Ochoyan

Details

Title: おちょやん
Title (romaji): Ochoyan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 115 x 15 mins.
Viewership ratings: 1st=18.8, High=18.9, Avg=17.4
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2020-Nov-30 to 2021-May-14
Air time: Monday-Friday 08:00
Theme song: Nakiwarai no Episode (泣き笑いのエピソード) by Hata Motohiro (秦基博)

Synopsis

Takei Chiyo was born to a poor family in Osaka Prefecture’s Minamikawachi district at the of the Meiji era. Her mother passed away when she was still a child, and she lived with her father Teruo and younger brother. Although Chiyo could not be put through elementary school, she has the gift of the gab and quick wit. At the age of 9, she starts working as a servant in Dotonbori and comes across the theatre world which immediately captivates her. Chiyo’s desire to become an actress grows stronger by the day. She eventually runs away and heads to Kyoto where she throws herself into acting.

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Cast

Takei Family

Sugisaki Hana as Takei Chiyo (Heroine)
- Maida Nono as young Chiyo
Tortoise Matsumoto as Takei Teruwo (Chiyo's father)
Mito Natsume as Takei Sae (Chiyo's mother)
Miyazawa Emma as Takei Kuriko (Chiyo's stepmother)
Kura Yuki as Takei Yoshio (Chiyo's younger brother)
- Arata Hinata as young Yoshio
Maida Nono as Mizuno Haruko (Chiyo's stepsister, Kuriko's daughter)

People in Dotonbori

Shinohara Ryoko as Okada Shizu ("Okayasu" Owner)
- Nishimura Kokoro (西村こころ) as young Shizu
Nagura Jun (名倉潤) as Okada Sousuke ("Okayasu" Owner)
Higashino Ayaka as Okada Mitsue (Shizu & Sosuke's daughter)
- Kishida Yumi (岸田結光) as young Mitsue
Miyata Keiko (宮田圭子) as Okada Hana (Shizu's mother)
Kusumi Kaoru as Kame ("Okayasu" Head Server)
Doi Shiori as Fujiko ("Okayasu" Server)
Nimura Sawa as Setsuko ("Okayasu" Server)
Furuya Chisa (古谷ちさ) as Tama ("Okayasu" Server)
Ishino Yoko as Tomikawa Kiku ("Fukutomi" Owner)
Okajima Hideaki (岡島秀昭) as Tomikawa Fukumatsu (Tomikawa Kiku's husband)
Inoue Takuya as Tomikawa Fukusuke (Kiku's son)
- Matsumoto Kazuma as young Fukusuke

Kigeki-kai

Narita Ryo as Amami Ippei (Takei Chiyo's husband)
- Nakasu Toma as young Ippei
Shigeyama Motohiko as Amami Tenkai (Ippei's father)
Hoshida Hidetoshi as Suganoya Sennosuke ("Tsurukame" actor)
Itao Itsuji as Suganoya Mantaro
Nishikawa Tadashi as Kumada ("Tsurugame" employee)
Fujiyama Senjiro as Suganoya Banzai

Kamigata Engeki-kai

Igawa Haruka as Takashiro Yuriko (Actress)
Wakamura Mayumi as Yamamura Chidori ("Yamamura Chidori Ichiza" Chairman)
Emi Kurara as Yabuuchi Kiyoko ("Yamamura Chidori Ichiza" Member)

People in Kyoto

Nishimura Kazuhiko as Miyamoto Kiyoshi (Cafe "Kinema" Owner)
Yoshikawa Ai as Uno Mari (Cafe "Kinema" Waitress)
Abe Junko as Wakasaki Yoko (Cafe "Kinema" Waitress)
Asami Kokoro as Junko (Cafe "Kinema" Waitress)
Watanabe Mina as Kyoko (Cafe "Kinema" Waitress)
Sugimori Daisuke (杉森大祐) as Mizuta (Cafe "Kinema" customer)
Tsutomu Tamura (田村ツトム) as Young Master of Someya, Cafe "Kinema" customer
Nishino Kyonosuke (西野恭之介) as Manda (Cafe "Kinema" customer)
Kobayashi Kotaro (小林幸太郎) as Manda (Cafe "Kinema" customer)

Tsurukame Studio

Nakamura Ganjiro (中村鴈治郎) as Oyama Tsuruzo (President)
Asumi Rio as Takamine Ruriko (Member)
Soganoya Kantaro (曽我廼家寛太郎) as Oyamada Masanori (Member)
Shibuya Tensho (渋谷天笑) as Suganoya Appare (Member)
Ohtsuka Noriyuki (大塚宣幸) as Suganoya Tokkuri (Member)
Okawa Ryotaro (大川良太郎) as Urushibara Yojiro (Member)
Matsumoto Kiyo as Ishida Kaori (Member)
Sakaguchi Ryotaro as Suganoya Hyakkuri (Member)
Maeda Oshiro as Matsushima Kanji (Member)
Wakaba Ryuya as Kogure Shinji (Assistant Director)
Rokkaku Seiji as Katagane Heihachi / Katakin (Director)
Shibuya Tengai (渋谷天外) as Moriya (Security Guard)
Konishi Haru as Tomoko Asahina (Member)
Shinohara Mai as Machida Yoshimi (Member)
Sato Taichiro (佐藤太一郎) as Takase Hyakusanosuke (actor)
Kobori Masahiro as Kotake Eiichi (actor)

