Japanese Drama - Brother Beat

* Title: ブラザー☆ビート
* Title (English): Brother Beat
* Genre: Family, home comedy, romance
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 13.53
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-13 to 2005-Dec-22
* Air time: Thursday 21:00
* Theme songs: Broken Hearts & My Way by Def Tech

Synopsis

Tanaka Misako stars as a woman struggling to raise her three sons - played by Tamayama Tetsuji, Hayami Mokomichi and Nakao Akiyoshi - after her husband dies. Kuninaka Ryoko will appear as Tamayama's girlfriend, Chisato.

They don’t know when to stop, and live life to the full—meet the never-a-dull-moment Sakurai family, where nobody holds their feelings back. Returning to serial drama for the first time in five years, Misako Tanaka and the three hyperactive sons provide a story with a heartbeat.

Sakurai Harue (Tanaka) who has brought up her sons alone after her husband died, is absolutely hopeless at running a household. Her eldest, stickler Tatsuya (Tamayama), does the job in her place while keeping younger brothers Riku (Hayami), and Junpei (Nakao) firmly in line. The sparks are constantly flying, but that’s the way it goes in this home.

Tatsuya, a serious-minded advertising agency worker, and his brothers, an easy-going swimming instructor and rather naïve student, are three good-lookers who, along with their useless live-wire of a mother, keep getting into all sorts of scrapes—in love and at work. This is the Sakurai household, where everything hangs loose and everyone always speaks their mind. Tanaka says she really loves this ‘perfect family.’ They are sure to win your hearts too!

Cast

* Tanaka Misako as Sakurai Harue (46)
* Tamayama Tetsuji as Sakurai Tatsuya (24)
o Izumisawa Yuuki as Young Sakurai Tatsuya
* Kuninaka Ryoko as Tamura Chisato (24)
* Hayami Mokomichi as Sakurai Riku (22)
o Hirota Ryohei as Young Sakurai Riku
* Nakao Akiyoshi as Sakurai Junpei (20)
* Namase Katsuhisa Noguchi Hideki (46)
* Asami Reina as Kudo Ai (22)
* Akai Hidekazu as Sakurai Tsutomu
* Iwasa Mayuko as Aizawa Miyuki
* Kaneda Akio as Yamaguchi, Tatsuya's Boss
* Tsubota Hideo as Higashi
* Mizushima Hiro as Yoshi
* Otomo Minami as Tsukahara Saori
* Takeuchi Miyako as Toda Yumiko
* Yamashita Yuko as Nomura Megumi
* Miya Naoko as Nishihara Kyoko
* Matsuda Kazusa as Keiko
* Okamoto Aya as Yoshihara Rie (ep1) / Aki (ep1&8)
* Takabayashi Yukiko as Rie's mother (ep1)
* Nakahara Takeo as Rie's father (ep1)
* Hasegawa Tomoharu as Morimura
* Yajima Kenichi as Aizawa Miyuki's father
* Kamimura Kyoko as Tamura Fusako
* Kadono Takuzo as Tamura Shougo
* Ishiguro Hideo as Tamura Kei
* Okamoto Nobuto
* Kuranuki Masahiro
* Murakami Tomoko (ep05)
* Enari Kazuki (ep09)

Production Credits

* Screenwriter: Komatsu Eriko
* Producer: Ito Kazuhiro
* Directors: Takenoshita Kanji, Takei Atsushi, Kato Arata

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