Asu no Hikari wo Tsukame
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- Title: 明日の光をつかめ
- Title (romaji): Asu no Hikari wo Tsukame
- Title (english): Seize the Light of Tomorrow
- Genre: Family drama
- Broadcast network: Tokai TV / Fuji TV
Season 1
- Episodes: 45
- Broadcast period: 2010-Jul-05 to 2010-Sep-03
- Air time: Monday to Friday 13:30-14:00
- Theme song: Without You by JYONGRI
Synopsis
The story takes place at "Tanpopo Farm" situated on a hill overlooking the ocean. The place is a pre-release center to aid in the rehabilitation to society for the boys and girls who had been released from a reform school, but, it is also used as a place to take care of those who have been bullied, who self-harm, those with drug addictions, and hikikomoris. Kitayama Shuji, the man behind this facility, while not being able to receive the support and understanding from the townspeople and his own daughter, continues to aspire to help the youth in rehabilitating back to society through working on the farm. And, he too had been those who had been scarred. The story begins with the arrival of Sakuragi Tsubasa to "Tanpopo Farm." The bubbly and cheerful heroine of the story, Sawaguchi Haruka, is a public high school student who is a captain candidate of her basketball team. She is loved by everyone at school and in the city. However, her mother, who she trusted, has an affair, and her father, who she respects as a City Council member, continues to further his pursuit on shutting down "Tanpopo Farm"...and on top of everything, she beings to be bullied at school. Tsubasa, who had cut ties with his family on his own accord and had lost his place, became her emotional support. Eventually, they begin to realize their feelings for each other... --Tokai TV
Cast
- Hirose Alice (広瀬アリス)
- Kawasaki Mayo
- Funaki Sachi (舟木幸)
- Shimizu Yuya
- Watanabe Ikkei
- Yazawa Shin
- Hayashi Ryoga (林凌雅)
- Sakakibara Tetsuji (榊原徹士)
- Matsukawa Naruki
- Tonooka Erika
- Yoshitake Reo (吉武怜朗)
- Takahashi Kento
- Saito Ryusei
- Sato Miku (佐藤未来)
- Hirano Shinon (平野心暖)
- Ohira Natsumi
- Kawamura Ryosuke (川村亮介)
- Watanabe Yusaku (渡部雄作)
- Hojo Takahiro
- Fuwa Mansaku
- Fujita Yumiko
- Kono Yoichiro (河野洋一郎)
- Ochiai Motoki
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Shimizu Yuki
- Producer: Ichino Naochika (市野直親), Fuse Hitoshi
- Director: Abe Yuichi (阿部雄一), Ueda Hisashi, Otsuka Toru (大塚徹)
- Music: Fuki Harumi (富貴晴美)
Season 2
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- Episodes: 45
- Broadcast period: 2011-Jul-04 start
- Air time: Monday to Friday 13:30-14:00
- Theme song: Change Myself by Masaki Yuka
Synopsis
The first series starred Hirose Alice (16), but this one will focus on a different story with the same setting. Watanabe Ikkei (48) is reprising his role as the head of the “Dandelion Farm” that serves as a place of rehabilitation for youths who have been emotionally hurt. While the new series will again explore the relationships among the troubled youths, there will also be a story of romance between Kojima's character and a high school soccer captain played by Matsushita Yuya (20). --Tokyograph
Cast
- Kojima Fujiko as Isoyama Kibo
- Kitamura Sango as young Kibo
- Matsushita Yuya as Kagami Ren
- Harada Shiba (原田史葉) as young Ren
- Morita Naoyuki as Oishi Shintaro
- Iwashita Shuya (岩下修也) as young Shintaro
- Shinkawa Yua (新川優愛) as Sasaki Moeko
- Nishino Mami (西野実見) as Ishido Yuki
- Ishida Aiki (石田愛希) as Kawashima Taku
- Shimizu Ibuki (清水イブキ) as Mineshita Jun'ya
- Nishikawa Mayu (西川茉佑) as Kumagai Akari
- Ogawa Natsumi (小川菜摘) as Nishikawa Koharu
- Miki Honoka (未来穂香) as Kagami Yuka
- Arai Yasuhiro as Kagami Ryosuke
- Nanase Natsumi as Kagami Akiko
- Watanabe Ikkei as Kitayama Shuji
- Fujita Yumiko as Nitta Masako
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Shimizu Yuki
- Producer: Ichino Naochika (市野直親), Fuse Hitoshi
- Director: Abe Yuichi (阿部雄一), Ueda Hisashi, Otsuka Toru (大塚徹)
- Music: Fuki Harumi (富貴晴美)
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