Details
Title: 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ
Title (romaji): Akarui Hou e Akarui Hou e
Also known as: To A Brighter Place
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Human drama
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast date: 2001-Aug-27
Synopsis
With an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn't know it, Teru grows up in her father's bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro's broken heart, and a debilitating illness. Chronicling the short 26 year life of poet Teru Kaneko through her own eyes, this moving drama depicts the emotional events that shaped her prose and took us all to a brighter place.
Cast
Matsu Takako as Kaneko Misuzu
Miyake Ken as Ueyama Masasuke (Misuzu's younger brother)
Nomura Hironobu as Kaneko Kensuke (her elder brother)
Nakata Yoshiko (中田喜子) as Ueyama Michi (her mother)
Kagawa Kyoko as Kaneko Ume (her grandmother)
Watabe Atsuro as Kirihara Inahiko (her husband)
Kanno Miho as Tanabe Hohoyo (her good friend)
Hashizume Jun as Koeda Toshio (Hohoyo's husband, teacher)
Takaoka Saki as Aoyagi Mineko (the younger sister of Inahiko's ex-lover)
Okamoto Nobuto as Fujita Hatsuichi (the clerk)
Yamabe Yuki (山辺有紀) as Kaneko Chiusa (Kensuke's wife)
Mitamura Kunihiko (三田村邦彦) as Saijo Yaso (Misuzu's mentor)
Izumi Pinko as Takahashi Utako (the landlord's wife)
Watari Tetsuya as Ueyama Matsuzo (Masasuke's father)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Shimizu Akemi
Producer: 石井ふく子
Director: 清弘誠
Music: 城之内ミサ
