Mother (2010 drama)
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Mother is a Japanese television drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

 that aired on Nippon TV
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

 between 14 April and 23 June 2010, starring Matsuyuki Yasuko.

Synopsis

Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.

Cast

  • Yasuko Matsuyuki
    Yasuko Matsuyuki
    is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.-Biography:Yasuko Matsuyuki was born in 1972 in Tosu, Saga. In 1989, while she was in high school, Matsuyuki won a Non-no fashion magazine contest...

     as Nao Suzuhara
  • Koji Yamamoto
    Koji Yamamoto
    Koji Yamamoto is the name of:* Koji Yamamoto , Japanese actor* Koji Yamamoto , former Japanese All-Star baseball player...

     as Shunsuke Fujiyoshi
  • Wakana Sakai as Mei Suzuhara
  • Kana Kurashina as Kaho Suzuhara
  • Mana Ashida
    Mana Ashida
    is a Japanese child actress, Tarento and singer from Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. She is currently represented by JobbyKids.Mana Ashida first acted Asahi Broadcasting Corporation's ABC Short Movie 2, though she rose to prominence only after she starred in the popular television drama Mother...

     as Reina Michiki
  • Machiko Ono
    Machiko Ono
    is a Japanese actress.-Career:Born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Ono was spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoe boxes at her junior high school, and cast in the lead role in Kawase's Suzaku, which earned the filmmaker the Camera d'Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival....

     as Hitomi Michiki
  • Yosuke Kawamura as Kohei Kimata
  • Miwako Ichikawa
    Miwako Ichikawa
    is a Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa . She began in 1991 as a model, and released a single in 1998 and an album the following year. She debuted in acting in 2000 and immediately starred in the movies Another Heaven in 2000 and Konsento in 2001...

     as Tamami Yuzukawa
  • Takuma Otoo as Keigo Kayama
  • Minoru Tanaka
    Minoru Tanaka
    Minoru Tanaka is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer.-Career:Minoru Tanaka was originally a shootboxer. He started his career as a wrestler in Fujiwara Gumi, trained by its owner, Yoshiaki Fujiwara. In late 1995 Tanaka and everyone else in the promotion abandoned Fujiwara and formed...

     as Kensuke Fujiyoshi
  • Go Ayano
    Go Ayano
    ', born January 26, 1982 in Gifu Prefecture, is a Japanese actor.-Film:*Life *Aquarian Age *Sakigake!! Otokojuku *Naoko *Crows Zero 2 -External links:* * *...

     as Masato Uragami
  • Atsuko Takahata
    Atsuko Takahata
    is a Japanese voice actress.-Live-action:* Space Witch Gilza in Juspion* Maribaron in Kamen Rider Black RX* Calra/Miyuki Fukano in Tokkei Winspector * Hidemi Takeuchi in Tokusou Exceedraft...

     as Toko Suzuhara
  • Yuko Tanaka as Hana Mochizuki

Episodes

Episode title
Romanized title
Translation of title
Broadcast date
Ratings
Ep. 1
児童虐待からの脱出 渡り鳥になった二人
Jidō gyakutai kara no dasshutsu wataridori ni natta ni-nin
Escape from child abuse, the two who became birds of passage
  14 April 2010
   5 August 2011
  8 August 2011
11.8%
Ep. 2
居場所のない二人
Ibasho no nai ni-nin
The two without a place to go
  21 April 2010
   12 August 2011
  15 August 2011
12.0%
Ep. 3
母の手のぬくもり
Haha no te no nukumori
The warmth of a mother’s hand
  28 April 2010
   19 August 2011
  22 August 2011
12.8%
Ep. 4
学校へ行かせたい
Gakkō e ika setai
I want to let her attend school
  5 May 2010
   26 August 2011
  29 August 2011
10.0%
Ep. 5
二人の“母親”
Ni-nin no“hahaoya”
Two "Mothers"
  12 May 2010
   2 September 2011
  5 September 2011
11.9%
Ep. 6
さよならお母さん
Sayonara okāsan
Goodbye Mother
  19 May 2010
   9 September 2011
  12 September 2011
13.9%
Ep. 7
あの子を返して!
Ano ko o kaeshite!
Return her to me!
  26 May 2010
   16 September 2011
  19 September 2011
12.4%
Ep. 8
断ち切れない絆
Tachikirenai kizuna
The bond that can’t be broken
  2 June 2010
   23 September 2011
  26 September 2011
14.0%
Ep. 9
引き裂かれる二人
Hikisaka reru ni-nin
The two torn apart
  9 June 2010
   30 September 2011
  3 October 2011
12.2%
Ep. 10
ひと目会いたい
Hitome aitai
I want to see you just once
  16 June 2010
   7 October 2011
  10 October 2011
14.8%
Ep. 11
ずっと愛してる
Zutto aishi teru
I will always love you
  23 June 2010
   14 October 2011
  17 October 2011
16.3%
Ratings for Kanto region
Kanto region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 40 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain....

 (average rating: 12.9%)

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