Yamada Taro Monogatari

Yamada Taro Monogatari

Details

• Title: 山田太郎ものがたり
• Title (romaji): Yamada Taro Monogatari
• Also known as: The Story of Yamada Taro
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Comedy
• Episodes: 10
• Viewership ratings: 15.2(Kanto)
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-6 to 2007-Sep-14 (ep9 Sep 7)
• Air time: Friday 22:00
• Theme song: "Happiness" by Arashi
• Related drama: Poor Prince Taro

Synopsis

Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters. --TBS

Cast

Correlation Chart

• Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro
• Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya
• Tabe Mikako as Ikegami Takako
• Kikuchi Momoko as Yamada Ayako
• Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Kazuo
• Oshinari Shugo as Sugiura Keichi
• Fukiishi Kazue as Torii Kyoko
• Otsuka Chihiro as Nakai Masami
• Shibata Rie as Ikegami Maria
• Musaka Naomasa as Ikegami Ryunosuke
• Utsui Ken as Ichinomiya
• Yoshizawa Hisashi as Ehara Makoto
• Fukui Hiroaki as Osaki Shinosuke
• Yamada Shintaro as Ando Masaki
• Kojima Haruna as Usui Kotone
• Takahashi Ryosuke as Okubo Shin
• Ogata Sayaka as Kashiwagi Honoka
• Yarita Akihiro as Yamada Jiro
• Shimizu Naoya as Yamada Saburo
• Muranaka Haruna (村中暖奈) as Yamada Yoshiko
• Yoshida Riko as Yamada Itsuko
• Shibuya Takeru as Yamada Mutsumi
• Ayata Toshiki as Isogai Shitsuji
• Maro Akaji as Mimura Hijirichi
• Nishida Naomi as Mimura Tsuyuko
• Mizukawa Asami as Kotani
• Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Ume
• Ohno Satoshi (ep10)
• Nekoze Tsubaki as House maid
• Hankai Kazuaki (ep10)

Production Credits

• Original work: Manga by Morinaga Ai
• Screenwriter: Magii
• Script Staff: Yamaura Masahiro (山浦雅大)
• Chief Producer: Setoguchi Katsuaki
• Producer: Takahashi Masanao, Shimoyama Jun (下山潤)
• Director: Ishii Yasuharu, Yamamuro Daisuke, Kawashima Ryutaro (川嶋龍太郎)
• Music: Hirasawa Atsushi (平沢敦士)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	17.4	16.7	??.?
02	15.9	??.?	??.?
03	16.5	??.?	??.?
04	13.7	??.?	??.?
05	15.4	??.?	??.?
06	11.1	??.?	??.?
07	13.6	??.?	??.?
08	14.6	??.?	??.?
09	16.3	??.?	??.?
10	17.9	??.?	??.?
Average	15.2	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

• 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sep 2007): Best Actor - Ninomiya Kazunari
• 4th TV Navi Drama Awards: Newcomer of the Year - Tabe Mikako

External Links

• Official site
• Japanese Wikipedia

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Spring 2007	TBS	Autumn 2007
Tokkyu Tanaka San Go	Friday 22:00	Utahime