Details
Title: てるてるあした
Title (romaji): Teru Teru Ashita
Also known as: A Shining Tomorrow / Teru's Shining Tomorrow
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 8.9
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-14 to 2006-Jun-23
Air time: Friday 23:15
Theme song: Unmei no Mukou by Hirakawachi Icchome
Synopsis
Set in a town called Sasara, strange events occur one after the other. The episodes in this drama are interweaved tales from popular skilled author Kano Tomoko's books, "Sasara Saya" and "Teru Teru Ashita." In this new re-telling, we get a one-of-a-kind view of this fantasy world. The main character, Teruyo, writes of various parent-child relationships and also of couples' love. With a mix of mystery and horror genres, "Teru Teru Ashita" provides a little thrill as well as being a fantasy drama which allows you to understand love and kindness. So on Friday nights, won't you come and experience the warmth of a little town called Sasara?
Cast
Kurokawa Tomoka as Amemiya Teruyo
Kimura Tae as Mizuno Saya
Kaneko Noboru as Matsumoto Youta
Brother Tom as Suehiro Daihachi
Nakazawa Junko as Suehiro Masumi
Sakura as Mizoguchi Erika
Takabe Ai as Yamada Yoriko
Oomori Akemi as Hayashi Natsue
Fukuda Mayuko as Sawai Yasuko
Fuji Manami as Teshima Tamako
Kusabue Mitsuko as Suzuki Hisay
Oginome Keiko as Amemiya Keiko
Fukumoto Shinichi as Amemiya Nobuo
Suzuki Kosuke as lawyer Nakatsugawa
Sato Jiro as supermarket supervisor Ooki
Okayama Hajime as Doctor Eto
Guests
Matsumoto Kana as Emily (ep1,5)
Kaito Ken as Naoto (ep3)
Yamada Meikyo as the glassblower Kuribara (ep4,10)
Kobayashi Masahiro as Teshima Teppei (ep4)
Yonekura Masakane as Kunikida (ep6)
Hirakawachi Icchome as themselves (ep7)
Sawamura Ikki as "himself," the famous Sasara-born actor (ep7)
Tonesaku Toshihide as the telepath Isezaki Shogo (ep8)
Watabiki Katsuhiko as Mizuno Taizo (ep9,10)
Hayami Mokomichi (ep10)
Production Credits
Original work: Kano Tomoko (加納朋子)
Screenwriter: Narui Yutaka, Mashiba Azuki
Producer: Igarashi Fumio, Nakagomi Takuya (中込卓也), Okuzumi Naohiro (奥住尚弘), Asai Chizu (浅井千瑞)
Director: Karaki Marehiro (唐木希浩), Ninomiya Hiroyuki, Takahashi Nobuyuki
Music: Shimizu Kazuo (清水一雄)
Trivia
Besides sharing much of the same cast and staff as Ame to Yume no Ato ni (2005), there are many inside references to that drama.
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