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| Natsuzora | |
|---|---|
| Original title | なつぞら |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Sumio Ōmori |
| Directed by | Takafumi Kimura Tadashi Tanaka Tetsuya Watanabe Kenji Tanaka Daisuke Futami Kuniome Hashizume Makoto Yabe |
| Starring | Suzu Hirose Nanako Matsushima Naohito Fujiki Masaki Okada Asuka Kudoh Ken Yasuda Ryo Yoshizawa Taishi Nakagawa Yūki Yamada Arata Iura Shihori Kanjiya Atsuko Takahata Masao Kusakari |
| Narrated by | Teruyoshi Uchimura |
| Opening theme | "Yasashii ano Ko" by Spitz |
| Composer | Yukari Hashimoto |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Tomoaki Iso Toshitake Fukuoka |
| Producers | Shunpei Murayama |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | April 1 – September 28, 2019 |
Natsuzora (なつぞら) is a Japanese television drama series and the 100th Memorial Asadora series, following Manpuku. It premiered on April 1, 2019, and concluded on September 28, 2019. The story is loosely based on the life of animator Reiko Okuyama.
Plot
[edit]As Natsu's parents were dead, she was raised by her father's old friend Takeo Shibata in Tokachi Hokkaido.[1] At first Natsu was not recognized as a member of the Shibata family, but gradually gains Taijū Shibata's trust by her efforts.[2][3] Natsu learns a lot from him and he has a great influence on her life.[4]
But Natsu decides to go to Tokyo to be an animator.[5]
Cast
[edit]Natsu's family
[edit]- Suzu Hirose as Natsu Okuhara (based on Reiko Okuyama)
- Sari Awano as young Natsu
- Masaki Okada as Saitarō Okuhara, Natsu's brother
- Ao Watanabe as young Saitarō
- Kaya Kiyohara as Chiharu Okuhara, Natsu's sister
- Noa Tanaka as young Chiharu
- Naho Toda[6] as Natsu's mother (cameo)
- Teruyoshi Uchimura as Natsu's father (cameo)
Hokkaido and Tokachi people
[edit]Shibata ranch
[edit]- Masao Kusakari as Taijū Shibata, Shibata Ranch owner
- Nanako Matsushima[7] as Fujiko Shibata, Natsu's foster mother
- Naohito Fujiki as Takeo Shibata, Natsu's foster father
- Shō Kiyohara as Teruo Shibata, Takeo's son
- Ryōtarō Okajima as young Teruo
- Momoko Fukuchi as Yumiko Shibata, Teruo's eldest daughter
- Rian Arakawa as young Yumiko
- Nanaka Hirao as Akemi Shibata, Teruo's youngest daughter
- Moeka Yoshida as young Akemi
- Takashi Kobayashi as Yūkichi Tomura, Shibata Ranch's employee
- Takuma Oto'o (TEAM-NACS) as Kikusuke Tomura, Yūkichi's son
Setsugetsu pastry shop
[edit]- Ken Yasuda (TEAM-NACS) as Yukinosuke Obata, the pastry's shopkeeper
- Atsuko Takahata as Toyo Obata, Yukinosuke's mother
- Nobuko Sendō as Taeko Obata, Yukinosuke's wife
- Yūki Yamada as Yukijirō Obata, Yukinosuke and Taeko's son
Yamada family
[edit]- Ryo Yoshizawa as Ten'yō Yamada, Natsu's friend (based on Kanda Nissho)
- Shigeyuki Totsugi (TEAM-NACS) as Seiji Yamada, Ten'yō's father
- Ayako Kobayashi[8] as Tami Yamada, Ten'yō's mother
- Sakurako Ohara as Yasue Yamada, Ten'yō's wife
- Atsuhiro Inukai as Yōhei Yamada, Ten'yō's brother
Tōyō Animation
[edit]- Shihori Kanjiya[9] as Mako Ōsawa
- Arata Iura as Tsutomu Naka (based on Yasuji Mori)
- Shōta Sometani as Kōya Kamiji (based on Hayao Miyazaki)
- Taishi Nakagawa as Kazuhisa Sakaba (based on Isao Takahata), Natsu's husband
- Akira Kawashima (Kirin) as Katsumi Shimoyama
- Mayu Watanabe as Akane Mimura
- Houka Kinoshita as Shigehiko Tsuyuki
- Rikka Ihara as Momoyo Morita
- Shinya Kote as Noboru Idohara
- Takuzō Kadono as Mitsuru Ōsugi (based on Hiroshi Ōkawa)
Others
[edit]- Takeo Nakahara as Yaichirō Agawa
- Kie Kitano as Sara Agawa, Yoichirō's daughter
- Miu Tomita as Yoshiko Imura, Natsu's classmate
- Tasuku Emoto as Ryūichi Kurata, Natsu's high school teacher
- Manami Higa[10] as Kōko Maejima
- Hiromi Iwasaki[11] (cameo)
- Sanae Kitabayashi[12] (cameo)
- Tomoko Yamaguchi[13] as Ayami Kishikawa
- Kōichi Yamadera as Yūsei Toyotomi (based on Hisaya Morishige)
- Anju Suzuki as Ranko Kameyama (based on Mariko Miyagi)
- Hideko Hara[14] as Nahoko Mitsuyama
- Hiroyuki Morisaki (TEAM-NACS) as Hiroshi Ōshimizu
- Kaho Mizutani as Sachiko Mihashi
- Tsutomu Sekine as Kazunao Sakaba, Kazuhisa's father
- Mihoko Fujita[15] as Sato Sakaba, Kazuhisa's mother
- Mana Mikura[16] as Michiko Sasaoka
- Yūko Tanaka[17] as Dr. Takahashi (cameo)
- Ema Fujisawa[18] as a pregnant woman (cameo)
- Mayumi Tanaka as Murakawa, and the voice of Ushiwakamaru
- Miki Narahashi as the voice of Annie
- Mitsuaki Madono as the voice of Kick Jaguar
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Chikako Shiramoto (based on Kazuko Sugiyama)
- Sakura Ando[19] as the narrator of Sora, the Prairie Girl
- Yōko Asaji[20] as Masako Sugiyama
- Yo Oizumi (TEAM-NACS) as Hiroshi Matsutake (cameo)
References
[edit]- ^ "なつぞら". ザテレビジョン. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
- ^ "なつぞら". NHK. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "なつぞら 草刈正雄インタビュー". NHK. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ "なつぞら". NHK. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "なつぞら". NHK. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ The lead actress of the 49th Asadora Ee Nyobo
- ^ The lead actress of the 54th Asadora Himawari
- ^ One of the lead actresses of the 31st Asadora Oshin
- ^ The lead actress of the 77th Asadora Chiritotechin
- ^ The lead actress of the 76th Asadora Dondo Hare
- ^ The lead actress of the 55th Asadora Futarikko
- ^ The lead actress of the 1st Asadora Musume to Watashi
- ^ The lead actress of the 41st Asadora Jun-chan no Ōenka
- ^ The lead actress of the 28th Asadora Honjitsu mo Seiten nari
- ^ The lead actress of the 14th Asadora Hatoko no Umi
- ^ One of the lead actresses of the 79th Asadora Dandan
- ^ One of the lead actresses of the 31st Asadora Oshin
- ^ The lead actress of the 70th Asadora Tenka
- ^ The lead actress of the 99th Asadora Manpuku
- ^ The lead actress of the 17th Asadora Kumo no Jūtan
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Japanese)
- Natsuzora at IMDb