Details
Title: 熟年離婚
Title (romaji): Jukunen Rikon
Also known as: Middle-aged Divorce
Genre: Family
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 19.19%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-13 to 2005-Dec-08
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: 音色 / Neiro by COLOR
Synopsis
Toyohara Kotaro (60) has finally reached retirement after many years of hard work as a civil engineer. He purchases a ring as a gift to his wife Yoko who has supported him throughout his career, planning to give it to her over dinner. But before he has a chance to give it, she suddenly asks for a divorce. The drama examines married life from the differing perspectives of husband and wife, and sheds light on the growing phenomenon of divorce in old age.
Cast
Watari Tetsuya as Toyohara Kotaro
Matsuzaka Keiko as Toyohara Yoko
Takashima Reiko as Kobayashi Ritsuko
Katase Nana as Toyohara Midori
Tokushige Satoshi as Toyohara Shunsuke
Nishimura Masahiko as Kobayashi Zenzo
Kusabue Mitsuko as Toyohara Kikue
Ono Takehiko as Kodama Tooru
Manaka Hitomi as Kikumura Saori
Mano Yuko as Uchiyama Takae
Hasegawa Hatsunori as Satake Ichiro
Yasuda Misako as Tsuchida Yuki
Ishikawa Asami as Aoyama Nao
Sakurai Sachiko as Mizutani Satomi
Takachi Noboru as Shibusawa Tsukasa
Watanabe Kunito (渡邉邦門) as Ayukawa Atsuya
Nakatsugawa Minami (中津川南美) as Kobayashi Mai
Hagiwara Ryunosuke (萩原竜之介) as Mizutani Kenji
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Hashimoto Hiroshi
Chief Producer: Igarashi Fumio
Producers: Nishikawa Kumiko (西河喜美子), Ookawa Takehiro (大川武宏), Funatsu Koichi
Directors: Wakamatsu Setsuro, Tsuzuki Junichi, Muratani Yoshinori (村谷嘉則)
Music: Sumitomo Norihito
Episode Titles
Ep 01: The crisis of husband and wife began after retirement...
Ep 02: The wife's revenge: the beginning of separate living under the same roof
Ep 03: When the wife puts her seal on the divorce form...
Ep 04: Daughter-in-law vs. mother-in-law, the husband at last collapses
Ep 05: A farewell of tears... Their last wedding anniversary
Ep 06: The two can't turn back... The trials after divorce
Ep 07: Wavering hearts... The husband's regret and the wife's hesitation
Ep 08: The teary-eyed final chapter for father and daughter.. A farewell party for the wife
Ep 09: A wedding of tears... Towards an emotional conclusion
