Details
Title: 聖者の行進
Title (romaji): Seija no Koushin
Also known as: When the Saints Go Marching In
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 20.7%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 1998-Jan-09 to 1998-Mar-27
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme songs: Ito (1-4, 10-11), Inochi no Betsumei (5-9) by Nakajima Miyuki
Synopsis
Exploring the perception and treatment of mentally-challenged youth and their similarities to juvenile delinquents in Japanese society, this drama series follows the trials and tribulations of a group of adolescents in a work/study program for mentally-challenged teenagers. Although the program's intention is to gently "normalize" them for introduction in society, the group is subject to constant physical and mental abuse unbeknownst to their parents and teacher, Ms Hagawa. However, the friendship between Towa, a naive but unusually articulate member of the program, and Arisu, a rebellious schoolgirl, helps both of them learn to overcome their troubles. Features a star-studded cast of current popular youth idols. (TBS)
Cast
Ishida Issei as Machida Towa
Sakai Noriko as Hagawa Momo (music teacher)
Hirosue Ryoko as Tsuchiya Arisu
Ikariya Chosuke as Uno Junichi (lawyer)
Ando Masanobu as Takahara Ren
Danta Yasunori as Takegami Kosuke (factory boss)
Hinagata Akiko as Mizuma Taeko
Matsumoto Megumi as Takahara Rin
Fujita Yumiko
Shimizu Shogo
Mizusawa Aki as Takegami Yuko
Saito Yosuke as Manaka Junji (factory chief)
David Ito as Takegami Saburo
Yamamoto Michiko
Mitamura Kenji as Ayumu's father
Kato Ai
Watanabe Kei as Kagami Ayumu
Kobayashi Masahiro as Inose Tatsuo
Ishibashi Tamotsu as Mukai Tetsuo (math teacher)
Kato Zenpaku
Oki Naomi
Shiga Matsuko as Arisu's grandmother
Shinohara Toshiharu
Nakamaru Shinsho
Kaku Tomohiro
Tsukada Wakano as Ayumu's mother
Asaka Mayumi as Taeko's mother
Uchiyama Morihiko
Masuko Shizue as Ren's mother
Yamazaki Hajime
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
Producer: Ito Kazuhiro
Director: Yoshida Ken (1,2,6,10,11), Matsubara Hiroshi (3,7,8), Nasuda Jun (4,5,9)
Music composer: Senju Akira
