- Movie: My Mommy is a Ghost! (English tiitle) / Ghost Mama Investigation (literal title)
- Romaji: Gosto Mama Sousasen ~Boku To Mama No Fushigina 100 Nichi~
- Japanese: ゴーストママ捜査線~僕とママの不思議な100日~
- Director: Toya Sato, Taro Otani, Maki Nishino, Masahiro Mori
- Writer: Tomokazu Sato (manga), Kumiko Aso, Mika Umeda, Yuko Matsuda
- Producer: Masatoshi Kato, Masahiro Mori
- Network: NTV
- Episodes: 9
- Release Date: July 7 – September 15, 2012
- TV Ratings: 10.9% (weekly average)
- Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Supernatural / Based on a Comic / Mother & Son
- Runtime: Saturdays 21:00
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Frst grade elementary school student Tonbo (Yuma Kimino) is the type that’s easily scared. One day, when he wears his dead mother’s glasses, the ghost of his deceased mother Choko Uehara (Yukie Nakama) appears in front of him. His mother died three months ago. Choko Uehara worked as a police officer. Now, other ghosts come to Choko Uehara. Even after her death she likes to meddle in other people’s affairs. Choko Uehara now solves cases with her son Tonba as her partner. Choko also watches her son grow up until the real farewell day comes …
Notes
- Based on the manga “Ghost Mama Sousasen” by Tomokazu Sato (first published June 29, 2002 by Shogakukan Big Comics ).
- Child actor Yuma Kimino was selected after participating in an audition involving 100 other contestants.
Cast
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Yukie Nakama | Ikki Sawamura | Mirai Shida | Yuma Kimino | Serina |
Choko Uehara | Kohei Uehara | Aoi Uehara | Tonbo Uehara | Minami Yoshinaga |
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Yuma Sanada | Muga Tsukaji | Katsuhisa Namase | Eiji Moriyama | Ryosuke Yamamoto |
Junya Hasegawa | Futoshi Takakura | Yoshiaki Mifune | Kenichi Turuta | Motojiro Kobayashi |
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Hiroki Nakajima |
Yoki Takahashi |
Additional Cast Members:
- Hazuki Inoue – Hazuki
- Yuto Ikeda – Yuto Mitsui
- Kento Kaku – Takeru Sano (ep.1-2)
- Yoshihiko Hakamada – Mamoru Itano (ep.1)
- Kiyotaka Tanaka – ambulance worker (ep.1)
- Rio Yamashita – Kaho Ogawa (ep.2)
- Kumiko Fujiyoshi – Mayumi Sano (ep.2)
- Satoko Oshima – Miwako Mifune (ep.3)
- Tomoya Warabino – Naoto Hirosawa (ep.3)
- Yoko Kurita – Junya’s mother (ep.3)
- Shota Totsuka – Ryota Makino (ep.4)
- Takashi Naito – Shozo Shimura (ep.5)
- Mayumi Asaka – Choko’s mother (ep.5)
- Momoka Ishii – Mai (ep.6)
- Masako Umemiya – Mai’s mother (ep.6)
- Yutaka Morioka – Mai’s father (ep.6)
- Rin Takanashi – Yuka Shindo (ep.7)
- Win Morisaki – Ryo Kitajima (ep.8)
- Kengo Oguchi – Yuji Sagawa (ep8)
- Tomohiro Waki – police officer (ep.8)
- Narumi Kayashima – Harue Kitajima (ep.8)
- Takashi Tsukamoto – Hiroshi Mifune (ep.9)
- Mayumi Ono – Saori Mifune (ep.9)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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01 | 07/07/2012 | 15.2% |
02 | 07/14/2012 | 11.0% |
03 | 07/21/2012 | 11.0% |
04 | 07/28/2012 | 9.5% |
05 | 08/11/2012 | 10.3% |
06 | 08/18/2012 | 9.5% |
07 | 09/01/2012 | 9.3% |
08 | 09/08/2012 | 9.6% |
09 | 09/15/2012 | 11.1% |
Average | 109% |