Suika
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Details
- Title: すいか
- Title (romaji): Suika
- Also known as: Watermelon
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre:
- Episodes: 10
- Viewership ratings: 8.9%
- Broadcast network: NTV
- Broadcast period: 2003-Jun-12 to 2003-Sep-20
- Air time: Saturday 21:00
- Theme Song: Momo no Hanabira by Otsuka Ai
Synopsis
34-year-old Motoko, an employee at a credit union, is stunned when she learns her best friend and co-worker, Mariko, has embezzled 300 million yen and disappeared. Motoko, still un-married, lives at home with her parents and has no future plans or goals. Tired of her monotonous, mundane lifestyle, she decides to move out and live on her own. She happens upon a beautiful old geshuku, or lodging house, called "Happiness Sancha." The building is surrounded by lush vegetable and flower gardens, and is nestled right on the riverbank. There are only 2 remaining tenants; Natsuko, a college professor who has lived there since she herself was in college, and Kizuna, an erotic manga artist whose work doesn't sell much. The manager, Yuka, is desperate to take on more boarders, which is perfect timing for Motoko. This simple drama examines the life of four totally different women brought together under one roof, and follows them on their own searches for happiness at "Happiness Sancha."
-- synopsis by awrittensin
Cast
- Kobayashi Satomi as Hayakawa Motoko
- Tomosaka Rie as Kameyama Kizuna
- Ichikawa Mikako as Shibamoto Yuka
- Asaoka Ruriko as Sakitani Natsuko
- Koizumi Kyoko as Umaba Mariko
- Takahashi Katsumi as Mamada
- Kaneko Takatoshi as Noguchi Kyouichi
- Motai Masako as the bar mama
- Shiraishi Kayoko (白石加代子) as Hayakawa Umeko
- Katagiri Hairi as Ikuzawa
- Sasai Eisuke as Yagita (ep7)
- Nakamaru Shinsho
- Kamiji Yusuke
- Izawa Ken
- Kashiwabara Shuji
Production Credits
- Screenwriters:
- Eps 1-6;8-10: Kizara Izumi (木皿泉)
- Ep 7: Yamada Akane (山田あかね)
- Producer: Umehara Motoi (梅原幹), Kono Hidehiro
- Directors:
- Eps 1,3,5,7,9,10: Sato Touya (佐藤東弥)
- Eps 2,8: Yoshino Hiroshi (吉野洋)
- Eps 4,6: Sakuma Kiyoshi (佐久間紀佳)
- Music: Kaneko Takahiro (金子隆博)
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 「逃げる女煮つまる女」 "Runaway Woman, Fed-up Woman"
- Ep 02: 「涙をふいて恋が始まる」 "Wipe Your Tears So Love Can Begin"
- Ep 03: 「百円玉で買った幸せ!?」 "Happiness Bought With 100 Yen Coins?"
- Ep 04: 「私、面白い人間ですか」 "Am I An Interesting Person?"
- Ep 05: 「父さん、私ダメ娘です」 "Dad, I'm a Bad Daughter"
- Ep 06: 「恋する幽霊秘密の再会」 "Secret Reunion With a Beloved Ghost"
- Ep 07: 「幸福を呼ぶオッパイ!?」 "Breasts Can Make You Happy?"
- Ep 08: 「母がガンになっても…」 "Even If Mom Has Cancer..."
- Ep 09: 「決戦！さよなら母さん」 "I've Decided! Goodbye, Mom"
- Ep 10: 「彼女達が別れる理由」 "The Reason the Girls Have to Part"
-- translated by awrittensin
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