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==Details== | ==Details== | ||
| − | *'''Title:''' | + | *'''Title:''' ファイト |
| − | *'''Also known as:''' | + | *'''Also known as:''' FIGHT |
| − | *'''Episodes:''' | + | *'''Format:''' Asadora |
| − | *''' | + | *'''Genre:''' Family |
| − | *'''Broadcast period:''' | + | *'''Episodes:''' 162 15-minute episodes (27 weeks) |
| + | *'''Broadcast network:''' NHK | ||
| + | *'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-Mar-28 to 2005-Oct-1 | ||
| + | *'''Viewership ratings:''' ep1=16.9 high=21.9 avg=16.7 | ||
*'''Opening theme song:''' FIGHT Opening Theme | *'''Opening theme song:''' FIGHT Opening Theme | ||
*'''Original soundtrack (OST):''' [http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCF-31123 FIGHT - TV Original Soundtrack, BVCF-31123] | *'''Original soundtrack (OST):''' [http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BVCF-31123 FIGHT - TV Original Soundtrack, BVCF-31123] | ||
| − | == | + | ==Synopsis== |
| − | + | The 72nd NHK asadora ''Fight'' is a story about fifteen year old Yuu, whose family becomes separated after an incident involving her father's spring factory. With her undying spirit to "fight" off every obstacle arising in life, Yuu maintains her positive attitude and moves forward in hopes of the day when her family will reunite again. | |
| − | The 72nd NHK asadora | ||
Yuu's day beings with a secret ritual of visiting a racing horse stable. There, she kindles a unique and precious friendship with a throughbred horse named Jonko, who becomes Yuu's sole confidant in times of hardship. | Yuu's day beings with a secret ritual of visiting a racing horse stable. There, she kindles a unique and precious friendship with a throughbred horse named Jonko, who becomes Yuu's sole confidant in times of hardship. | ||
| − | In the midst of teenage years, Yuu undergoes a series of challenges in her daily life; from striving to make it into her school's prestigious softball team to forging friendships among her classmates. Yet, her life becomes further complicated when her father is forced to close down his spring factory after revealing a scandal involving Yuu's best friend Rika's father. To make ends meet for the family, her mother then makes the hard choice of moving away from home to work as a live-in maid at a Komanokan Inn in Shima Onsen. Despite the tremendous pressure and hardships Yuu faces throughout her life, she continues to battle and conquer every situation with the courage she draws from her kindred spirit, Jonko. | + | In the midst of teenage years, Yuu undergoes a series of challenges in her daily life; from striving to make it into her school's prestigious softball team to forging friendships among her classmates. Yet, her life becomes further complicated when her father is forced to close down his spring factory after revealing a scandal involving Yuu's best friend Rika's father. To make ends meet for the family, her mother then makes the hard choice of moving away from home to work as a live-in maid at a Komanokan Inn in Shima Onsen. Despite the tremendous pressure and hardships Yuu faces throughout her life, she continues to battle and conquer every situation with the courage she draws from her kindred spirit, Jonko. ''--- written by groink'' |
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==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
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===Main characters=== | ===Main characters=== | ||
| − | *[[Motokariya Yuika]] as Kido Yuu | + | *[[Motokariya Yuika]] as Kido Yuu (heroine, age 15) |
