumiko
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*[[Katsumura Masanobu]] as Kitamura Jin
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*[[Sato Aiko]] as Hirayama Masami
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*[[Tamayama Tetsuji]] as Kamiyama Kyosuke
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*[[Nishiyama Mayuko]] as Mimura Hinako
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*[[Goda Masashi]] as as Ihara Junya
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*[[Nekoze Tsubaki]] as Yamazaki Eri
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*[[Miyaji Masako]] as Kitamura Midori
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*[[Osanai Minako]] as Takahata Yuriko
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</div>
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<div style="float:right; width:50%;">
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*[[Shishido Miwako]] as Morimoto
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*[[Yajima Kenichi]] as Mr. Konishi
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*[[Tanaka Oga]] as Takahata Seiji
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*[[Tayama Ryosei]] as Mr. Sakota
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*[[Nakao Mie]] as Kudo Sae
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*[[Tsukaji Muga]]
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*[[Nakane Toru]]
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*[[Shida Mirai]]
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*[[Fukuda Mayuko]]
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*[[Nagauchi Minako]]
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*[[Matsumoto Rina]]
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</div><br clear="all"/>
  
Before meeting Akira, Togo was about to give up on have a bigger family. So the more he meets Akira, the more he seriously starts considering her offer. The plan they come up with is after Akira has the baby, they won't ever see each other again. But after the baby is born, both Togo and Akira start having a change of heart.
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==Production Credits==
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*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Asano Taeko]], [[Nankai Emiko]], [[Nagata Yuko]]
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*'''Producer:''' [[Kita Reiko]], [[Makino Tadashi]]
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*'''Director:''' [[Mitsuno Michio]], [[Mizuta Naruhide]], [[Kimura Tatsuaki]]
  
Sumiko later finds out about Togo's secret. And just when Togo has made up his mind to leave her for Akira, Sumiko starts striking back. Both their friends and families wind up getting involved, and before you know it Akira and Togo begin slipping apart.
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==Episode Titles & Ratings==
Who should Togo really be with?
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<div style="float:left; width:70%;">
What has possessed Akira to go this far just to have a child?
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*'''Ep 01:''' 大人の欲望!!夜メロ開幕 / Greed of an adult! It is the melody start at night
How will Sumiko get revenge?
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*'''Ep 02:''' 好きになってはいけない人 / Person who doesn't come to like it
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*'''Ep 03:''' 愛と誠を求めて / For love and sincerity
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*'''Ep 04:''' 知りすぎた姑 / The mother-in-law who knew too much
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*'''Ep 05:''' 罪と罰のワナ / Trap of crime and punishment
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*'''Ep 06:''' 目撃した…妻 / I witnessed it…A wife
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*'''Ep 07:''' あなたの子供…じゃないの / Your child...Then there's nothing to it
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*'''Ep 08:''' 消えた二人 / Two people who disappeared
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*'''Ep 09:''' 涙かれるまで / Till tears dry up
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*'''Ep 10:''' 愛する胸で、永遠に眠れ / Sleep with your love through all eternity
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</div>
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<div style="float:right; width:30%;">
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*'''Ep 01:''' 9.7%
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*'''Ep 02:''' 7.4%
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*'''Ep 03:''' 8.4%
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*'''Ep 04:''' 8.9%
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*'''Ep 05:''' 7.6%
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*'''Ep 06:''' 9.3%
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*'''Ep 07:''' 8.2%
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*'''Ep 08:''' 8.1%
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*'''Ep 09:''' 8.8%
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*'''Ep 10:''' 9.9%
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</div><br clear="all"/>
  
This is an all new kind of melodrama about a man that wants children, but can't have them with his wife; and a single-woman that wants to have a child of her own. It is also about what children mean to both sexes.
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==External Links==
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*[[Wikipedia:ja:薔薇の十字架|Japanese Wikipedia]]
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*[http://jdorama.com/drama.687.htm JDorama.com]
  
Fuji TV
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{{SeasonRing|Fuji TV|[[Mokuyou Gekijou|Tuesday 22:00]]|Summer 2002|[[Renai Hensachi]]|Winter 2003|[[Bijo ka Yajuu]]}}
 
 
==Other Resources==
 
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.687.htm JDorama.com]
 
