Details
Title: カーネーション
Title (romaji): Carnation
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family drama
Episodes: 156
Viewership rating: 19.1
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2011-Sep-26 to 2012-Mar-31
Air Time: Mon-Sat 8:15
Synopsis
The story is based on the life of fashion designer Koshino Ayako, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 92. Although she was a successful designer in Japan, she also single-handedly raised three daughters who followed in her footsteps to become internationally known designers, named Hiroko, Junko, and Michiko.
Ono's character in the drama, modeled after Koshino, is named Ohara Itoko. She will play the character from her teenage years to her fifties. The story is set in the Kansai region, but Ono will have no problem with the dialect since she is originally from Nara. --Tokyograph
Cast
Ono Machiko as Ohara Itoko
Ninomoya Akari (二宮星) as Ohara Itoko (younger)
Natsuki Mari as Ohara Itoko (older)
Kobayashi Kaoru as Ohara Zensaku
Aso Yumi as Ohara Chiyo
Shoji Terue as Ohara Haru
Takarada Akira as Matsuzaka Seizaburo
Toake Yukiyo as Matsuzaka Sadako
Kuriyama Chiaki as Yoshida Natsu
Hamada Mari as Yasuoka Tamae
Suga Takamasa as Yasuoka Taizo
Inoue Hiroyuki as Yasuoka Kansuke
Komoto Masahiro as Kinomoto
Kitamura Masahide as Masuya Kokichi
