[NEWS] "Ume-chan Sensei" cast members announced
They finally announced the additional cast members to Maki's Asadora/morning drama "Umechan Sensei". Today, they held a press conference with all the main cast members. The ones I recognize immediately are Takahashi Katsumi (from "Nobuta no Produce" and "Tokujo Kabachi") and Koide Keisuke. Takahashi-san will play as the father and Keisuke-kun as Maki's older brother. Can you believe it?! After watching that drama festival where they played that curry game, I noticed Keisuke was looking at Maki and trying to figure out if she was really pretending. That made me wonder if they could co-star together. And it came true. What a coincidence?!
One other ikemen in the cast is Matsuzaka Tori, who plays as Maki's childhood friend. Other cast members include Mimura who plays her sister, Minami Kaho as their mother, Tsurumi Shingo (Chisato's adopted father from AtaDan), and Kataoka Tsurutaro.
Horikita Maki’s supporting cast in “Umechan-sensei” revealed
Posted on September 13, 2011
On Tuesday, NHK held a press conference to reveal additional cast members for the 2012 spring-summer morning drama series “Umechan-sensei.” The show was announced this past June with actress Horikita Maki (22) as the lead.
Set in Tokyo in 1945 just after the end of World War II, the story revolves around Shimomura Umeko, the youngest of three children of a university hospital doctor. Despite being overshadowed by her older brother and sister, she resolves to become a local doctor.
Takahashi Katsumi (50) and Minami Kaho (47) will play the parents of the Shimomura family, while Mimura (27) and Koide Keisuke (27) will play her Umeko’s older siblings. Matsuzaka Tori (22) has been cast as Umeko’s childhood friend Nobuo.
The cast also features Baisho Mitsuko (64) as Umeko’s grandmother, Tsurumi Shingo (46) as Umeko’s uncle, and Kataoka Tsurutaro as Nobuo’s father. Rakugo artist Hayashiya Shozo (48) will be in charge of the narration.
“Umechan-sensei” starts on April 2, 2012.
~Tokyograph
More cast members announced for 2012 NHK morning drama
September 14, 2011 at 6:10 pm
On September 13th, actress Horikita Maki attended the cast announcement press conference for the upcoming NHK morning drama, “Umechan Sensei“.
At the press conference, it was announced that Matsuzaka Tori has landed the role of Umeko’s (played by Horikita) childhood friend ‘Yasuoka Nobuo’. Meanwhile, Umeko’s family members will be Takahashi Katsumi as her father ‘Kenzou’, Minami Kaho as her mother ‘Yoshiko’, Mimula as her older sister ‘Matsuko’, and Koide Keisuke as her older brother ‘Takeo’.
Horikita smiled as she commented, “Everyone is my family, or neighbors, so we’ll have a close relationship. I want to quickly become friends with everybody. I am full of motivation. Using those feelings, I want to perfect my role.”
The drama is an original story by written by Ozaki Masaya, who is known for his previous dramas, “Kekkon Dekinai Otoko” and “Oniyome Nikki“. Set in a burnt-out area of Kamata, Tokyo immediately after the war (1945), the story portrays the life of ‘Umeko’, who aims to become the local doctor of her town. Having a doctor as her father, and a superior older brother and sister , she makes up her mind to become a doctor after a certain “incident”.
Other cast members will include Baisho Mitsuko as grandmother ‘Masae’, Tsurumi Shingo as uncle ‘Tachibana Youzou’, and Kataoka Tsurutaro as Nobuo’s father, ‘Yasuoka Koukichi’.
It was also revealed that Hayashiya Shozo will narrate, and Kawai Kenji will provide the music for the drama.
“Umechan Sensei” will air starting April 2nd, 2012, with a total of 156 episodes. Filming is scheduled to start in November.
~by ustar@TokyoHive
Reference/Previous news: http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/06/press-conference-for-horikita-makis-morning-drama-umechan-sensei/
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