Junjo Kirari

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Details

• Title: 純情きらり (じゅんじょうきらり)
• Title (romaji): Junjo Kirari
• Also known as: Pure Heart
• Episodes: 156 (15 mins. each)
• Genre: Family drama
• Air time: Monday thru Saturday at 8:15am
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-03 to 2006-Sep-30

Series Synopsis

The 74th NHK Asadora Drama is Junjo Kirari. Sakurako's dream is to become a jazz pianist. The story is set in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture before, during and after World War II. One of the main themes of the serial is music, so the drama's heroine, Sakurako, and her two elder sisters and a younger brother, are all represented by musical notes in the title sequence. It's a three dimensional animation, and the musical notes run through the turbulent Showa Era as if on a journey of adventure through the four seasons of the year.

Cast

Main Characters

• Miyazaki Aoi as Arimori Sakurako (heroine)
  • Miyama Karen as Sakurako (young girl)
• Miura Tomokazu as Arimori Genichiro (father)
• Takeshita Keiko as Arimori Masa (mother)
• Terajima Shinobu as Arimori Fueko (oldest sister)
  • Kitano Kii (北乃きい) as Fueko (young girl)
• Igawa Haruka as Arimori Momoko (2nd oldest sister)
• Matsuzawa Takeshi (松澤傑) as Arimori Yutaro (younger brother)
• Yana Nobuo (八忿信夫) as Okita Tokujiro (grandfather)
• Muroi Shigeru as Arimori Iso (aunt)
• Toda Keiko as Matsui Kane
• Murata Takehiro as Matsui Takuji
• Shiomi Sansei as Urabe Senkichi
• Tokui Yuu as Noyama Yoichi
• Isaka Toshiya (井忂俊哉) as Takeshima Kiyoshi (craftsman)
• Hasegawa Hatsunori as Saionji Kimimaro (music teacher)
• Nishijima Hidetoshi as Suji Togo (artist)
• Fukushi Seiji as Matsui Tatsuhiko
• Gekidan Hitori as Saito Naomichi (lodger)
• Hankai Kazuaki as Akiyama Hitoshi (saxaphone player)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Tsushima Yuko (津島佑孿), Asano Taeko (浅野妙孿)
• Music: Oshima Michiru (大島ミチル)

Notes

• Animation director, Ito Yuichi, produced the title sequence by repeated computer processing of composite images of musical notes and objects made of clay and paper.

Images

• Click on each image for a detailed view

Exchange of the baton ceremony between Murakawa Eri (Kaze no Haruka) and Miyazaki Aoi

External Links

• Official NHK Asadora site