Kokoro (TV series)
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| Kokoro | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Yumiko Aoyagi |
| Directed by | Takashi Komatsu Toshiaki Iso |
| Starring | Noriko Nakagoshi Ran Itō Tōru Nakamura Ryohei Hirota Naomi Zaizen Akira Terao |
| Narrated by | Keiko Kishi |
| Opening theme | Kokoro by Anri Kumaki |
| Composer | Ryō Yoshimata |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Akimasa Oka |
| Producer | Ren Takahashi |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | March 31 – September 27, 2003 |
Kokoro (こころ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 68th Asadora series,[1] following Manten. It premiered on March 31, 2003 and concluded on September 27, 2003.
Plot[edit]
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Cast[edit]
Suenaga and Asakura family[edit]
- Noriko Nakagoshi[2] as Kokoro Asakura (her maiden name was Suenaga)
- Ran Itō as Misako Suenaga, Kokoro's mother
- Keiko Kishi as Izumi Kiyono, Kokoro's grandmother (also as narrator)
- Akira Terao as Takuro Suenaga, Kokoro's father
- Tōru Nakamura as Yusaku Asakura, Kokoro's husband
- Tomoka Kurokawa as Sachi Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's daughter
- Ryohei Hirota as Yūta Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's son
- Kōjirō Kusanagi as Yuri Asakura, Yusaku's father
- Akemi Omori as Haruko Asakura, Yusaku's mother
- Naomi Zaizen as Kanna Fujii, Yusaku's ex-wife
Hotta family[edit]
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Takumi Hotta, a fireworks craftsman
- Takeshi Onishi as Tadashi Hotta, Takumi's brother
- Taisaku Akino as Denzo Hotta, Takumi and Tadashi's father
- Yuka Itaya as Mariko Hotta, Tadashi's wife
Employees at Kiyokawa[edit]
- Hatsuo Yamaya as Tetsuo Tange, an eel chef at Kiyokawa
- Yukiko Shimizu as Yoshie Chino, a Kiyokawa waitress
- Kunikazu Katsumata as Yasuo Seino, a chef at Kiyokawa
- Moro Morooka as Jō Goi, a board chief
- Yoshitora Okamoto as Carlos Tanaka, a Japanese Brazilian employee at Kiyokawa
People in Asakusa[edit]
- Kenichi Nagira as Mantaro Yamamoto, the owner of Yamamoto-ya
- Eiko Koike as Towako Yamamoto, Mantaro's daughter and Kokoro's best friend
- Ryo Kato as Jiro Yamamoto, Mantaro's son and Towako's brother
- Moto Fuyuki as Tetsuo Ōba, the owner of Ōba-yu
- Mika Hada as Kasumi Ōba, Tetsuo's daughter and a heiress of Ōba-yu
- Takahiro Azuma as Katsuo Ōba, Kasumi's husband
- Rumiko Sogawa as Sumiko Ōba, Tetsuo's wife and Kasumi's mother
- Raita Ryu as Ikkoku Nakajima, the owner of Nakajima Fireworks
- Sadao Abe as Gin Nakajima, Ikkoku's son
- Hiroshi Inuzuka as Sadao Yoshikawa, a man who runs the tailor shop
- Papaya Suzuki as Kaoru Ochiai, a doctor and Yusaku's friend
- Yasukiyo Umeno as Isao Fujioka
- Masuyuki Shida as Tsutomu Fujioka, Isao's son
- Miki Matsumoto as Mayumi Sugii, a nurse
People in Yamakoshi village[edit]
- Kazuko Kato as Saori Uesugi, daughter of a fireworks factory manager
- Shinjirō Ehara as Eizō Uesugi, a fireworks factory owner
- Sachiko Sakurai as Yumeko Murakami, Tatsuzo's daughter
- Susumu Kurobe as Tatsuzo Murakami, a carp producer and Yumeko's father
- Sarutoki Minagawa as Mamoru Hoshikawa, Tatsuzo's sub-ordinate
Others[edit]
- Mayuko Takata as Ryōko Tachibana, a single mother and Kokoro's senior
- Nami Ichinohe as Rikako Tamakoshi, Kokoro's colleague
- Kaito Shiono as Kazuhiro Tachibana, Ryōko's son
- Tsutomu Isobe as Kazunari Tamakoshi, Rikako's father
- Rumiko Koyanagi as Koemi Chino, Yoshie's sister
References[edit]
- ^ "こころデジタル大辞泉プラス「こころ」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ "中越典子、朝ドラヒロイン5度目でゲット". ZAKZAK. 2002-08-30. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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