- Drama: Gold
- Director: Shunsaku Kawake
- Writer: Shinji Nojima
- Network: Fuji TV
- Episodes: 11
- Release Date: July 8 – September 16, 2010
- Runtime: Thursday 22:00
- TV Ratings: 8.9% (weekly average)
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Yuri Saotome (Yuki Amami) is a successful business woman who runs a sports center and a beauty salon. She is also determined to one day achieve a gold medal vicariously through her children.
Yuri married a gold medalist to gain the proper genes and has four children from her marriage. After her divorce, she is still determined to attain a gold medal for her family. Her eldest son Kou (Tori Matsuzaka) is a swimmer, her second son Ren (Masato Yano) is an athlete, and her first daughter Akira (Emi Takei) does the high jump. Yet, behind Yuri’s dreams a dark shadow looms …
Cast
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Yuki Amami | Masami Nagasawa | Takashi Sorimachi | Susumu Terajima | Tori Matsuzaka | Masato Yano |
Yuri Saotome | Rika Niikura | Joji Hasumi | Tatsuya Akaishi | Kou Saotome | Ren Saotome |
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Emi Takei | Shunsuke Ohe | Kensei Mikami | Harumi Edo | Masanori Mizuno | Chikako Kaku |
Akira Saotome | Nao Saotome | Shuichi Saotome | Seiko Tanba | Katsu Tanba | Yukie Aiba |
Additional Cast Members:
- Gou Ayano – Yosuke Utsugi
- Isao Natsuyagi – Soichi Saotome
- Kotaro Shiga – Jiro Hosaka
- Hihio Iwanaga – Prisoner ep.1
- Takayo Mimura
- Koshiro Asami
- Haru
- Mitsuru Hirata
- Yo Yoshida – ep.2
- Yuko Miyamoto
- Sachi Jinno
- Taro Suwa
- Tatsuo Nadaka
- Megumi Sato
- Nao Minamisawa
- Yoshiko Miyazaki
- Takehiko Ono
- Mitsuko Baisho
- Kazuki Namioka
- Kaito Matsushima – Ren Saotome (child)
Episode Ratings
Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
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01 | 07/08/2010 | 12.3% |
02 | 07/15/2010 | 11.5% |
03 | 07/22/2010 | 10.1% |
04 | 07/29/2010 | 9.6% |
05 | 08/05/2010 | 8.6% |
06 | 08/12/2010 | 7.2% |
07 | 08/19/2010 | 7.0% |
08 | 08/26/2010 | 7.2% |
09 | 09/02/2010 | 8.4% |
10 | 09/09/2010 | 7.0% |
11 | 09/16/2010 | 8.7% |
Average | 8.9% |