Details
Title: 薔薇のない花屋
Title (romaji): Bara no nai Hanaya
Title (English): The Flower Shop Without Roses
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama, romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 18.6 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-14 to 2008-Mar-24
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Zutto Issho sa by Yamashita Tatsuro
- See Bara no nai Hanaya OST for original soundtracks listing
Shiomi Eiji is forced to become a single father when his girlfriend passes away while giving birth to their daughter, Shizuku. Desolate after the loss of the woman he loved, Eiji has little time or desire to even consider remarrying, working part-time jobs just to make ends meet. The one thing that gives meaning and joy to his life is Shizuku, but even that begins to trouble him when Shizuku begins acting strange, hiding her face by putting a cloth over her head when around other people.
One day after opening his flower shop, Eiji comes across a blind woman standing by the door, taking shelter from the rain. When he invites her to come inside the shop, she at first refuses, but later gives in to Eiji's kindness. They become intimate friends and she slowly grows to depend on Eiji's sincerity and goodheartedness. After rescuing her a following evening when she walks into the street and is nearly struck by traffic, Eiji himself inexplicably discovers the cold of winter that has saddled his heart all these years slowly melting away...
Cast
Katori Shingo as Shiomi Eiji
Takeuchi Yuko as Shirato Mio
Shaku Yumiko as Ono Yuki
Matsuda Shota as Kudo Naoya
Motokariya Yuika as Shizuku's mother
Bito Isao as Hirakawa Tatsumi
Terajima Susumu as Shijo Kengo
Ikeuchi Junko as Hishida Keiko
Miura Tomokazu as Anzai Teruo
Yagi Yuki as Shiomi Shizuku
Imai Yuki as Hirota Shogo
Tamayama Tetsuji as Kamiyama Shun
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
Producer: Seki Takuya (関卓也), Inada Hideki
Associate producer: Hobara Kenichiro (ep4-11)
Director: Nakae Isamu (ep1-2,4,7,9-11), Hayama Hiroki (ep3,6), Nishisaka Mizuki (ep5,8)
Music: Yoshimata Ryo