Details
Title: おひさま
Title (romaji): Ohisama
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family
Episodes: 156
Viewership rating: 18.8%
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2011-Apr-04 to 2011-Oct-01
Air time: Monday-Saturday, 08:00
Plot
Set in Nagano prefecture, "Ohisama" covers the life of Yoko Sudo (Mao Inoue) through World War II. Yoko Sudo with her smile is able to bring brightness to those other around her & she follows her mother's motif to laugh through hard times. During the onset of WW II, Yoko Sudo is a high school student and "Ohisama" follows her as she eventually becomes a teacher and then gets married and has a child. Yoko Sudo then opens a soba restaurant with her student.
Cast
Sudo Family
Inoue Mao as Sudo Yoko
Yagi Yuki as young Yoko
Wakao Ayako as old Yoko (present)
Harada Tomoyo as Sudo Hiroko
Terawaki Yasufumi as Sudo Ryoichi
Tanaka Kei as Sudo Haruki
Nakagawa Taishi as young Sudo Haruki
Nagayama Kento as Sudo Shigeki
Watanabe Jinpei as young Sudo Shigeki
Maruyama Family
Kora Kengo as Maruyama Kazunari
Higuchi Kanako as Maruyama Tokuko
Kushida Kazuyoshi as Maruyama Michio
Soma Family
Maiko as Soma Machiko
Hiraizumi Sei as Soma Gozo
Nakamura Kumi as Soma Haruyo
Oshima Yoko as Yae
Yorozu Masayuki (萬雅之) as Nakanishi Takenobu
Tsutsui Family
Mitsushima Hikari as Tsutsui Ikuko
Yoshikawa Fumiki as Tsutsui Ichiro
Yabe Kosuke (矢部光祐) as young Ichiro
Mori Kurea (森くれあ) as Tsutsui Tomoko
Kirino Family
Watanabe Misako as Kirino Fujiko
Nakahara Takeo as Kamikura Shotaro
Miyamoto Family
Emoto Tokio as Miyamoto Takeo
Katsu Ryuichi as young Takeo
Inuzuka Hiroshi as old Takeo (present)
Tsunogae Kazue (角替和枝) as Miyamoto Haru
Muramatsu Toshifumi as Miyamoto Jiro
Murakami Family
Watanabe Eri as Murakami Kayo
Saiki Shigeru as Murakami Sadao
Ariakeyama National School
Ito Ayumi as Takahashi Natsuko
Ayata Toshiki as Umeda Toshio
Pierre Taki as Nakamura Tadashi
Dankan as Fukuda Yoshihiko
Ishibashi Anna as Ishii Keiko
Teramoto Sumina as young Keiko
Tsuchiya Tao as Kimura Hana
Kimura Manatsu (木村真那月) as young Hana
Ode Nanako (大出菜々子) as Kurata Kyoko
Ito Yukari (伊東ゆかり) as old Kyoko (present)
Konishi Mau (小西舞優) as Kurata Chizuko
Yajima Kenichi as principal Hagiwara
Owada Kensuke as Hiraoka Keisuke
People from Matsumoto
Shirakawa Yumi as Miyazawa Setsuko
Yoshimura Jitsuko (吉村実子) as Iwamoto Yasuko
Hatsune Eriko as Miyashita Keiko
Takazawa Fubomichi (高澤父母道) as Miyashita Shoichi
Others
Hashimoto Mami as Tanaka Yuki
Arakawa Chika as young Tanaka Yuki
Kaneko Nobuaki as Kawahara Koichi
Kondo Yoshimasa as Ida Kotaro
Hara Kintaro as the principal
Takeuchi Akiko (竹内晶子) as teacher Takayama
Umezawa Masayo as teacher Mochizuki
Konno Mahiru as Tadokoro Yoshiko
Nomaguchi Toru as Takeuchi
Present
Saito Yuki as Haraguchi Fusako
Anan Kenji as Haraguchi Hiroshi
Matsukawa Naruki as Haraguchi Takeshi
Yamaya Kasumi as Haraguchi Madoka
Guests
Chihara Seiji as Takahashi Isamu (2nd week)
Nakamura Yuri as Nonaka Tae (5th week)
Maruoka Shoji as soba shop owner in Tokyo (8th, 9th weeks)
Yoshino Yumi (芳野友美) as a customer (8th week)
Sato Hitomi as Murase (10th week)
Takahashi Issei as Uehara Hideo (13th week)
Otsuka Hiroshi (大塚洋) as Michio (14th week)
Asaji Yoko (浅茅陽子) as Sakurai Saki (15th week)
Kanzaki Koichiro (神崎孝一郎) as the doctor from Matsumoto (18th week)
Tsumami Edamame as a city controller (20th week)
Production Credits
Original Screenplay: Okada Yoshikazu
Producer: Komatsu Masayo
Music: Watanabe Toshiyuki
Recognitions
70th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Inoue Mao
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