*[[Ogata Naoto]] as Kido Keita | *[[Ogata Naoto]] as Kido Keita | ||
*[[Sakai Noriko]] as Kido Asako | *[[Sakai Noriko]] as Kido Asako | ||
*[[Tanaka Saeki]] as Kido Dan | *[[Tanaka Saeki]] as Kido Dan | ||
| + | *[[Tanaka Saeki]] as Kido Nozomu (age 5) | ||
| + | *[[Yagi Toshihiko]] (八木俊彦) as Kido Dan (age 13) | ||
*[[Mitsubayashi Kyoko]] as Takakura Kayo | *[[Mitsubayashi Kyoko]] as Takakura Kayo | ||
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| + | ===Takasaki=== | ||
*[[Watanabe Toru]] as Kuroki Shuuji | *[[Watanabe Toru]] as Kuroki Shuuji | ||
*[[Kawahara Ayako]] as Komada Kotoko | *[[Kawahara Ayako]] as Komada Kotoko | ||
*[[Kakiuchi Ayami]] as Kuroki Rika | *[[Kakiuchi Ayami]] as Kuroki Rika | ||
| + | *[[Miura Haruma]] as Okabe Kiyoshi | ||
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| + | ===Shima Hot Springs=== | ||
*[[Yuki Saori]] as Komada Kinuko | *[[Yuki Saori]] as Komada Kinuko | ||
*[[Kodama Kiyoshi]] as Komada Takayuki | *[[Kodama Kiyoshi]] as Komada Takayuki | ||
*[[Okayama Hajime]] as Komada Hajime | *[[Okayama Hajime]] as Komada Hajime | ||
| − | *[[Mihara | + | *[[Mihara Junko]] as Komada Toshimi |
| + | *[[Yamaguchi Makiya]] as Dr. Kawasaki Hiromichi | ||
| + | *[[Nekoda Jika]] as Yamada Matsuba (maid) | ||
| + | *[[Shishido Miwako]] as Kasai Takeko (maid) | ||
| + | *[[Tanabe Hikari]] as Ito Koume (maid) | ||
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| + | ===Murakami Stables=== | ||
*[[Tamura Takahiro]] as Murakami Yoshitaka | *[[Tamura Takahiro]] as Murakami Yoshitaka | ||
| − | *[[Segawa Ryo]] as Shinagawa | + | *[[Segawa Ryo]] as Shinagawa Taro |
| − | *[[Fujimura Shunji]] as Saigo | + | *[[Wikipedia:ja:ダンスアワルツ|Dance a Waltz]] as Saigo Jonko* |
| − | *[[ | + | : * - [https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000702139/ Dance a Waltz] is a real-life race horse in Japan |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Fujimura Shunji]] as Saigo Goichi |
| + | *[[Kusamura Reiko]] as Saigo Tamako | ||
| + | *[[Ogawa Ryuichi]] (小川隆一) as Kanai Kazuya (veterinarian) | ||
| + | *[[Inoue Jun]] as Imaoka Atsushi | ||
| + | *[[Wikipedia:Yutaka Take|Take Yutaka]] (武豊) as himself (race horse jockey) | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | <div style="float:right; width:48%;"> | ||
| − | ===Spring | + | ===Kido Spring Factory=== |
| − | *[[Numata Baku]] | + | *[[Numata Baku]] as Kamei Tetsuo (senior employee) |
| − | *[[Yamazaki Hajime]] | + | *[[Yamazaki Hajime]] as Nakamura Yosuke |
*[[Masuno Hidetomo]] | *[[Masuno Hidetomo]] | ||
| − | *[[Ishii Tomoya]] | + | *[[Ishii Tomoya]] as Yoshimoto Ken |
| − | *[[Matsumoto Kanako]] | + | *[[Matsumoto Kanako]] as Yoshimoto (Kumagaya) |
| − | *[[Kobayashi Takashika]] | + | *[[Kobayashi Takashika]] as Takenaka Masahiko |
| + | *[[Takabayashi Takashika]] (尿林高鹿) as Arai Hiromoto (newspaper writer) | ||
| − | ===Yuu's | + | ===Yuu's schools=== |
| − | *[[Oikawa Izo]] as | + | *[[Kikuchi Kinya]] as Hayashi Michihiko (Takasaki Daisen Chugakko softball coach) |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Oikawa Izo]] as Shinjo Atsushi (Kazabana Joshi Koto Gakkou softball coach) |
| + | *[[Sato Hitomi]] as Kataoka Mari (homeroom teacher at Kazabana) | ||
| + | *[[Tajima Honami]] as Tono Shiori (classmate at Kazabana) | ||
| + | *[[Shida Nanako]] as Miramida Moe (classmate at Kazabana) | ||
| + | *[[Konno Narumi]] as Kitakaze Kaede (classmate at Kazabana) | ||
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| + | ===Others=== | ||
| + | *[[Kozu Hazuki]] as Yasui Yoko (taught Asako flower arranging) | ||
| + | *[[Yamaguchi Megumi]] (山口愛) as Yuu when she was very young | ||
