Japanese Drama - Chiritotechin

* Title: ちりとてちん
* Title (romaji): Chiritotechin

Renzoku

* Episodes: 151 (15 mins. each)
* Genre: Family drama
* Ratings: 1st=17.1, high=18.8, avg=17.0 (All Kanto #s)
* Air time: Monday through Saturday at 8:15
* Broadcast network: NHK
* Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-1 to 2008-Mar-29

Synopsis

The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo.

In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo. --groink

See also: Weekly synopses

Cast

Throughout the series, NHK documentation refer to the two Wada Kiyomi's as Kiyomi-A and Kiyomi-B (different kana, but same romaji.)

Wada Family

* Kanjiya Shihori as Wada Kiyomi-B (heroine)
o Kuwajima Marino (桑島真里乃) as Wada Kiyomi-B
* Wakui Emi as Wada Itoko (Kiyomi-B's mother)
* Matsushige Yutaka as Wada Masanori (Kiyomi-B's father)
* Enami Kyoko as Wada Koume (Kiyomi-B's grandmother)
* Yonekura Masakane as Wada Shotaro (Kiyomi-B's grandfather)
* Kyomoto Masaki as Wada Kojiro (Kiyomi-B's uncle)
* Hashimoto Atsushi as Wada Shohei (Kiyomi-B's brother)
o Hoshino Amon (星野亜門) as Wada Shohei
* Sato Megumi as Wada Kiyomi-A
o Sato Ui as Wada Kiyomi-A
* Kabira Jay as Wada Hideomi (Kiyomi-A's father)
* Ikuina Akiko (生稲晃子) as Kiyomi-A's mother
* Tomoi Yusuke as Kiyomi-A's brother

Others

* Itsuki Hiroshi (五木ひろし) as himself
* Watase Tsunehiko (Kiyomi-B's Rakugo master)
* Kato Toranosuke (pupil)
* Shigeyama Motohiko
* Aoki Munetaka as Soso
o Morita Naoyuki as Soso
* Katsura Kichiya
* Kimura Midoriko
* Tajitsu Yoko
* Kimura Yuichi
* Hara Sachie as Ogata Natsuko
* Namioka Kazuki
* Matsuo Takashi (松尾貴史)
* Watanabe Masayuki (渡辺正行)
* Matsunaga Reiko (松永玲子)
* Kugasawa Toru (久ヶ沢徹)
* Miyajima Mai
* Fujiyoshi Kumiko
* Katsura Yonekichi (桂よね吉)

Production Credits

* Scenario: Fujimoto Yuki
* Director: Endo Satoshi (遠藤理史)
* Music: Sahashi Toshihiko
* Narrator: Kaminuma Emiko (上沼恵美子)

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