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| Umechan Sensei | |
| Network | NHK |
| Number of episodes: | 156 |
| First episode: | |
| Original airing: | April 2, 2012 - September 29, 2012 |
| Opening: | "Sakasama no Sora" by SMAP |
| Ending: | |
| Genre: | Drama |
Umechan Sensei (梅ちゃん先生 Umechan Sensei?) is an Asadora drama set in a devastated area of Kamata, Tokyo just after the end of World War II.
Synopsis[]
The story is set in the devastated area of Kamata, Tokyo, in 1945 just after the end of the war. Horikita plays Shimomura Umeko, the youngest of three siblings whose father is a doctor at a university hospital. Compared to her outstanding sister Matsuko and brother Takeo, she lacks self-confidence, but an incident makes her determined to become a local doctor. However, her path is fraught with failures. --Tokyograph
Cast[]
- Horikita Maki as Shimomura Umeko
Shimomura Family[]
- Takahashi Katsumi as Shimomura Kenzo
- Minami Kaho as Shimomura Yoshiko
- Baisho Mitsuko as Shimomura Masae
- Mimura as Shimomura Matsuko
- Koide Keisuke as Shimomura Takeo
Yasuoka Family[]
- Matsuzaka Tori as Yasuoka Nobuo
- Kataoka Tsurutaro as Yasuoka Kokichi
- Oshima Yoko as Yasuoka Kazuko
Jounan Women Medical School[]
- Tokunaga Eri as Sawada Yayoi
- Kurokawa Tomoka as Sudo Yukiko
- Nishihara Aki as Segawa Noriko
- Shiratori Kumiko (白鳥久美子) as Sonoda Emi
Others[]
- Tsurumi Shingo as Tachibana Yozo
- Narimiya Hiroki as Yoshioka Satoshi
- Uno Misako as Yabuki Akane
- Mitsushima Shinnosuke as Yamakura Shinichi
- Takito Kenichi as Mikami Kazuya
- Iwasaki Hiromi as Mikami Yasuko
- Yamaguchi Tomoka (山口朋華) as Mikami Chieko (Child)
- Miyatake Mio as Mikami Chieko
- Nakamura Yuri as Setsuko
- Tokui Yuu as the Munition Factory supervisor
- Takahashi Mitsuomi as Matsuoka Toshio
- Owada Shinya as Ogida
- Tanaka Yoji as Shibata
- KONTA as Kubota
- Kimura Fumino as Nojima Shizuko
- Nomura Shuhei as Sato Mitsuo
Production Credits[]
- Original writing Ozaki Masaya
- Screenwriter: Ozaki Masaya
- Producers: Iwatani Kanako (岩谷可奈子), Miki Kazuki (三鬼一希)
- Directors: Kimura Takafumi (木村隆文), Katsuta Natsuko (勝田夏子), Ohara Taku (大原拓)
- Music: Kawai Kenji
- Narrator: Hayashiya Shozo (林家正蔵)
Recognitions[]
- 74th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 74th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Horikita Maki
- 74th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriter - Ozaki Masaya
- 74th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director - Kimura Takafumi (木村隆文), Katsuta Natsuko (勝田夏子), Ohara Taku (大原拓)
- 74th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song
- 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Annual): Best Actress - Horikita Maki
- 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2012): Best Drama
- 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2012): Best Actress - Horikita Maki
- 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jul-Sept 2012): Best Supporting Actor - Takahashi Katsumi
- 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Apr-Jun 2012): Best Actress - Horikita Maki
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