| + | *[[Sugai Kin]] as Hirata Fumi (ep75) | ||
| + | *[[Ono Ryo]] as Scoutman | ||
| + | </div><br clear="all"/> | ||
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| + | ==Production Credits== | ||
| + | *'''Written by:''' [[Hashibe Atsuko]] | ||
| + | *'''Music by:''' [[Sakakibara Dai]] | ||
| + | *'''Narrator:''' [[Shibata Yukiko]] | ||
| + | *'''Artwork:''' Nishihara Rieko (the watercolor paintings you see at the end of each episode) | ||
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| + | {{Weekly_Synopsis_Listing_27|Fight|72nd NHK Asadora}} | ||
| + | ==Weekly Ratings== | ||
| + | ;When rating the NHK Asadora dramas, the researching firm samples one or two episodes per week. If there are two episodes sampled in a given week, the rating is the average of the two episodes. Rating information is provided by Video Research Ltd. of Japan. Episode numbering is provided by groink. | ||
| + | <div style="float:left; width:48%;"> | ||
| + | * '''Week 1''': "Happiness" (2005/3/28 M ep001) - 16.9 | ||
| + | * '''Week 2''': "Changing" (2005/4/4 M ep007) - 15.8 | ||
| + | * '''Week 3''': "The Right Thing" (2005/4/11 M ep013) - 16.6 | ||
| + | * '''Week 4''': "Goodbye" (2005/4/19 Tu ep020) - 16.0 | ||
| + | * '''Week 5''': "I Won't Give Up" (2005/4/26 Tu ep026) - 16.2 | ||
| + | * '''Week 6''': "Thank You" (2005/5/6 F ep035) - 16.5 | ||
| + | * '''Week 7''': "Friends" (2005/5/14 S ep042) - 16.0 | ||
| + | * '''Week 8''': "Trust" (2005/5/20 F ep047) - 16.6 | ||
| + | * '''Week 9''': "I'm Going to Work" (2005/5/24 Tu ep052) - 16.5 | ||
| + | * '''Week 10''': "Mom" (2005/6/3 F ep059) - 18.1 | ||
| + | * '''Week 11''': "I Want to See You" (2005/6/9 Th ep064) - 16.7 | ||
| + | * '''Week 12''': "What I Want to Do" (2005/6/15 W ep069) - 17.7 | ||
| + | * '''Week 13''': "To Tokyo" (2005/6/23 Th ep076) - 17.8 | ||
| + | * '''Week 14''': "Love" (2005/6/28 Tu ep080) - 18.1 | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | <div style="float:right; width:48%;"> | ||
| + | * '''Week 15''': "I Won't Lose" (2005/7/8 F ep089) - 17.7 | ||
| + | * '''Week 16''': "Heart" (2005/7/14 Th ep094) - 19.0 | ||
| + | * '''Week 17''': "Make a Comeback" (2005/7/21 Th ep100) - 17.5 | ||
| + | * '''Week 18''': "Let's Go Home" (2005/7/26 Tu ep104) - 18.7 | ||
| + | * '''Week 19''': "Making a New Start" (2005/8/5 F ep113) - 17.8 | ||
| + | * '''Week 20''': "A Look" (2005/8/10 W ep117) - 18.7 | ||
| + | * '''Week 21''': "True Feelings" (2005/8/16 Tu ep124) - 18.7 | ||
| + | * '''Week 22''': "Touch One Another" (2005/8/26 F ep131) - '''21.9''' | ||
| + | * '''Week 23''': "A Step Towards a New Beginning" (2005/9/1 Th ep136) - 19.0 | ||
| + | * '''Week 24''': "Farewell, Jonko" (2005/9/6 Tu ep140 and 9/8 Th ep142) - 17.6 | ||
| + | * '''Week 25''': "Fulfilling a Dream" (2005/9/12 M ep145) - 18.4 | ||
| + | * '''Week 26''': "The Start of a Journey" (2005/9/24 S ep156) - 18.1 | ||
| + | * '''Week 27''': "A Sweet Smile" (2005/9/30 F ep161) - 19.8 (final ep is 162) | ||
| + | </div><br clear="all"/> | ||
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
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[[Ogata Naoto]] plays Keita, the father of the series' heroine, Yuu. Keita, who runs a factory that manufactures springs, is unable to relate to his adolesent daughter. | [[Ogata Naoto]] plays Keita, the father of the series' heroine, Yuu. Keita, who runs a factory that manufactures springs, is unable to relate to his adolesent daughter. | ||
