Details
Title: 眉山
Title (Romaji): Bizan
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Human drama
Viewership ratings: 12.1
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-04
Air time: 21:00-22:54
Synopsis
Based on the best selling novel by Sada Masashi, Bizan depicts the mother-daughter bond that is deepened through the revelation of the mother's tender memories.
Upon receiving notice of her mother Ryuko falling ill, Sakiko rushes back to her hometown in Tokushima. Although her mother appears in high spirits at the hospital, Sakiko is shocked to learn from the doctor that Ryuko is in the final stages of terminal cancer. With barely enough time left for Sakiko to spend with her only remaining family, Sakiko's emotions are quickly filled with despair and loneliness. It is Ryuko's revelation of her unspoken past that finally brings a ray of hope for Sakiko along with a sense of her mother's deep love towards her. --groink
Cast
Tokiwa Takako as Kono Sakiko
Yamamoto Koji as Shinozaki Kojiro
Yamamoto Gaku as Shinozaki Kojiro (older)
Tokiwa Takako as Kono Tatsuko
Fuji Sumiko as Kono Tatsuko (older)
Miyazaki Yoshiko as Otani Keiko
Koichi Mantaro as Sawada Yuichi
Yamada Atsushi (山田敦史) as Dr. Shindo
Ito Takashi as Tabata
Asahina Kiyoko (朝比奈潔子) as Akie
Nishimura Yusei (西村雄正) as the doctor
Kanagae Etsuko (金ヶ江悦子) as a nurse
Torii Miyuki (鳥井美由季) as a nurse
Hattori Akemi (服部明美) as a patient
Ogata Chika (緒方知佳) as a patient
Kajihara Zen as the cameraman
Anan Kenji as the man
Harumi Shiho (春海四方) as the owner of the dumpling shop
Hayashi Nozomi (林希) as the bus guide
Hirano Minoru (平野稔) as Higuchi
Nagamachi Taro
Tokunaga Atsushi (徳永淳)
Irino Yoshiko (入野佳子)
Honda Yu (本田有)
Hirai Yasushi (平井靖)
Oishi Akihiro (大石昭弘)
Aoki Tadahiro (青木忠弘)
Kato Masaki (加藤マサキ)
Sakai Shota (堺翔太)
Akiba Yoko (秋葉陽子)
Mikiko (三紀子)
Maki (真希)
Mayu (真由)
Satomi (さとみ)
Production Credits
Original writing: Sada Masashi (さだまさし) Bizan (novel)
Screenwriter: Asano Taeko
Associate producer: Matsui Yoko (松井洋子)
Producer: Takai Ichiro, Nakajima Kumiko (中島久美子), Nishioka Yoshinobu (西岡善信), Nishimura Shigeki (西村維樹), Okahara Nobuyuki (岡原伸幸)
Director: Nagayama Kozo
