is a Japanese television drama series and the 110th Asadora series, following Boogie Woogie. The drama is modeled after one of Japan's first female lawyers, Yoshiko Mibuchi, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.
Plot The story begins in the 1930s. Tomoko Inotsume is striving to become an unprecedented female lawyer in Japan by dedicating herself to her studies. However, she faces the obstacles of Japan's laws and society, which often disregard women.
Cast
Inotsume's family Sairi Ito as Tomoko Inotsume Yuriko Ishida as Haru Inotsume, Tomoko's mother Takashi Okabe as Naokoto Inotsume, Tomoko's father Shūsaku Kamikawa as Naomichi Inotsume, Tomoko's older brother Ryoki Miyama (Be First) as Naoaki Inotsume, Tomoko's younger brother Misato Morita as Hanae Inotsume (née Yonetani), Naomichi's wife Taiga Nakano as Yūzō Sada, Tomoko's husband Asuka Kawatoko as Yumi Sada, Tomoko and Yūzō's daughter Nono Maida as young Yumi
Meiritsu University Shiori Doi as Yone Yamada Ikoi Hayase as young Yone Yuki Sakurai as Ryōko Sakuragawa Kami Hiraiwa as Umeko Ōba Kyoya Honda as Kosaburo Ōba, Umeko's third son Ha Yeon-soo as Choi Hyang-suk (Sai Kou-shuku) → Kyoko Shiomi Ryoko Kobayashi as Satoko Kubota Wako Ando as Chiharu Nakayama Junki Tozuka as Taichi Todoroki Takanori Iwata as Satoru Hanaoka
Yonetani's family Mariko Akama as Nobuko Yonetani, Hanae's mother Etsuo Yokobori as Shin'ichi Yonetani, Hanae's father Mayumi Tanaka as Ine
Sakuragawa's family Mariko Tsutsui as Hisako Sakuragawa, Ryōko's mother Ikuji Nakamura as Yūjirō Sakuragawa, Ryōko's father Nagi Hasegawa as Tama
Kōichi's family Masaki Okada as Kōichi Hoshi, Tomoko's second husband Mitsuru Hirata as Tomohiko Hoshi, Kōichi's father. He is modeled after Tadahiko Mibuchi. Kimiko Yo as Yuri Hoshi Yuki Inoue as Tomokazu Hoshi Ichika Osaki as Nodoka Hoshi
Others Kaoru Kobayashi as Shigechika Hodaka. He is modeled after Shigetō Hozumi, a grandson of Eiichi Shibusawa. Kenichi Matsuyama as Tōichirō Katsuraba Kinari Hirano as Kei Shiomi, Kyoko's husband Ikki Sawamura as Yoriyasu Kudō Kenichi Takitō as Kōshirō Takigawa Yōji Tanaka as Sasayama Tsutomu Takahashi as Jirō Takenaka Muga Tsukaji as Rokurō Unno Hideo Kurihara as Tanaka, a chief judge Hiroaki Hirata as Takei, a chief judge Jirō (Sissonne) as a lawyer Shinobu Hasegawa (Sissonne) as a lawyer Yūsuke Hirayama as Masuno Kohji Moritsugu as Mizunuma Bin Furuya as Takekichi Wakashima Tsutomu Isobe as Rikitaro Nishikida, a lawyer Keisuke Horibe as Hiwada, a prosecutor Machiko Washio as Tsune Ōba Katsumi Takahashi as Tarō Sugita Kenichi Ogata as Shigeta Katsumi Kiba as Morihiko Jinbo Naruki Matsukawa as Yūji Inagaki Blake Crawford as Albert Horner Rinko Kikuchi as Ritsuko Ibarada, a singer Karen Miyama as Hitomi Fukuda Ayumu Mochizuki as Yūzaburō Takase Miou Tanaka as Tadayoshi Ichiyanagi Soma Santoki as Toshio Motoki Yūta Hayashi as Hajime Mizukami Rin Kataoka as Misae Moriguchi and her daughter Miyuki Masato Wada as Tokio Endō Miho Watanabe as Mariko Akiyama Akana Ikeda as Kaoru Shiomi, Kei and Kyoko's daughter
Music On April 1, 2024, it was announced that "Sayonara, Mata Itsuka!" by Kenshi Yonezu would be released on April 8 as the theme song for the series. Stuart Murdoch, who leads Belle and Sebastian, sang the insert song “You are so amazing” in the drama.
TV schedule WeekEpisodesTitleDirected byOriginal airdateRating11–5Yoshirō NagikawaApril 1–5, 202416.2%26–10April 8–12, 202416.4%311–15Mayo HashimotoApril 15–19, 202416.5%416–20Yoshirō NagikawaApril 22–26, 202416.3%521–25Daisuke AndōApril 29–May 3, 202415.8%626–30May 6–10, 202416.5%731–35Yoshirō NagikawaMay 13–17, 202417.6%836–40Mayo HashimotoMay 20–24, 202416.5%941–45Daisuke AndōMay 27–31, 202417.0%1046–50Yoshirō NagikawaJune 3–7, 202416.7%1151–55June 10–14, 202417.3%1256–60Daisuke AndōJune 17–21, 202417.2%1361–65Mayo HashimotoJune 24–28, 202417.2%1466–70Yoshirō NagikawaJuly 1–5, 202417.3%1571–75Haruka IjūinJuly 8–12, 202417.1%1676–80Yoshirō NagikawaJuly 15–19, 202417.2%1781–85Kazuki AizawaJuly 22–26, 202417.3%1886–90Mayo HashimotoJuly 29–August 2, 202416.7%1991–95Yoshirō NagikawaAugust 5–9, 202415.9%2096–100August 12–16, 202417.0%21101–105Yū SakaiAugust 19–23, 202417.1%22106–110Mayo HashimotoAugust 26–30, 202417.6%23111–115Yoshirō NagikawaSeptember 2–6, 202417.2%24116–120September 9–13, 202417.1%25121–125Mayo HashimotoSeptember 16–20, 202416.3%26126–130Yoshirō NagikawaSeptember 23–27, 202417.1%Average rating 16.8% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).
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References
External links Official website