Japanese Drama - Ando Natsu

* Title: あんどーなつ
* Title (romaji): Ando Natsu
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Comedy, drama
* Episodes: 12
* Viewership rating: 9.2 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-07 to 2008-Sep-22
* Air time: Monday 20:00
* Theme song: Tada, Arigato by Monkey Majik

Synopsis

Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a patissiere, finds herself jobless after the shop owner’s sudden death. She goes to Tokyo in search of another job at a confectionery but the recruiting period has just ended and there are no available positions.

This is when she makes her first encounter with the well-established Japanese confectionery "Mangetsudo".

It is run by the veteran confectioner Umekichi, Takezo, and Mitsuko, and they happened to be looking for a part-time worker. A number of chance events follow and Natsu starts working at Mangetsudo. Although her job is to serve customers, Natsu becomes interested in the world of Japanese confection. Having only worked in cake shops, everything is new to her and she is gradually drawn into the deepness and profoundness of Japanese confection. -- TBS

Cast

* Kanjiya Shihori as Ando Natsu
* Kunimura Jun as Yasuda Umekichi
* Omi Toshinori as Maruoka Toshizo
* Fubuki Jun as Tsukioka Mitsuko
* Shirakawa Yumi as Hitotsubashi Ayame
* Hosoda Yoshihiko as Mitsuya Yosuke
* Yamada Meikyo as Mitsuya Kansuke
* Kurosawa Kazuko (黒沢かずこ) as Mitsuya Yukari
* Shibata Rie as Mitsuya Kazue
* Tanaka Ritsuko as Mitsuya Etsuko
* Watanabe Yasuhito (渡邉泰人) as Mitsuya Fumiya
* Kaneko Noboru as Mitsuya Ryuta
* Takagawa Yuya (高川裕也) as Kurata Hideaki
* Manase Juri as Kurata Mamiko
* Hayashiya Shozo (林家正蔵) as Fujimura Hiromichi
* Kanetani Mayumi (金谷真由美) as Fujimura Kyoko
* Nagira Kenichi (なぎら健壱) as Taizo
* Makimura Mieko (牧村三枝子)
* Watanabe Natsuna as Miyo

Guests

* Nakatani Akihiro (中谷彰宏) as Jinji (ep1)
* Omori Akemi as Suzuko (ep2)
* Musaka Naomasa as Sho (ep4)
* Suzuki Hiroki as Morita Masato (ep4)
* Fueki Yuko as Kikuko (ep5)
* Arisaka Kurume as Maruoka Ritsuko (ep6)
* Toyama Kyoko as Ayano (ep7)
* Sasaki Sumie as Tatsuko (ep7)
* Mizuhashi Takami as Maiko (ep7)
* Matsumoto Runa as Yukino (ep7)
* Kazami Akiko (風見章子) as Ando Tami (ep8)
* Kaneda Akio as Shigeo (ep8)
* Igarashi Shunji as Kenji (ep8)
* Tachikawa Mitsutaka (立川三貴) as Tsuzuki (ep9)
* Mabuchi Haruko as Umekichi's mother (ep10)
* Nishioka Tokuma as Shirai (ep11)
* Nishina Akiko (仁科亜季子) as Matsumura Toshiko (ep11)
* Kurobe Yukihide (黒部幸英) as an emcee (ep12)

Production Credits

* Original writing (manga): Ando Natsu by Nishi Yuji (西ゆうじ)
* Screenwriter: Osagawa Chikako (長川千佳子)
* Producers: Hashimoto Takashi (橋本孝), Endo Masato (遠藤正人)
* Directors: Takemura Kentaro (竹村健太郎) (ep1-2,5,8,11-12), Sakai Masahiro (酒井聖博) (ep3,6,9), Hori Hideki (堀英樹) (ep4,7,10)
* Music: Endo Koji (遠藤浩二)
* Narrator: Shunputei Koasa (春風亭小朝)

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