Details
Title: 斉藤さん
Title (romaji): SAITOU san / Saito-san
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 15.5 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-09 to 2008-Mar-19
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: ENGAGED by Mizuki Arisa
Synopsis
With her husband rarely home because of work, Saitou Masako raises her kindergarten son by herself. With a strong sense of what's right, she is never afraid to confront people who violate the rules of society. While her righteousness makes her a heroine among the kindergarteners, their mothers have learned to keep their distance from all the trouble Saitou brings with her. Mano Wakaba, a soft-spoken mother who had problems with her son turning violent at his previous school, soon moves into the neighborhood. Eager to get along with the other mothers at the kindergarten, Mano does her best to please, and pushes her son Takeru to do the same, even if it puts her at odds with Saitou. When Takeru gets burned by a smoker whose cigarette brushes his face, Mano is content to let it go, but Saitou steps in to confront the man, asking for an apology. When the man stubbornly refuses, a scuffle ensues and the man runs away. When the bystanders watching begin clapping their hands, Mano is left in awe. As circumstances push her and Saitou together, Mano must choose between bending over to please the other mothers or joining Saitou and facing alienation.
Cast
Mizuki Arisa as Saitou Masako
Mimura as Mano Wakaba
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Mano Toru
Sudo Risa as Sahara Kanako
Furuta Arata as Mochizuki Masayuki
Takashima Reiko as Mikami Ritsuko
Kitagawa Hiromi as Ogura Nami
Hamada Mari as Yamamoto Miyuki
Yazawa Shin as Nakamura Kumi
Ishibashi Anna as Sakurai Ayako
Takahashi Minami as Shinmi Kei
Yamada Shintaro as Yanagawa Masayoshi
Ikeda Jun as Narahara Toshio
Yamaguchi Kanako (山口佳奈子) as Kanba Azusa
Ikezawa Ayaka as Okumura Sakie
Suzuki Mie (鈴木美恵) as Nomura Fukuko
Anami Atsuko as Abe Kaoru
Sato Mayumi (佐藤真弓) as Kanzaki Yuki
Deguchi Yumiko (出口結美子) as Nitani Ai
Yuge Tomohisa as Izumi Atsuyuki
Tanihata Kanato as Junichi
Hirano Shinon (平野心暖) as Takeru
Production Credits
Original writing: Oda Yua (小田ゆうあ) SAITOU san (manga)
Screenwriter: Tsuchida Hideo (ep1-3,9-11), Aiuchi Mio (相内美生) (ep4,6,8), Fukuma Masahiro (福間正浩) (ep5,7)
Producer: Nishi Norihiko, Watanabe Hirohito (渡邉浩仁), Sato Tsuyoshi (佐藤毅)
Director: Kubota Mitsuru (久保田充) (ep1,4,6,8,10-11), Iwamoto Hitoshi (ep2-3,7), Honma Miyuki (本間美由紀) (ep5,9)
Music: Ike Yoshihiro
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