Kokoro (TV series)

Kokoro (こころ) is a Japanese television drama series and the 68th Asadora series, following Manten. It premiered on March 31, 2003 and concluded on September 27, 2003.

Plot

Cast

Suenaga and Asakura family

Noriko Nakagoshi as Kokoro Asakura (her maiden name was Suenaga) Ran Itō as Misako Suenaga, Kokoro's mother Keiko Kishi as Izumi Kiyono, Kokoro's grandmother (also as narrator) Akira Terao as Takuro Suenaga, Kokoro's father Tōru Nakamura as Yusaku Asakura, Kokoro's husband Tomoka Kurokawa as Sachi Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's daughter Ryohei Hirota as Yūta Asakura, Yusaku and Kanna's son Kōjirō Kusanagi as Yuri Asakura, Yusaku's father Akemi Omori as Haruko Asakura, Yusaku's mother Naomi Zaizen as Kanna Fujii, Yusaku's ex-wife

Hotta family

Hiroshi Tamaki as Takumi Hotta, a fireworks craftsman

Takeshi Onishi as Tadashi Hotta, Takumi's brother

Taisaku Akino as Denzo Hotta, Takumi and Tadashi's father

Yuka Itaya as Mariko Hotta, Tadashi's wife

Employees at Kiyokawa

Hatsuo Yamaya as Tetsuo Tange, an eel chef at Kiyokawa

Yukiko Shimizu as Yoshie Chino, a Kiyokawa waitress

Kunikazu Katsumata as Yasuo Seino, a chef at Kiyokawa

Moro Morooka as Jō Goi, a board chief

Yoshitora Okamoto as Carlos Tanaka, a Japanese Brazilian employee at Kiyokawa

People in Asakusa

Kenichi Nagira as Mantaro Yamamoto, the owner of Yamamoto-ya

Eiko Koike as Towako Yamamoto, Mantaro's daughter and Kokoro's best friend

Ryo Kato as Jiro Yamamoto, Mantaro's son and Towako's brother

Moto Fuyuki as Tetsuo Ōba, the owner of Ōba-yu

Mika Hada as Kasumi Ōba, Tetsuo's daughter and a heiress of Ōba-yu

Takahiro Azuma as Katsuo Ōba, Kasumi's husband

Rumiko Sogawa as Sumiko Ōba, Tetsuo's wife and Kasumi's mother

Raita Ryu as Ikkoku Nakajima, the owner of Nakajima Fireworks

Sadao Abe as Gin Nakajima, Ikkoku's son

Hiroshi Inuzuka as Sadao Yoshikawa, a man who runs the tailor shop

Papaya Suzuki as Kaoru Ochiai, a doctor and Yusaku's friend

Yasukiyo Umeno as Isao Fujioka

Masuyuki Shida as Tsutomu Fujioka, Isao's son

Miki Matsumoto as Mayumi Sugii, a nurse

People in Yamakoshi village

Kazuko Kato as Saori Uesugi, daughter of a fireworks factory manager

Shinjirō Ehara as Eizō Uesugi, a fireworks factory owner

Sachiko Sakurai as Yumeko Murakami, Tatsuzo's daughter

Susumu Kurobe as Tatsuzo Murakami, a carp producer and Yumeko's father

Sarutoki Minagawa as Mamoru Hoshikawa, Tatsuzo's sub-ordinate

Others

Mayuko Takata as Ryōko Tachibana, a single mother and Kokoro's senior

Nami Ichinohe as Rikako Tamakoshi, Kokoro's colleague

Kaito Shiono as Kazuhiro Tachibana, Ryōko's son

Tsutomu Isobe as Kazunari Tamakoshi, Rikako's father

Rumiko Koyanagi as Koemi Chino, Yoshie's sister

References

External links

Official website

Asadora

2003 Japanese television series debuts

2003 Japanese television series endings