Details
Title: お母さん ぼくが生まれてごめんなさい
Title (romaji): Okaasan, Boku ga Umarete Gomen Nasai
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Human drama
Viewership ratings: 12.0%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-13
Air time: Friday 21:00~22:52
Synopsis
Kagawa Akiko's first son, Yasufumi, suffers from cerebral palsy and is destined to spend his life in a wheelchair. After her husband dies, she struggles as a single mother to give him a life no different from other children.
Cast
Mori Masako as Kagawa Akiko
Fukuda Saki as Fujitani Hitomi
Ito Kazue as Kono Ikuyo
Watanabe Naoki (渡辺直樹) as Kagawa Yasufumi
Ishii Megumi (石井めぐみ) as Yashiro Mayumi
Arima Ineko (有馬稲子)
Tsurumi Shingo as Ozuka Keigo
Funakoshi Eiichiro as Yasufumi's father
Tanaka Oga (田中碧海) as Kagawa Yuta
Togawa Fumiya (十川史也) as Udegawa Shuji
Saito Maika (斉藤舞花) as Shimura Saori
Omori Narumi (大森なるみ) as Yashiro Kaoru
Production Credits
Original writing: Kono Ikuyo (向野幾世) Okaasan, Boku ga Umarete Gomen Nasai (poetry)
Screenwriter: Minami Chihiro (南千尋)
Producer: Hasama Tadayuki (鋏間忠行)
Director: Shimomura Masaru (下村優)
Notes
The drama is based on a true story. The real Kagawa Yasufumi was an avid fan of Mori Masako, and the opening scene features the segment on "The Ogawa Hiroshi Show" in which Mori Masako would sing a musical adaptation of Yasufumi's poem to his mother.
Okaasan, Boku ga Umarete Gomen Nasai
