Kokoro
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Details
- Title: ??? / Kokoro
- Episodes: 156 15-minute episodes
- Genre: Asadora drama, human drama
- Air time: Monday thru Saturday at 8:15am
- Broadcast network: NHK
- Broadcast period: 2003-03-31 to 2003-09-27
- Theme Song:
Series Synopsis
The 68th NHK Asadora Drama is Kokoro. Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.
This story follows a tumultuous year of Kokoro's life as she goes from being an independent single to being a wife, stepmother, widow and businesswoman who is tightly tied her family and community. Kokoro shares their toils and dreams as she endures her own twists of fate and thrives in spite of severe hardships. While the World Wide Web is replacing traditional communities, places like Asakusa and people like Kokoro try to keep their warmth and values alive. Although her world is uniquely Japanese, people everywhere will share her feelings of joy and sadness as they are captivated by this 156 episode heart-warming tale of love and loss, struggle and survival.
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Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Aoyagi Yumiko
- Producer:
- Director:
- Music: Yoshimata Ryo
Cast
Main Characters
- Nakagoshi Noriko as Suenaga Kokoro (Heroine)
- Kishi Keiko as Kiyono Izumi
- Ito Ran as Suenaga Misako
- Terao Akira as Suenaga Takuro
- Nakamura Toru as Asakura Yusaku
- Kurokawa Tomoka as Asakura Sachi
- Hirota Ryohei as Asakura Yuuta
- Suzuki Papaya as Ochiai Kaoru
- Ichinohe Nami as Tamakoshi Rikako
- Takata Mayuko as Tachibana Ryoko
- Koike Eiko as Yamamoto Towako
- Hada Mika as Oba Kasumi
- Tamaki Hiroshi as Hotta Takumi
- Abe Sadao as Nakajima Gin
- Ryu Raita as Najajima Ikkoku
- Moto Fuyuki as Oba Tetsuo
- Shimizu Yukiko as Chino Yukiko
- Kato Kazuko as Uesugi Saori