Details
Title: 牡丹と薔薇
Title (romaji): Botan to Bara
Also known as: Love and Hatred
Episodes: 60
Broadcast network: Fuji TV, Tokai TV
Broadcast period: 2004-Jan-05 to 2004-Mar-26
Air time: Weekdays 13:30 - 14:00
Synopsis
Kyoko is a nurse who is betrayed by her husband Toyoki. She is so furious that she kidnaps Mayo, the baby born between Toyoki and his girlfriend Tokiko. Kyoko decides to call the baby Botan, and starts raising her in secrecy. The couple is broken-hearted, but the following year, Tokiko gives birth to a baby girl whom they name Kayo. They devote themselves to loving the child, and try hard to forget their sad past. Consequently, Mayo and Kayo grow up not knowing about each other.
But destiny brings the two together when they end up living under the same roof—Kayo (younger sister) as the daughter of a very rich family, and Mayo (elder sister) as the housekeeper.
By the time the two find out the truth about their past, they have fallen in love with the same man, Yukio.
The drama consists of four parts—the birth of Mayo and Kayo, their lives during high school, reuniting as adults, and five years later. This is an epic spanning 30 years filled with love and hatred. --Fuji TV
Cast
Okouchi Nanako as Mikami Botan (Nojima Mayo)
Ozawa Maju as Nojima Kayo
Kawakami Maiko as Uemura Kyoko
Jinbo Satoshi as Koresawa Toyoki
Kitahara Sawako as Nojima Tokiko
Nishimura Kazuhiko as Kiyohara Yukio
Iizuka Hiyori (飯塚ひより)
Production Credits
Planning: Tsuru Keijiro (鶴啓二郎)
Screenwriter: Nakajima Takehiro (中島丈博)
Producer: Nishimoto Junichi (西本淳一), Okubo Naomi (大久保直実)
Director: Nishimoto Junichi (西本淳一), Aburatani Seiji (油谷誠至), Minakawa Tomoyuki (皆川智之), Fujiki Yasuyuki (藤木靖之)
Music: Nakagawa Kotaro (中川幸太郎)
