Japanese Drama - Ganges Gawa de Butterfly

* Title: ガンジス河でバタフライ
* Title (romaji): Ganges Gawa de Butterfly
* Also known as: Butterfly at the Ganges River
* Genre: Human drama
* Format: Tanpatsu, in two parts
* Viewership ratings: 07.6 (1st), 06.2 (2nd)
* Broadcast network: TV Asahi
* Broadcast dates: 2007-Oct-05 and 2007-Oct-06
* Air time: Friday 23:15 and Saturday 23:00
* Theme song: Haneyume by Yaida Hitomi

Synopsis

Teruko, a third year university student, comes across as a forthright and sunny girl but is in truth a rather timid person. She's also the sort who easily gets carried away and does things impetuously only to regret her actions later.

Influenced by her older brother who has taken to wandering the world, Teruko too hopes to make her own journey one day but she lacks the courage, content to live the life of a normal university student ... However, she's also plagued with the insecurity of having done nothing she can be proud of in her lifetime, and mustering all her courage embarks on a solo trip to India ... While in India, she meets a fellow backpacker, Shingo.

Teruko first regards Shingo as a frivolous person but as his encouraging words clear her hesitation and touches her, she falls in love with him. Then, Teruko plans to head to Bodh Gaya to see India's biggest festival but Shingo ... ...-- jade_frost

Cast

* Nagasawa Masami as Takano Teruko
* Tsukamoto Takashi as Shingo
* Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Takano Akinori
* Minagawa Sarutoki (皆川猿時) as Maruyama
* Kajiwara Shigeru (梶原しげる)
* Nakatani Miki as Tetsuko (guest appearance)
* Ishibashi Renji as Takano Shogo
* Takeshita Keiko as Takano Noriko
* Miyazawa Saeko (宮沢紗恵子) as Sakai
* Tachibana Ayano as Chin
* Maekawa Takanori (前川貴紀)
* Kinoshita Chie (木下智恵)
* Toyama Toshiya
* Nakamura Ryuten (中村隆天)`
* Ripon (リポン)
* Oshima Hikaru (大島光)
* Ito Kodai (伊藤広大)
* Hasegawa Homare (長谷川ほまれ)
* Sunny Francis (サニー・フランシス) (vocal)
* Adamson (アダムソン)
* Abe Rokuro (阿部六郎)
* Takayanagi Yoko (高柳葉子)
* Kawarada Yasuke (河原田ヤスケ)
* Otsuka Hiroshi (大塚洋)
* Takami Kuri (高見くり)
* Sushil Patra
* Nirupama Berma
* Lodari Sharma
* Kalmanya Bhopal
* Sushil Dahiya
* Paritosh Chodri
* Suman Patyal
* Fellows
* Y.C. Kanna
* Shrishti Patyal
* Sanjū
* Sadanand Patil
* Chinmay Das

Production Credits

* Original writing: Takano Teruko (たかのてるこ)
* Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
* Production: Ishikawa Osamu (石川治), Suzuki Takeyuki (鈴木武幸)
* Executive producers: Tsugimatsu Kazuya (継松和也), Omori Toshikatsu (大森敏勝), Kato Mitsugu (加藤貢)
* Chief producer: Kano Takaya (狩野隆也)
* Producers: Ota Masahito (太田雅人), Takano Teruko (高野照子), Inoue Norimune (井上昇宗)
* Director: Ri Toshio (李闘士男)
* Music: Coba

Notes

* Kudo Kankuro stayed in India for 2 weeks in order to write the script for this series.
* The drama celebrates the 45th anniversary of the founding of Nagoya Broadcasting Network, NBN.

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