Kiraware Matsuko no Issho
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- Title: 嫌われ松子の一生 （きらわれまつこのいっしょう）
- Title (romaji): Kiraware Matsuko no Issho
- Also known as: The Life of Despised Matsuko
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Human drama / Mystery
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings:
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-12 to 2006-Dec-21
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: "In The Mood" by BACCHUS feat. La Gauno
Synopsis
A dark melodrama about a woman whose life descends into a downward spiral due to love, ill fate and recklessness. Adapted from Muneki Yamada's novel, the TV version comes in the wake of the movie of the same name, which starred Nakatani Miki in the lead role (official website).
It's 2006. The dead body of 56-year old Kawajiri Matsuko (Uchiyama Rina), is found in a downtown apartment where she lived alone. Asuka (Suzuki Emi) is surprised that she had an aunt by the name of Matsuko. Her father tells Asuka to clean up Matsuko's place. In Matsuko's trash-filled room, Asuka discovers a photograph.Why did someone, surrounded by her family looking so happy, had to be killed?Asuka starts to follow Matsuko's life.
It's 1973. After graduating from a national university, Matsuko became a junior high school teacher. During a school trip, she covered up for a student who was caught stealing. But she suffered disgrace for her actions and was expelled from school. Driven into a corner, Matsuko choked her physically weak sister Kumi (Watanabe Natsuna) to death and fled from the house she was born and brought up in. Matsuko's father, Kozo (Shiomi Sansei), always doted on Kumi while he was severely strict with Matsuko. However, this was just the beginning of the downfall of a woman named Matsuko Kawajiri…
"--TBS"
Cast
- Uchiyama Rina as Kawajiri Matsuko (23-56)
- Kaname Jun as Ryu Youichi (16-48)
- Koike Eiko as Sawamura Megumi (22-52)
- Suzuki Emi as Kawajiri Asuka (20)
- Koyanagi Yuu (小柳友) as Watanabe Sho (20)
- Haga Kenji as Detective Shiomi (48)
- Hamada Manabu as Detective Goto (29)
- Nasubi as Ookura Shuji (30)
- Warabino Tomohiro (蕨野睦弘) as Shimazaki Satoshi (22)
- Shiomi Sansei as Kawajiri Kozo (50)
- Negishi Toshie as Kawajiri Chiyo (44)
- Onoe Matsuya (尾上松也) as Kawajiri Norio (21-23)
- Watanabe Natsuna (渡辺夏菜) as Kawajiri Kumi (18)
- Yazawa Shin as Kawajiri Etsuko (23)
- Hongo Kanata as Ryu Youichi (15)
- Murasaki Maaya (村崎真彩) as Kawajiri Matsuko (10)
- Iwamoto Chinami (岩本千波) as Kawajiri Kumi (5)
- Sato B-saku (佐藤B作) as Principal Tadokoro (55)
- Sasano Takashi as Vice-Principal Sugishita (50)
- Takasugi Mizuho as Saiki Shunji (25)
- Miyaji Masako as Todo Misao (40)
- Nukumizu Youichi as Ide Jiro (45)
- Arai Yasuhiro as Maruyama Eiji (51)
- Hagiwara Masato as Yamegawa Tetsuya (27)
- Tanihara Shosuke as Okano Keno (27)
- Suzuki Ranran as Ayano (28)
- Seto Saki as Reiko (20)
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Onodera Tamotsu (34)
- Kitamura Kazuki as Akagi Kenichiro (36)
Production Credits
- Original writing: Yamada Muneki (山田宗樹) 「嫌われ松子の一生」(2003)
- Screenwriter: Naruse Katsuo (成瀬活雄)
- Producer: Kijima Seiichiro (貴島誠一郎)
- Director: Sakai Masahiro (酒井聖博), Hori Hideki (堀英樹), Yamamoto Takeyoshi
- Music:
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 不器用だけど愛した…中学教師の転落人生劇場 / Though I was awkward, I loved it...A fall life theater of a junior high school teacher
- Ep 02: 恋人の自殺 / Suicide of a Lover
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 08.8 | 11.1 | ??.? |
| 02 | 10.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 08.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 08.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 08.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 08.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 08.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 07.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 07.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
| 11 | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
| 12 | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
| average | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
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