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When Keita's craftsman's pride leads to problems that force him to close his factory, he and his family are forced to split up. "I play my part always thinking of how much I want our family of four to get back together again," Ogata said, very serious about his role. | When Keita's craftsman's pride leads to problems that force him to close his factory, he and his family are forced to split up. "I play my part always thinking of how much I want our family of four to get back together again," Ogata said, very serious about his role. | ||
| − | Series heroine [[Motokariya Yuika]] and Ogata also appeared together in [[ | + | Series heroine [[Motokariya Yuika]] and Ogata also appeared together in [[Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu]] (Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World). |
[[Sakai Noriko]] plays Asako, a mother of two. "This is a challenge for me. I want to play a cheerful mother," she said with a smile. | [[Sakai Noriko]] plays Asako, a mother of two. "This is a challenge for me. I want to play a cheerful mother," she said with a smile. | ||
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''--- translated by groink'' | ''--- translated by groink'' | ||
| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | *NHK aired the semi-annual "Highlights" program, which summarizes the 162 episodes into four 45-minute segments. Air dates/times from 2006-Mar-28 through 2006-Mar-31 from 21:15 to 21:58. All dates/times JST. | ||
| + | *[[Motokariya Yuika]] (17 in real-life at the time) was chosen from a pool of 1,154 applicants to play 15-year old Yuu. | ||
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| + | ==Images== | ||
| + | *'''Click on each image for a detailed view''' | ||
| + | {| | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |[[File:Kaze no Haruka-baton.png|thumb|300px|Exchange of the baton ceremony between Motokariya Yuika (FIGHT) and Murakawa Eri]] | ||
| + | |} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/fight/ Permanent NHK page for Fight] | |
| − | *[http://www.nhk.or.jp/drama/fight/ | + | *[[Wikipedia:ja:ファイト_(テレビドラマ)|Japanese Wikipedia]] |
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*[http://jdorama.com/drama.871.htm JDorama.com] | *[http://jdorama.com/drama.871.htm JDorama.com] | ||
*[http://www.pref.gunma.jp/fight/ Gunma Prefecture tourist site for Fight] | *[http://www.pref.gunma.jp/fight/ Gunma Prefecture tourist site for Fight] | ||
| − | [[Category:JDrama]] | + | {{DramaRingNum|NHK Asadora Ring|#71|[[Wakaba]]|#73|[[Kaze no Haruka]]}} |
| − | [[Category:JDrama2005]] | + | |
| − | [[Category:NHK]] | + | [[Category:JDrama]] [[Category:JDrama2005]] [[Category:NHK]] [[Category:NHK Asadora]] [[Category:Family]] |
Latest revision as of 11:49, 18 July 2021
Details
- Title: ファイト
- Also known as: FIGHT
- Format: Asadora
- Genre: Family
- Episodes: 162 15-minute episodes (27 weeks)
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 2005-Mar-28 to 2005-Oct-1
- Viewership ratings: ep1=16.9 high=21.9 avg=16.7
- Opening theme song: FIGHT Opening Theme
- Original soundtrack (OST): FIGHT - TV Original Soundtrack, BVCF-31123
Synopsis
The 72nd NHK asadora Fight is a story about fifteen year old Yuu, whose family becomes separated after an incident involving her father's spring factory. With her undying spirit to "fight" off every obstacle arising in life, Yuu maintains her positive attitude and moves forward in hopes of the day when her family will reunite again.
Yuu's day beings with a secret ritual of visiting a racing horse stable. There, she kindles a unique and precious friendship with a throughbred horse named Jonko, who becomes Yuu's sole confidant in times of hardship.
