Details
Title: マドンナ・ヴェルデ
Title (romaji): Madonna Verde
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 6
Viewership ratings: TBA
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2011-Apr-19 to 2011-May-24
Air Time: Tuesday 22:00 - 22:45
Synopsis
Kaido published “Madonna Verde” in 2008 as a sequel to “Gene Waltz,” continuing the story around the controversial issue of surrogate pregnancy in Japan. Kuninaka plays the doctor Rie Sonezaki, known as the “Cool Witch” by her colleagues in the obstetrics department. The character was previously played by Miho Kanno (33) in the movie version of “Gene Waltz.” In “Madonna Verde,” Rie and her husband (played by comedian Jin Katagiri) want to have a child, but Rie lost her uterus due to an earlier illness. She decides to ask her own mother Midori (Matsuzaka) to be the surrogate mother, and the three of them proceed with their plan in secret. However, a man named Maruyama (Kyozo Nagatsuka), who is in love with Midori, finds out about their plan. Later, a professor at Rie’s university hospital (Hirotaro Honda) receives an accusatory letter, and Midori and Rie are desperately forced to pretend that the child in Midori’s womb is her own. --Tokyograph
Cast
Matsuzaka Keiko as Yamazaki Midori
Kuninaka Ryoko as Sonezaki Rie
Katagiri Jin as Sonezaki Shinichiro
Minami Akina as Aoi Yumi
Shibata Rie as Myoko Misuzu
Aida Shoko as Araki Hiroko
Katsumura Masanobu as Kiyokawa Goro
Honda Hirotaro as Yashiki Mitsuru
Fujimura Shiho as Mie Maria
Nagatsuka Kyozo as Maruyama Toshi
Madonna Verde
