Beppin-san

Details

Title: べっぴんさん
Title (romaji): Beppin-san
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 151
Viewership ratings: 20.3%
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2016-Oct-03 to 2017-Apr-01
Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00
Theme song: Hikari no Atelier by Mr.Children

Synopsis

The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever children's goods store in Japan. -- NHK

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Bando Family

Yoshine Kyoko as Bando Sumire (Heroine)
- Watanabe Konomi as young Sumire
Namase Katsuhisa as Bando Isoya (Sumire's father)
Kanno Miho as Bando Hana / Narrator (Sumire's mother)
Renbutsu Misako as Bando Yuri (Sumire's elder sister)
- Uchida Ayaka (内田彩花) as young Yuri
Igashira Manami as Bando Sakura (Sumire's daughter)
- Awano Sari as 4 year old Sakura
- Kawakami Sakura (河上咲桜) as 2 year old Sakura
Soganoya Bundo (曽我廼家文童) as Iguchi Chuichiro (Family butler)
Miyata Keiko (宮田圭子) as Sato Kiyo (Housemaid)

Nogami Family

Kora Kengo as Nogami Kiyoshi (Sumire's childhood friend)
- Oyagi Kaito as young Kiyoshi
Yoshida Haruto (吉田陽登) as Nogami Shota (Kiyoshi's son)
Nagura Jun (名倉潤) as Nogami Shozo (Kiyoshi's adoptive father)
Kawase Mari (川瀬真理) as Nogami Yae (Kiyoshi's adoptive mother)

Tanaka Family

Nagayama Kento as Tanaka Norio (Sumire's childhood friend)
- Tamayama Uta (玉山詩) as young Norio
Horiuchi Masami as Tanaka Goro (Norio's father)
Oshitani Kaori (押谷かおり) as Tanaka Tomi (Norio's mother)

People at Kiaris

Tanimura Mitsuki as Ono Akemi (Baby Section / Interpreter)
- Tsubouchi Hana (坪内花菜) as young Akemi
Momota Kanako as Tada Ryoko (Pattern Maker)
Tsuchimura Kaho as Tasaka Kimie (Designer)
Nakajima Hiroki as Adachi Takeshi (Employee)
Nagase Tasuku as Saijo Ichiro (Employee)
Mori Yusaku as Takanishi Naomasa (Employee)
Kamikawa Shusaku as Abe Yasuo (Employee)
Onishi Ayaka as Terada Asuka (R&D)
Kureshiro Kumi (呉城久美) as Sato Kumiko (R&D)
Aoyama Yuna (青山夕夏) as Shimano Naoko (R&D)
Taki Yukari as Takanishi Etsuko (Daikyu Department Store)
Shimazui Kana (島居香奈) as Fujiko (Daikyu Department Store)
Kobayashi Sari (小林さり) as Junko (Daikyu Department Store)
Uneda Hitomi as Ukishima Tokiko (Manufacturing)
Maeda Chisaki (前田千咲) as Hattori Ayako (Manufacturing)
Murasaki Maaya as Iwanami Fumi (Manufacturing)
Abe Hiroka (安部洋花) as Nitori Chiyoko (Manufacturing)

Families of Kiaris Employees

Hiraoka Yuta as Murata Shoichi (Kimie's husband)
Ishino Yoko as Murata Kotoko (Shoichi's mother)
Furukawa Yuki as Murata Kentaro (Kimie's son)
- Minami Kisa (南岐佐) as 4 year old Kentaro
- Ikeda Touya (池田橙哉) as baby Kentaro
Watanabe Konomi as Murata Ai (Sakura's daughter)
Tanaka Yoji as Ozawa Katsuji (Ryoko's husband)
Morinaga Yuki as Ozawa Ryuichi (Ryoko's son)
- Hara Tomoki (原知輝) as 5 year old Ryuichi
- Morimoto Rin (森本凜) as baby Ryuichi
Nakajima Hiroko as Ono Matsu (Akemi's mother)
Shiraishi Yua (白石優愛) as Takanishi Yayoi (Etsuko's daughter)
Chinzen Suzuka (鎮西寿々歌) as Adachi Tamiko (Takeshi's fiancée)

Minatocho Shopping Street

Ichimura Masachika as Asada Shigeo (Shoe store "Asaya" owner)
Nakagawa Kozo (中川浩三) as Ukishima Tokihisa (Watch store "Ukishima" owner)

Jazz Cafe "Yosoro"

Enami Kyoko as Ohmura Suzu (Owner)
Kubota Sayu as Yamamoto Satsuki (Part-timer)
Hayashi Kento as Kawai Jiro (Drummer)

People at Kobe

Ananda (アナンダ) as Christina
Don Johnson as Jon McGregor
Charlotte Kate Fox as Amy McGregor (ep16,18,21,23)
Blake Crawford as Randy
Michelle Take as Lisa
Ichie (いちえ) as Reiko
Hoshino Mari as Miyuki
- Matsuda Ichigo (松田苺) as young Miyuki
Ashiya Kogan (芦屋小雁) as Kotaro (Miyuki's grandfather)

People at Omi

Nakamura Tamao as Bando Tokuko (Isoya's mother)
Honda Hirotaro as Bando Chotaro (Isoya's elder brother)
Yamamura Momiji as Bando Setsuko (Chotaro's wife)
Matsuki Kenzo (松木賢三) as Bando Hajime (Chotaro's son)
Mikura Mana as Bando Shizuko (Hajime's wife)
Fukushi Yuto (福士唯斗) as Bando Keiichi (Hajime's son)

People at Osaka

Dan Jiro as Nemoto (Black market boss)
Tsuchihira Donpei as Tamai (Nemoto's underling)
Matsushita Yuya as Iwasa Eisuke (Kiyoshi's friend)
Ibu Masato as Ohshima Tamotsu (Daikyu Department Store's President)
Maeda Beverly as Ohshima Itsuko (Tamotsu's wife)
Shukugawa Atom as Koyama Kotaro (Daikyu Department Store's Employee)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Watanabe Chiho
Executive Producer: Miki Kazuki (三鬼一希)
Producer: Horinouchi Reijiro (堀之内礼二郎)
Director: Nagikawa Yoshiro (梛川善郎), Nitta Shinzo (新田真三), Adachi Mojiri (安達もじり)
Narrator: Kanno Miho

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