In the midst of teenage years, Yuu undergoes a series of challenges in her daily life; from striving to make it into her school's prestigious softball team to forging friendships among her classmates. Yet, her life becomes further complicated when her father is forced to close down his spring factory after revealing a scandal involving Yuu's best friend Rika's father. To make ends meet for the family, her mother then makes the hard choice of moving away from home to work as a live-in maid at a Komanokan Inn in Shima Onsen. Despite the tremendous pressure and hardships Yuu faces throughout her life, she continues to battle and conquer every situation with the courage she draws from her kindred spirit, Jonko. --- written by groink
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
Main characters
- Motokariya Yuika as Kido Yuu (heroine, age 15)
- Ogata Naoto as Kido Keita
- Sakai Noriko as Kido Asako
- Tanaka Saeki as Kido Dan
- Tanaka Saeki as Kido Nozomu (age 5)
- Yagi Toshihiko (八木俊彦) as Kido Dan (age 13)
- Mitsubayashi Kyoko as Takakura Kayo
Takasaki
- Watanabe Toru as Kuroki Shuuji
- Kawahara Ayako as Komada Kotoko
- Kakiuchi Ayami as Kuroki Rika
- Miura Haruma as Okabe Kiyoshi
Shima Hot Springs
- Yuki Saori as Komada Kinuko
- Kodama Kiyoshi as Komada Takayuki
- Okayama Hajime as Komada Hajime
- Mihara Junko as Komada Toshimi
- Yamaguchi Makiya as Dr. Kawasaki Hiromichi
- Nekoda Jika as Yamada Matsuba (maid)
- Shishido Miwako as Kasai Takeko (maid)
- Tanabe Hikari as Ito Koume (maid)
Murakami Stables
- Tamura Takahiro as Murakami Yoshitaka
- Segawa Ryo as Shinagawa Taro
- Dance a Waltz as Saigo Jonko*
- * - Dance a Waltz is a real-life race horse in Japan
- Fujimura Shunji as Saigo Goichi
- Kusamura Reiko as Saigo Tamako
- Ogawa Ryuichi (小川隆一) as Kanai Kazuya (veterinarian)
- Inoue Jun as Imaoka Atsushi
- Take Yutaka (武豊) as himself (race horse jockey)
Kido Spring Factory
- Numata Baku as Kamei Tetsuo (senior employee)
- Yamazaki Hajime as Nakamura Yosuke
- Masuno Hidetomo
- Ishii Tomoya as Yoshimoto Ken
- Matsumoto Kanako as Yoshimoto (Kumagaya)
- Kobayashi Takashika as Takenaka Masahiko
- Takabayashi Takashika (尿林高鹿) as Arai Hiromoto (newspaper writer)
Yuu's schools
- Kikuchi Kinya as Hayashi Michihiko (Takasaki Daisen Chugakko softball coach)
- Oikawa Izo as Shinjo Atsushi (Kazabana Joshi Koto Gakkou softball coach)
- Sato Hitomi as Kataoka Mari (homeroom teacher at Kazabana)
- Tajima Honami as Tono Shiori (classmate at Kazabana)
- Shida Nanako as Miramida Moe (classmate at Kazabana)
- Konno Narumi as Kitakaze Kaede (classmate at Kazabana)
Others
- Kozu Hazuki as Yasui Yoko (taught Asako flower arranging)
- Yamaguchi Megumi (山口愛) as Yuu when she was very young
- Sugai Kin as Hirata Fumi (ep75)
- Ono Ryo as Scoutman
Production Credits
- Written by: Hashibe Atsuko
- Music by: Sakakibara Dai
- Narrator: Shibata Yukiko
- Artwork: Nishihara Rieko (the watercolor paintings you see at the end of each episode)
| 72nd NHK Asadora - Fight Episode Synopsis By Week |
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 |
| Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 |
| Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 |
| Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Week 20 | Week 21 |
| Week 22 | Week 23 | Week 24 | Week 25 | Week 26 | Week 27 |
Weekly Ratings
- When rating the NHK Asadora dramas, the researching firm samples one or two episodes per week. If there are two episodes sampled in a given week, the rating is the average of the two episodes. Rating information is provided by Video Research Ltd. of Japan. Episode numbering is provided by groink.