  
[[Category:JDrama]]
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[[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2002]] [[Category:Fuji TV]]
[[Category:JDrama2002]]
 
[[Category:Fuji TV]]
 

Latest revision as of 14:01, 7 August 2019

Bara no Jyujika

Details

  • Title: 薔薇の十字架
  • Title (romaji): Bara no Jyujika
  • Also known as: Cross of Roses
  • Genre: Love, Dark, Family
  • Episodes: 10
  • Viewership: ratings 8.6%
  • Broadcast network: Fuji TV
  • Broadcast period: 2002-Oct-10 to 2002-Dec-12
  • Air time: Thursday 22:00
  • Theme Song: Cry by Faith Hill

Synopsis

Togo is 37, married, has no kids and lives with his mother. He is a television commercial director and has won numerous awards for his works. What he most wants to do is make commercials that people will long remember. It is the commercials that he personally doesn't like though, that gain the most recognition. He's even complained to one of the younger guys that he works with about his boss getting on his back for trying to put too much artistic creativity into his commercials. His boss wants him to simply make commercials the way the clients ask for.

Togo's wife Sumiko, who is not even pregnant, receives baby presents on just about a daily basis from her mother-in-law. She tries to play the "good daughter-in-law" by politely accepting the gifts. Her mother-in-law seems to be mentally punishing Sumiko for not giving her a grandchild, but it appears that Sumiko really does not want to get pregnant.

Not being able to have children, and work not going the way he wants starts eating at Togo. It is just at this time that his life takes a big turn...One day when he is supposed to meet a model that his friend wants to introduce him to; he mistakenly takes a woman by the name of Aki for the model. After getting to know her, Aki tells him "I don't want a relationship or to get married. I just want you to help me to have a child," and things begin to heat up from there.

Aki, who works at a foreign-affiliated computer manufacturer, is your typical career woman. Her parents divorced when she was young, and she lives with her mother and younger sister Masami. Because of a traumatic experience that she had when she was young, she has lost all faith in men.

Before meeting Aki, Togo was about to give up on have a bigger family. So the more he meets Aki, the more he seriously starts considering her offer. The plan they come up with is after Aki has the baby, they won't ever see each other again. But after the baby is born (a boy, whom Aki names "Seiji"), both Togo and Aki start having a change of heart.

Sumiko later finds out about Togo's secret. And just when Togo has made up his mind to leave her for Aki, Sumiko starts striking back. Both their friends and families wind up getting involved, and before you know it Aki and Togo begin slipping apart.
Who should Togo really be with?
What has possessed Aki to go this far just to have a child?
How will Sumiko get revenge?

This is an all new kind of melodrama about a man that wants children, but can't have them with his wife; and a single-woman that wants to have a child of her own. It is also about what children mean to both sexes. --Fuji TV (corrections by Surge79uwf)

User/Viewer Ratings

0.00
(0 votes)

Cast


Production Credits

Episode Titles & Ratings

  • Ep 01: 大人の欲望!!夜メロ開幕 / Greed of an adult! It is the melody start at night
  • Ep 02: 好きになってはいけない人 / Person who doesn't come to like it
  • Ep 03: 愛と誠を求めて / For love and sincerity
  • Ep 04: 知りすぎた姑 / The mother-in-law who knew too much
  • Ep 05: 罪と罰のワナ / Trap of crime and punishment
  • Ep 06: 目撃した…妻 / I witnessed it…A wife
  • Ep 07: あなたの子供…じゃないの / Your child...Then there's nothing to it
  • Ep 08: 消えた二人 / Two people who disappeared
  • Ep 09: 涙かれるまで / Till tears dry up
  • Ep 10: 愛する胸で、永遠に眠れ / Sleep with your love through all eternity
  • Ep 01: 9.7%
  • Ep 02: 7.4%
  • Ep 03: 8.4%
  • Ep 04: 8.9%
  • Ep 05: 7.6%
  • Ep 06: 9.3%
  • Ep 07: 8.2%
  • Ep 08: 8.1%
  • Ep 09: 8.8%
  • Ep 10: 9.9%


External Links




Summer 2002
Fuji TV
Winter 2003
Renai Hensachi
Tuesday 22:00
Bijo ka Yajuu