Japanese Drama - Himawari (TBS)

* Title: ひまわり
* Title (romaji): Himawari
* Also known as: Sunflower
* Tagline: 夏目雅子２７年の生涯と母の愛
* Tagline (romaji): Masako Natsume 27-sai no Shougai to Haha no Ai
* Format: Tanpatsu
* Genre: Human drama
* Viewership ratings: 13.6
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast date: 2007-Sep-16
* Air time: Sunday 21:00

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Based on the book Futari no Masako by Odate Sue. The drama will be about the life of actress Masako Natsume, who died of leukemia in 1985 at the age of 27. --Tokyograph

Masako Odate is the only daughter of Sue and Kazu Odate. She aspired to be an actress, because she wanted to live the lives of other people; experience their pain and joy, which may be very different from her's. Sue objected to Masako entering the entertainment world, as she felt that actresses were frivilous and thought too highly of themselves. However, with her father's and elder brother's support, Masako managed to overcome Sue's objections. Unfortunately, her first acting experience bombed out, and she wasn't getting anywhere in acting. Then, the Kanebo marketing people saw her picture, and decided to make her their character girl. Again, Sue objected to it initially, and told Masako that should she decide to pursue this path, then she must stop using the Odate family name. And thus Natsume Masako was born!

Masako went on to become one of Japan's most successful actress of the 80's, but her life was cut tragically short, when she was diagnosed with acute leukimia. Chemotherapy was a new way of treating cancer, then, and it was only used by Masako as a last resort. Although, it seemed like she had successfully battled the disease, and was due for discharge, Masako caught a chill, and her health rapidly deteriorated. She died on November 9th, 1985.

Cast

* Nakama Yukie as Natsume (Odate) Masako
* Yagi Yuki as the young Masako
* Mita Yoshiko as Odate Sue
* Kishibe Ittoku as Odate Munekazu
* Kaneko Ken as Odate Kazuo
* Ishiguro Hideo as Odate Toshiaki
* Shimizu Shuto (清水志優人) as the young Toshiaki
* Ogata Naoto as Ijuuin Shizu
* Hasegawa Hatsunori
* Okamori Akira (岡森諦)
* Tanaka Yoshiko
* Takeda Tetsuya
* Enjoji Aya
* Mano Yuko
* Ran Issei (乱一世)
* Yamazaki Satohiro (山崎聡弘)
* Yasoda Yuichi (八十田勇一)
* Ichikawa Isamu
* Muto Akiko (武藤晃子)
* Yamazaki Nobuo (嶋崎伸夫)

Production Credits

* Original Work: Odate Sue (小達スエ) Futari no Masako (novel)
* Screenwriter: Sato Shimako
* Producer: Matsubara Hiroshi, Shimizu Masaya (清水雅哉)
* Director: Takezono Hajime

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