- Week 1: "Happiness" (2005/3/28 M ep001) - 16.9
- Week 2: "Changing" (2005/4/4 M ep007) - 15.8
- Week 3: "The Right Thing" (2005/4/11 M ep013) - 16.6
- Week 4: "Goodbye" (2005/4/19 Tu ep020) - 16.0
- Week 5: "I Won't Give Up" (2005/4/26 Tu ep026) - 16.2
- Week 6: "Thank You" (2005/5/6 F ep035) - 16.5
- Week 7: "Friends" (2005/5/14 S ep042) - 16.0
- Week 8: "Trust" (2005/5/20 F ep047) - 16.6
- Week 9: "I'm Going to Work" (2005/5/24 Tu ep052) - 16.5
- Week 10: "Mom" (2005/6/3 F ep059) - 18.1
- Week 11: "I Want to See You" (2005/6/9 Th ep064) - 16.7
- Week 12: "What I Want to Do" (2005/6/15 W ep069) - 17.7
- Week 13: "To Tokyo" (2005/6/23 Th ep076) - 17.8
- Week 14: "Love" (2005/6/28 Tu ep080) - 18.1
- Week 15: "I Won't Lose" (2005/7/8 F ep089) - 17.7
- Week 16: "Heart" (2005/7/14 Th ep094) - 19.0
- Week 17: "Make a Comeback" (2005/7/21 Th ep100) - 17.5
- Week 18: "Let's Go Home" (2005/7/26 Tu ep104) - 18.7
- Week 19: "Making a New Start" (2005/8/5 F ep113) - 17.8
- Week 20: "A Look" (2005/8/10 W ep117) - 18.7
- Week 21: "True Feelings" (2005/8/16 Tu ep124) - 18.7
- Week 22: "Touch One Another" (2005/8/26 F ep131) - 21.9
- Week 23: "A Step Towards a New Beginning" (2005/9/1 Th ep136) - 19.0
- Week 24: "Farewell, Jonko" (2005/9/6 Tu ep140 and 9/8 Th ep142) - 17.6
- Week 25: "Fulfilling a Dream" (2005/9/12 M ep145) - 18.4
- Week 26: "The Start of a Journey" (2005/9/24 S ep156) - 18.1
- Week 27: "A Sweet Smile" (2005/9/30 F ep161) - 19.8 (final ep is 162)
Review
Ogata Naoto plays Keita, the father of the series' heroine, Yuu. Keita, who runs a factory that manufactures springs, is unable to relate to his adolesent daughter.
"I'm not really sure if I look like the father of a 15-year old daughter, Ogata said. "Since this is my first asadora, I might cause some inconvenience until I hit my stride, but I will be trying my best."
When Keita's craftsman's pride leads to problems that force him to close his factory, he and his family are forced to split up. "I play my part always thinking of how much I want our family of four to get back together again," Ogata said, very serious about his role.
Series heroine Motokariya Yuika and Ogata also appeared together in Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu (Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World).
Sakai Noriko plays Asako, a mother of two. "This is a challenge for me. I want to play a cheerful mother," she said with a smile.
Asako had always been a housewife, but goes to work as a live-in maid at a hot spring ryokan in order to support her family. "I've always admired strong wives, so I am using this role as a learning experience. I think playing a warm-hearted mother who isn't too unfriendly would be about right," she said.
Once one of the top idols of her day, Sakai today is completely at home as an actress. "I want to cheerfully help the heroine along in whatever small way I can," she said, reassuringly.
--- translated by groink
Notes
- NHK aired the semi-annual "Highlights" program, which summarizes the 162 episodes into four 45-minute segments. Air dates/times from 2006-Mar-28 through 2006-Mar-31 from 21:15 to 21:58. All dates/times JST.
- Motokariya Yuika (17 in real-life at the time) was chosen from a pool of 1,154 applicants to play 15-year old Yuu.
Images
- Click on each image for a detailed view
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