Utahime

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Contents 1 Profile 2 Plot 3 Notes 4 Cast 5 Comments 6 External Links

[edit] Profile

• TV Show: Utahime
• Romaji: Utahime
• Japanese: 歌姫
• Director: Toshio Tsuboi, Fuminori Kaneko, Takayuki Takuma, Masakazu Kimura
• Writer: Takayuki Takuma (original story & screenplay)
• Network: TBS
• Episodes: 11
• Release Date: October 12 - December 21, 2007
• Runtime: Friday 22:00-22:54
• TV Ratings: 8.0%
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

[edit] Plot

Taro Shimanto (Tomoya Nagase), an employee of the Orion-za movie theater in a small Kochi Prefecture fishing town in the mid-1950s.

Taro was discovered lying unconscious on the beach at the end of World War II by the theater owner's young daughter, Suzu. He was dressed in a pilot's uniform and, when he regained consciousness, had no memory of who he was or how he got there. The theater owner essentially adopted Taro, making him the movie house's factotum and a member of the family.

[edit] Notes

1. "Utahime" translates to "song princess" in English.
2. Based on the popular play "Utahime" that was first staged in 2004 by the Tokyo Seleccion Deluxe theater company. The company's leader, Takayuki Takuma (pen name Mikio Satake) wrote the play and adapted it for television,

[edit] Cast

Tomoya Nagase - Taro Shimanto/Akira Koizumi Saki Aibu - Suzu Kishida/Ruriko Matsunaka Ryuta Sato - Croissant no Matsu Tadayoshi Ohkura - Jinguji Nanako Okouchi - Izumi Kohinata Bobobo Iijima - German Kyoko Toyama - Mary Ryuji Akiyama - Tadashi Akutagawa Kiyotaka Nishimura - Shinkichi Kohinata Junji Takada - Katsuo Kishida Jun Fubuki - Hamako Kishida Ikko Furuya - Oyabun Yamanouchi

Judy Ong - Sakura Kiyokawa Eiko Koike - Miwako Oikawa Yuki Saito - Sabako Matsushima Akira Maruyama - Russia Kazumasa Taguchi - Dr. Kamayatsu Ryo Ono - Matsunaka Tomokazu Koshimura - Bully A Masashi Sawada - Bully B Ikko Furuya - Boss Hideyuki Tanaka - the narrator Megumi Sato - Mika (ep.1) Yoshinori Okada - Mori Jiro (ep.1)

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