Iguana no Musume

Iguana no musume

Details

Title: イグアナの娘
Title (romaji): Iguana no Musume
Also known as: Daughter of an Iguana
Genre: Fantasy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 11.5%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 1996-Apr-15 to 1996-Jun-24
Theme song: Your Song by Elton John

Synopsis

Based on a girls' manga by Hagio Moto. Rika is a high school senior with no self esteem. She thinks she is an iguana. Why? Her mother claims that whenever she sees Rika she sees an iguana instead of a real human. Because of this, Rika has never received or was shown any love by her mother. Rika's younger sister, Mami, has been getting all of the love and attention by the mother. Rika likes Noboru a lot but can't tell him her feelings. Kaori is jealous of Rika and refuses to let Noboru go out with her. Nobuko is Rika's friend and is always encouraging her. Will Rika end up with Noboru? Will he turn her away if he finds out she is an iguana? --JDorama.com

Episode synopsis

Cast

Kanno Miho as Aoshima Rika
Okada Yoshinori as Okazaki Noboru
Kawashima Naomi as Aoshima Yuriko (Rika's mother)
Kusakari Masao as Aoshima Masanori (Rika's father)
Komine Rena as Hashimoto Kaori
Sato Hitomi as Mikami Nobuko (Rika's best friend)
Enomoto Kanako as Aoshima Mami (Rika's sister)
Komatsu Miyuki as Takano Haruko
Yamaguchi Kouji as Nakatani Naoki (Noboru's friend)
Izawa Ken as Takamizawa Hiroshi
Takarai Masaaki
Shimizu Michiko

Production Credits

Producer: Toujou Yuuji (東城祐司), Tsukamoto Renpei
Director: Imai Kazuhisa, Shinjo Takehiko
Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Music: Terashima Tamiya　(寺嶋民哉)

Episode Titles

Ep 01: "A Cursed Birth"
Ep 02: "I Want To Die"
Ep 03: "A Night At The High Plains, My First..."
Ep 04: "Mom's Secret"
Ep 05: "My Birthday... The Present Mom Threw Away"
Ep 06: "Ripples - Mom Hired a Private Tutor"
Ep 07: "A Mother's Confession... I Want To Kill You!"
Ep 08: "A Friend For Eternity, Death, And Another Mother"
Ep 09: "A Right To Happiness"
Ep 10: "Sad Family Trip"
Ep 11: "Mom! Mom... Mom!"

Notes

TV Asahi licensed the drama's graphic to Stone Bridge Press, and used it in their publication, THE DORAMA ENCYCLOPEDIA (ISBN 1-880656-81-7).

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