To a Brighter Place

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TV Movie: To a Brighter Place
Romaji: Akarui ho e akarui ho e
Japanese: 明るいほうへ明るいほうへ / 明るいほうへ明るいほうへ　-童謡詩人金子みすゞ-
Director: Makoto Kiyohiro
Writer: Akemi Shimizu
Network: TBS
Episodes: 1
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Runtime: 15:30-18:24
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

With an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn’t know it, Teru grows up in her father’s bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro’s broken heart, and a debilitating illness.

Notes

Based on the life of poet Teru Kaneko (April 11, 1903- March 10, 1930) - before dying at the young age of 26, Teru had written over 512 poems.
Related titles:
1. To a Brighter Place (Prologue) | Akarui ho e akarui ho e (TBS / 2001)

Cast

Takako Matsu - Misuzu Kaneko
Ken Miyake - Masasuke Ueyama (Misuzu's younger brother)
Hironobu Nomura - Kensuke Kaneko (Misuzu's older brother)
Yoshiko Nakada - Michi Ueyama (Misuzu's mother)
Kyoko Kagawa - Ume Kaneko
Atsuro Watabe - Hinahiko Kirihara (Misuzu's husband)
Miho Kanno - Fofoyo Tanabe (Misuzu's friend)
Jun Hashizume - Toshio Koeda (Fofoyo's husband)
Saki Takaoka - Mineko Aoyaki
Nobuto Okamoto - Hatsuichi Fujita
Yuki Yamabe - Chiusa Kaneko
Kunihiko Mitamura - Yaso Saijo
Pinko Izumi - Utako Takahashi
Tetsuya Watari - Mazujo Ueyama
Mitsunori Isaki

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