- Drama: Our Dearest Sakura (English title) / Colleagues’ Sakura (literal title)
- Romaji: Doki no Sakura
- Japanese: 同期のサクラ
- Director: Hiroto Akashi, Seiichi Nagumo, Ken Higurashi, Akinori Ito
- Writer: Kazuhiko Yukawa
- Network: NTV
- Episodes: 10
- Release Date: October 9 – December 18, 2019
- Runtime: Wednesdays 22:00 – 23:00
- TV Ratings: 10.9%
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Sakura (Mitsuki Takahata) grew up on a remote island. She has a dream, which is to build a bridge on her island. In the spring of 2009, Sakura joins a big construction company. She does not hesitate to tell her colleagues about her dream to build a bridge. Sakura’s determination to accomplish her dream affects the colleagues at her company.
Notes
- “Our Dearest Sakura” takes over NTV‘s Wednesday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by “Fake Affair” and followed by “Off the Record” on January 8, 2020.
- Each of the 10 episodes will contain 1 year in the life of Sakura.
- Mitsuki Takahata, screenwriter Kazuhiko Yukawa and directors Hiroto Akashi & Seiichi Nagumo previously worked together on 2017 NTV drama series “Overprotected Kahoko.”
Cast
Mitsuki Takahata | Ai Hashimoto | Mackenyu Arata | Ryo Ryusei | Amane Okayama |
Sakura Kitano | Yuri Tsukimura | Aoi Kijima | Kikuo Shimizu | Rentaro Doi |
Kippei Shiina | Saki Aibu | Masane Tsukayama | Takuya Kusakawa | Ito Ono |
Morio Kurokawa | Sumire Hino | Shusaku Kitano | Soma Wakita | Kome Nakamura |
Yuka Yanagitani |
elderly lady |
Additional Cast Members:
- Yuji Abe – reporter
- Tokuma Nishioka – Gizo Hanamura (ep.1,5-6,10)
- Hitomi Harukaze – Misaki Island resident (ep.1,3,6)
- Tomomi Maruyama – Atsuya Kuwahara (ep.2,7)
- Daisuke Nagakura – executive director (ep.2)
- Shoji Omiya – construction worker (ep.2)
- Yasuhito Ohchi – sales division clerk (ep.2-3)
- Hiroshi Okochi – Makoto Tsukimura (ep.3)
- Yuko Daike – Mari Tsukimura (ep.3)
- Takehiro Murata – Ashida (ep.3)
- Shigemitsu Ogi – Yuta Hara (ep.3)
- Naruki Matsukawa – Kobayashi (ep.3-4)
- Yuya Hirata – Matsushita (ep.3-4)
- Koichiro Sakai – urban development department chief (ep.3-4)
- Sayu Kubota – music student (ep.4)
- Arata Saeki – Takeda (ep.4)
- Toshiya Toyama – Jintaro Doi (ep.4)
- Mari Nishio – Kaori Doi (ep.4)
- Kohei Fukuyama – Shinjiro Doi (ep.4)
- Kenichi Yajima – Yasuhide Kijima (ep.5)
- Ryo Kimura – Koichi Kijima (ep.5)
- Kisuke Iida – Sugihara (ep.5)
- Sari Awano – Tsukushi Hino (ep.6)
- Mishika Miyachi – Tsukushi Hino (young – ep.6)
- Mariko Tsutsui – Mieko Tsubaki (ep.6)
- Miwako Shishido – Nozomi Yoneda (ep.6)
- Masayo Umezawa – Misaki Island resident (ep.6-7,9)
- Haruka Uchimura – Misaki Island resident (ep.7)
- Jyubun Fukuzawa – retail store clerk (ep.8)
- Kiara Minegishi – Yoshiki Wakita (ep.8-9)
- Atom Shukugawa – Yadogawara (ep.9)
- Ryosuke Yamamoto – convenient store customer (ep.9)
- Sei Hiraizumi – Seiji Korematsu (ep.9-10)
- Karen Miyama – nominee (ep.10)
- Noriyoshi Tsumura – employee (ep.10)
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