Others

Itaya Yuka as Yuu (Ippei's mother)
Tsukaji Muga as Hanaguruma Ataro (comedian)
Namase Katsuhisa as Nagasawa Makoto
Soganoya Yasokichi (曾我廼家八十吉) as Koichi Sakai
Kubota Yuki as Kazuo Shinomiya
Ugawa Koichi (烏川耕一) as Kobayashi Tatsuo (head of the Kobayashi family)
Yoshino Etsuyo as Kobayashi Kimi (Kobayashi Tatsuo's wife)
Shoji Hanae (正司花江) as Kobayashi Ume (Kobayashi Tatsuo's mother)
Yuda Ayumu as Kobayashi Katsuta (Kobayashi Tatsuo's son)
Hara Tomoki as Kobayashi Katsuji (Kobayashi Tatsuo's son)
Shinku Miyahara (宮原心空) as Kobayashi Katsuzo (Kobayashi Tatsuo's son)
Kiuchi Yoshikazu as Tamai (teacher at Takei Chie Elementary School)
Sagawa Mitsuo as Minegishi (president of the glass factory)
Soganoya Bundo (曽我廼家文童) as Hikoya
Unabara Kanata (海原かなた) as local resident
Toro Shu as Kojiro (head of the beggars of the Dotonbori district)
Unabara Haruka (海原はるか) as old man
Yoshida Asahi as Susumu Kuroki (fraudster, posing as the president of a film company)
Matano Akihito (又野暁仁) as Shintaro (Wakasaki Yoko's son)
Taga Masaru (多賀勝) as Zamoto
Kawashima Junya as George Honda (director)
Kizuki Akari (木月あかり) as Toyama Yayoi (actress)
First Summer Uika (ファーストサマーウイカ) as Mika Honda (actress)
Seira Hitomi as actress
Mori Hayato (森準人) as Murakawa Shigeru (director of "Carmen - the woman of the sun")
F Japan (Ｆ. ジャパン) as Ikeuchi (assistant director)
Uesugi Shozo as Higuchi Senichi (director)
Kojo Chiaki (湖条千秋) as Yanagi Tatsuko (head of the beauty department)
Komoriya Sakura (籠谷さくら) as Takinogawa Megumi (actress on the set of "Show 3")
Nabeshima Hiroshi (鍋島浩) as Shimizui's husband, patron of Okayasu
Awashima Zuimaro as reporter magazine "Drama Monthly"
Chiba Tetsuya as Tokutaka Araki (police)
Kunikida Kappa (国木田かっぱ) as Kimura
Noda Shinichi (野田晋市) as Hayashida Shintaro (NHK announcer)
Tsuji Nagiko (辻凪子) as Negishi Keiko / Otsuko (actress)
Kuboyama Tomohiro as Kouji Sakamoto (eldest son, Kometarou Yaku)
Hosoda Ryunosuke (細田龍之介) as Takamori Hisasaku (second son, Seiji Yaku)
Tange Masumi as Tsubaki ("Fukutomi" server)
Sawaki Ren as Botan ("Fukutomi" server)
Fujimoto Kurumi as Ayame ("Fukutomi" server)
Mr. Okure as Yoshio (customer)
Katsura Kichiya as Kurogo
Hayashi Hideyo as (ep 84)
Okada Tsutomu (岡田力)
Yoshii Motonori (吉井基師) as Chosuke ("Suganoya Mantaro" member) (ep 42-44, 66-68)
Okabe Naoko (岡部尚子) as farmer's daughter-in-law
Kitamura Sara (北村沙羅) as (ep 36)
Nakamura Taiki (中村大輝) as photographer
Umebayashi Ryota (梅林亮太) as Yoda (ep 58-59)
Miyoshi Daiki (三好大貴) as Kishino Tameo (ep 110)
Hiro Midori (ひろみどり) as Kikunoya's landlady

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yatsu Hiroyuki
Producer: Sakurai Soichi (櫻井壮一), Kumano Noritoki (熊野律時), Murayama Shunpei (村山峻平)
Director: Nagikawa Yoshiro, Bonkobara Makoto
Music: Sakita Hajime

Notes

Filming of Ochoyan was scheduled to start in April of 2020, but it's been postponed to end June due to COVID-19.

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