Kokoro (TV series)

Kokoro
GenreDrama
Written byYumiko Aoyagi
Directed byTakashi Komatsu
Toshiaki Iso
StarringNoriko Nakagoshi
Ran Itō
Tōru Nakamura
Ryohei Hirota
Naomi Zaizen
Akira Terao
Narrated byKeiko Kishi
Opening themeKokoro by Anri Kumaki
ComposerRyō Yoshimata
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes156
Production
Executive producerAkimasa Oka
ProducerRen Takahashi
Running time15 minutes
Production companyNHK
Original release
NetworkNHK
ReleaseMarch 31 (2003-03-31) –
September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)

Kokoro (こころ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 68th Asadora series,[1] following Manten. It premiered on March 31, 2003 and concluded on September 27, 2003.

Plot

Cast

Suenaga and Asakura family

  • Noriko Nakagoshi[2] as Kokoro Asakura (her maiden name was Suenaga)
  • Ran Itō as Misako Suenaga, Kokoro's mother
  • Keiko Kishi as Izumi Kiyono, Kokoro's grandmother (also as narrator)
  • Akira Terao as Takuro Suenaga, Kokoro's father
  • Tōru Nakamura as Yusaku Asakura, Kokoro's husband
  • Tomoka Kurokawa as Sachi Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's daughter
  • Ryohei Hirota as Yūta Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's son
  • Kōjirō Kusanagi as Yuri Asakura, Yusaku's father
  • Akemi Omori as Haruko Asakura, Yusaku's mother
  • Naomi Zaizen as Kanna Fujii, Yusaku's ex-wife

Hotta family

  • Hiroshi Tamaki as Takumi Hotta, a fireworks craftsman
  • Takeshi Onishi as Tadashi Hotta, Takumi's brother
  • Taisaku Akino as Denzo Hotta, Takumi and Tadashi's father
  • Yuka Itaya as Mariko Hotta, Tadashi's wife

Employees at Kiyokawa

  • Hatsuo Yamaya as Tetsuo Tange, an eel chef at Kiyokawa
  • Yukiko Shimizu as Yoshie Chino, a Kiyokawa waitress
  • Kunikazu Katsumata as Yasuo Seino, a chef at Kiyokawa
  • Moro Morooka as Jō Goi, a board chief
  • Yoshitora Okamoto as Carlos Tanaka, a Japanese Brazilian employee at Kiyokawa

People in Asakusa

  • Kenichi Nagira as Mantaro Yamamoto, the owner of Yamamoto-ya
  • Eiko Koike as Towako Yamamoto, Mantaro's daughter and Kokoro's best friend
  • Ryo Kato as Jiro Yamamoto, Mantaro's son and Towako's brother
  • Moto Fuyuki as Tetsuo Ōba, the owner of Ōba-yu
  • Mika Hada as Kasumi Ōba, Tetsuo's daughter and a heiress of Ōba-yu
  • Takahiro Azuma as Katsuo Ōba, Kasumi's husband
  • Rumiko Sogawa as Sumiko Ōba, Tetsuo's wife and Kasumi's mother
  • Raita Ryu as Ikkoku Nakajima, the owner of Nakajima Fireworks
  • Sadao Abe as Gin Nakajima, Ikkoku's son
  • Hiroshi Inuzuka as Sadao Yoshikawa, a man who runs the tailor shop
  • Papaya Suzuki as Kaoru Ochiai, a doctor and Yusaku's friend
  • Yasukiyo Umeno as Isao Fujioka
  • Masuyuki Shida as Tsutomu Fujioka, Isao's son
  • Miki Matsumoto as Mayumi Sugii, a nurse

People in Yamakoshi village

  • Kazuko Kato as Saori Uesugi, daughter of a fireworks factory manager
  • Shinjirō Ehara as Eizō Uesugi, a fireworks factory owner
  • Sachiko Sakurai as Yumeko Murakami, Tatsuzo's daughter
  • Susumu Kurobe as Tatsuzo Murakami, a carp producer and Yumeko's father
  • Sarutoki Minagawa as Mamoru Hoshikawa, Tatsuzo's sub-ordinate

Others

  • Mayuko Takata as Ryōko Tachibana, a single mother and Kokoro's senior
  • Nami Ichinohe as Rikako Tamakoshi, Kokoro's colleague
  • Kaito Shiono as Kazuhiro Tachibana, Ryōko's son
  • Tsutomu Isobe as Kazunari Tamakoshi, Rikako's father
  • Rumiko Koyanagi as Koemi Chino, Yoshie's sister

References

  1. ^ "こころデジタル大辞泉プラス「こころ」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ "中越典子、朝ドラヒロイン5度目でゲット". ZAKZAK. 2002-08-30. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
Preceded by Asadora
March 31, 2003 – September 27, 2003 		Succeeded by


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