Details
Title: 山田太郎ものがたり
Title (romaji): Yamada Taro Monogatari
Also known as: The Story of Yamada Taro
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 15.2(Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-6 to 2007-Sep-14 (ep9 Sep 7)
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: "Happiness" by Arashi
Related drama: Poor Prince Taro
Synopsis
Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters. --TBS
Cast
Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro
Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya
Tabe Mikako as Ikegami Takako
Kikuchi Momoko as Yamada Ayako
Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Kazuo
Oshinari Shugo as Sugiura Keichi
Fukiishi Kazue as Torii Kyoko
Otsuka Chihiro as Nakai Masami
Shibata Rie as Ikegami Maria
Musaka Naomasa as Ikegami Ryunosuke
Utsui Ken as Ichinomiya
Yoshizawa Hisashi as Ehara Makoto
Fukui Hiroaki as Osaki Shinosuke
Yamada Shintaro as Ando Masaki
Kojima Haruna as Usui Kotone
Takahashi Ryosuke as Okubo Shin
Ogata Sayaka as Kashiwagi Honoka
Yarita Akihiro as Yamada Jiro
Shimizu Naoya as Yamada Saburo
Muranaka Haruna (村中暖奈) as Yamada Yoshiko
Yoshida Riko as Yamada Itsuko
Shibuya Takeru as Yamada Mutsumi
Ayata Toshiki as Isogai Shitsuji
Maro Akaji as Mimura Hijirichi
Nishida Naomi as Mimura Tsuyuko
Mizukawa Asami as Kotani
Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Ume
Ohno Satoshi (ep10)
Nekoze Tsubaki as House maid
Hankai Kazuaki (ep10)
Production Credits
Original Work: Morinaga Ai (manga)
Screenwriter: Magii
Script Staff: Yamaura Masahiro (山浦雅大)
Chief Producer: Setoguchi Katsuaki
Producer: Takahashi Masanao, Shimoyama Jun (下山潤)
Director: Ishii Yasuharu, Yamamuro Daisuke, Kawashima Ryutaro (川嶋龍太郎)
Music: Hirasawa Atsushi (平沢敦士)
