Yasashii Jikan

Details

Title: 優しい時間
Title (romaji): Yasashii Jikan
Also known as: Affectionate Time
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 14.9
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-13 to 2005-Mar-24
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Ashita by Hirahara Ayaka

Synopsis

This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido.

Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel.

Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."

Unbeknownst to Yukichi, Takuro is working as an apprentice pottery maker in Biei—a town located 50km away from Furano. His father hasn't spoken a word to him since the accident.

One day, Takuro meets Azusa, the lovely Forest Clock employee who has a habit of accidentally breaking the shop's plates and cups. It doesn't take long for the two to fall in love.

Will the wall of ice between father and son ever melt?

Adding color to the drama are the conversations between Yukichi and the tourists and café-goers who drop in the shop. --Fuji TV

Cast

Terao Akira as Wakui Yukichi
Ninomiya Kazunari as Wakui Takuro
Nagasawa Masami as Minagawa Azusa
Yo Kimiko as Kujo Tomoko
Ohtake Shinobu as Wakui Megumi
Maro Akaji as Amano Rokusuke
Asaka Mayumi as Amano Yoko
Yamaya Hatsuo (山谷初男) as Takamatsu
Nashimoto Kenjiro as Aiba
Masana Bokuzo as Tamura
Tanaka Kei as Anzai Mitsuo

Morigami Chie (森上千絵) as Uchimura Riri
Takahashi Fumiko (高橋史子) as Mimita Emiko
Yamashita Sumito (山下澄人) as Kazama
Kubo Takanori (久保隆徳) as Sakuma
Naya Masatomo (納谷真大) as Takigawa
Suitsu Satoshi (水津聡) as Yokoyama
Rokujo Hisayuki (六条寿倖) as Nagasawa
Fuse Hiroshi as Otonari
Shimizu Misa as Inoue Mikako (the widow)
Kunimura Jun as Tateishi

Guests

Tokito Saburo as Mizutani Saburo (ep1, 10)
Tezuka Satomi as Mizutani Miko (ep1, 10)
Tsukayama Masane
Nakamura Shunta as Kawanishi Ken (ep2)
Tabata Tomoko as Kawanishi Hideko (ep2)
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Matsuda (ep3, 8)
Yoshii Rei as Aoyama Noriko (ep3)
Hoshino Gen as Amano Yoichi (ep3)
Kimura Midoriko as Otonari Haruko (ep5)
Kohinata Fumiyo (ep5)
Shiga Kotaro (ep5)
Kimura Tae as Itsuki (ep6)
Koike Mie (小池美枝) (ep6)
Tamagawa Misa (玉川美沙) (ep6)
Ono Takehiko (ep6)
Nagayama Takashi (ep6)

Kajihara Zen (ep6)
Yamada Meikyou (ep6)
Kitajima Saburo as Nakazato (ep7)
Sasaki Sumie as Kida Toshiko (ep7)
Sasaki Katsuhiko (佐々木勝彦) as Kawai (ep7)
Tajima Reiko as Kawai Ayako (ep7)
Tokushige Satoshi as Domoto (ep8, 9)
Miyashita Yuji (宮下裕治) (ep8)
Ikeda Tsutomu (ep8)
Nakamaru Shinsho (ep8)
Koizumi Kyoko (ep9)
Sugita Kaoru as Takigawa Tamako (ep10)
Takahashi Katsumi as Kameda (ep11)
Sudo Risa as Tateishi Maya (ep11)
Uto Shuusei as Wakui Takuro (child)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Kuramoto Sou, Yoshida Noriko, Tago Akihiro (田子明弘), Kobayashi Akio (小林彰夫)
Producer: Wakamatsu Hiroki (若松央樹), Asano Sumi (浅野澄美)
Director: Tajima Daisuke, Miyamoto Rieko, Nishiura Masaki
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki (渡辺俊幸), Andre Gagnon (アンドレ．ギャニオン)

Episode Titles

Ep 01: Snowbugs
Ep 02: Takuro
Ep 03: First Snow
Ep 04: Lingering Snow
Ep 05: Memory
Ep 06: Holy Night
Ep 07: Son
Ep 08: Blizzard
Ep 09: Scar
Ep 10: Tattoo
Ep 11: Snowbreak

Episode Ratings

Ep 01: 18.3%
Ep 02: 13.0%
Ep 03: 13.8%
Ep 04: 13.5%
Ep 05: 14.0%
Ep 06: 15.6%
Ep 07: 13.3%
Ep 08: 12.7%
Ep 09: 15.1%
Ep 10: 16.1%
Ep 11: 17.3%

Soundtrack

01. Forest Theme ~Soprano Version
02. Tomorrow ~Instrumental Version
03. "The Forest Clock" Theme ~Cello Version
04. Time Together
05. Takuro to Azu
06. Bond ~Cello Version
07. Forest Theme ~Thawing of the Heart
08. "The Forest Clock" Theme ~Soprano Version
09. Thank You ~Instrumental Version
10. Anxiety and Sadness

11. Throbbing
12. The Regular Customers
13. Takuro's Theme
14. Azu's Theme
15. Real Kindness is...
16. Forest Theme ~In the embrace of Furano's forest
17. "The Forest Clock" Theme
18. Tomorrow
19. Solitary Drive
20. Tomorrow ~Music Box Version

Awards

44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Musical Arrangement

External Links

Autumn 2004	Fuji TV	Spring 2005
Ooku Dai-ishou	Thursday 22:00	Koi ni Ochitara