Details
Title: グッドライフ〜ありがとう、パパ。さよなら〜
Title (romaji): Good Life~Arigato, Papa. Sayonara~
Title (English): Good Life~Thank you, Papa. Goodbye~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family, human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 8.69%
Broadcast network: KTV, Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2011-Apr-19 to 2011-Jun-28
Air Time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Mata Ashita... by JUJU
Insert song: Hane by Hanae
Synopsis
The basis for the drama is the novel “Kashikogi” by author Cho Chang-in, which has sold 2 million copies in Korea since its publication in 2000. It has already been adapted as a television drama and a stage play in that country. On February 4, Shogakukan is publishing the book in Japan under the title “Good Life.” Sorimachi plays the part of Daichi Sawamoto, a newspaper reporter who has always prioritized his work over his family. When his wife suddenly leaves him, he finally notices the love he has been receiving from his son. Just as he decides to answer back, it is discovered that his son has leukemia. --Tokyograph
Cast
Sawamoto Family
Sorimachi Takashi as Sawamoto Daichi
Sakaguchi Waku as young Daichi
Igawa Haruka as Sawamoto Kaori
Kabe Amon as Sawamoto Waku
Matsushige Yutaka as Daichi's father
Ohkawa Masumi as Daichi's mother
Meisei Medical College Hospital
Eikura Nana as Konno Nanami
Ihara Tsuyoshi as Maruyama Minato
Yamano Umi as the head nurse
Nagaike Natsuko as Adachi Yuka
Watanabe Kunito as Kuroki Keiji
Tajima Yurika as Inoue Eiko
Fukuda Atsuko as Minagawa Miki
Haruyama Rena as Kamata Miyoko
Hamura Junko as Mayama Miyavi
Jung Woo Sung as Dr Lee (ep6,7)
Paediatric ward patients
Koyama So as Fujimoto Taiyo
Okunuki Kaoru as Fujimoto Miki
Ishii Kokoa as Hana (ep1,2)
Mori Koko as Azuma Mari (ep3)
Honda Daisho (ep5)
Motokawa Ransho (ep11)
Arakaki Naoto (ep11)
Uemomo Primary School
Araki Hirofumi as Hosokawa Ryoji
Hata Megumi as Segawa Aoi
Suginomori Shoma as a bully
Honda Kaisei as Kai
Yamada Eru as Taninaka Sora
Sekido Sakikai (ep8,10)
Sanwa Newspaper Centre
Kitami Toshiyuki as Okuda Shinichi
Kanai Yuta as Kojima
Rikiya as Fukushima Takayuki
Yamamoto Ryuji as Tani (ep4,9)
Others
Kaga Takeshi as Yukimura Shinpei
Kobashi Megumi as Mizushima Yoko (ep1,3)
Maruo Ayumi as Sawamoto Kaori colleague (ep4,9)
Guests
Iwamatsu Ryo as Lawyer, Ninomiya
Nasubi as the convenience store clerk (ep1)
Yamazaki Hajime as Naito (doctor, ep7,8)
Iwata Tomoyuki (ep1)
Shoji Toshitake (ep1)
Hinode Kiyoshi (ep1-3)
Tsumura Eitetsu (ep1-3)
Oishi Goro (ep1)
Suzuki Chinami (ep1)
Tokunaga Atsushi (ep1)
Imata Taira (ep1)
Nakawaki Mikito (ep1)
Watanabe Yumion (ep1)
Kodama Takashi (ep4)
Nishizawa Jinta as surgeon (ep9)
Nakamura Katsuo as photographer (ep9)
Kanai Shunji as lawyer (ep11)
Production Credits
Original writing (novel): Good Life by Cho Chang-in
Screenwriter: Oshima Satomi
Chief Producer: Kasaoki Takahiro
Producer: Kimura Jun
Associate Producer: Ando Kazuhisa (安藤和久)
Directors: Miyake Yoshishige, Shiraki Keiichiro (白木啓一郎)
Music: Sumitomo Norihito
