Kokoro (TV series)

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Kokoro
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yumiko Aoyagi
Directed by	Takashi Komatsu; Toshiaki Iso
Starring	Noriko Nakagoshi; Ran Itō; Tōru Nakamura; Ryohei Hirota; Naomi Zaizen; Akira Terao
Narrated by	Keiko Kishi
Opening theme	Kokoro by Anri Kumaki
Composer	Ryō Yoshimata
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	156
Production
Executive producer	Akimasa Oka
Producer	Ren Takahashi
Running time	15 minutes
Production company	NHK
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	March 31 –; September 27, 2003

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

^ "こころデジタル大辞泉だいじせんプラス「こころ」の解説かいせつ". kotobank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "中越なかごえ典子のりこ、朝あさドラヒロイン5度目どめでゲット". ZAKZAK. 2002-08-30. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-26.

External links

Official website
Kokoro at IMDb

Preceded by Manten	Asadora March 31, 2003 – September 27, 2003	Succeeded by Teruteru Kazoku

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[1] "こころデジタル大辞泉だいじせんプラス「こころ」の解説かいせつ". kotobank. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[2] "中越なかごえ典子のりこ、朝あさドラヒロイン5度目どめでゲット". ZAKZAK. 2002-08-30. Archived from the original on 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2021-11-26.

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