Details
Title: お買い物
Title (romaji): Okaimono
Also known as: The Shopping Trip
Tagline: 老夫婦の東京珍道中
Tagline (romaji): Rofufu no Tokyo Chindouchu
Format: Tanpatsu
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast date: 2009-Feb-14
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Synopsis
In a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a notice arrives in the mail about an antique camera sale in Tokyo. This triggers the old man’s memory of the time when he used to love cameras and he decides he wants to go to Tokyo. Going on this shopping trip is like embarking on an adventure for them and is is full of surprises and unexpected happenings, but through this adventure, the old couple’s lives slowly get revealed. Before heading home, the couple stops by Tokyo Station, a place that holds fond memories for them. They take a photo together with the old man’s camera and quietly reflect back on the long life that they spent together. --Tokyo Drama Awards
Cast
Kume Akira (久米明)
Watanabe Misako
Ichikawa Mikako
Yamaguchi Miyako
Yamanaka So
Shiga Kotaro
Munechika Harumi (宗近晴見)
Kuroda Daisuke (黒田大輔)
Goto Asuka (後藤飛鳥)
Furugoori Masahiro (ふるごおり雅浩)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Maeda Shiro (前田司郎)
Producer: Endo Satoshi (遠藤理史)
Director: Nakajima Yuki (中島由貴)
Music: BANANA
Recognitions
2nd Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Drama (Tanpatsu)
