Details
Title: ママさんバレーでつかまえて
Title (romaji): Mama-san Volley de Tsukamaete
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sitcom
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-11 to 2009-Nov-29
Air time: Sunday 23:00
Theme song: Mammies no Uta by Kuroki Hitomi
Synopsis
The Mammies are a small "mama-san volleyball" (middle-aged women's volleyball) team sponsored by a local supermarket, whose colorful members range in age from their 20s to their 70s. The team is led by 40-year-old Suzuko, who invites her mentor, a grandmotherly coach, to shore up their performance. However, a handsome, young man appears in an unexpected turn of events. The mothers are suddenly motivated but Suzuko troubled because she and the team's young, good-looking coach Kotaro are actually newlyweds! --Jdrama Weblog & Tokyograph
Cast
Kuroki Hitomi as Suzuko (40)
Mukai Osamu as Kotaro (28)
Yokoyama Megumi as Hanako (35)
Sato Hitomi as Megumi (20)
Kato Natsuki as Mai (25)
Kyoda Hisako (京田尚子) as Chiyo (70)
Katagiri Hairi as Asuka (38)
Godai Michiko (五大路子) as Matsuda (51)
Ogura Ichiro (小倉一郎) as team owner (49)
Mano Yuko as Okamura
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Nishida Masafumi (西田征史)
Director: Nishida Masafumi (西田征史)
Notes
The show is among Japan's few sitcoms, the first being Katori Shingo's HR in 2002-2003.*
Episodes will be filmed in front of a live studio audience.
Mama-san Volley de Tsukamaete
