Good Life ~Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara~2011

Drama: Good Life ~Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara~
Romaji: Good Life ~Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara~
Japanese: グッドライフ～ありがとう、パパ。さよなら～
Director: Yoshishige Miyake, Keiichiro Shiraki
Writer: Jo Chang-In (novel), Satomi Oshima, Tomomi Okubo
Producer: Takahiro Kasaoki, Jun Kimura
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: April 19, 2011 – June 28, 2011
Runtime: Tuesday 22:00 – 22:54
TV Ratings: 8.6% (weekly average)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Daichi Sawamoto (Takashi Sorimachi) is a society reporter for a newspaper company. One day, his wife Kaori (Haruka Igawa) leaves behind divorce papers for him to sign. Daichi begins to take care of his 6-year-old his son Hakumo (Amon Kabe) alone.

Meanwhile, Child Life Specialist Nanami (Nana Eikura) begins work at a pediatrics hospital. She tries to have good relationships with the nurses, but the nurses are unfamiliar with her work.

Daichi gets a phone call from Hakumo’s homeroom teacher Ryoji (Hirofumi Araki). Ryoji tells him that his son was injured, but Daichi hangs up and goes to his lawyer’s office to settle his divorce.

6-year-old Hakumo tells Dr. Minato (Tsuyoshi Ihara) that his injury is no big deal, but he has felt knee pain for some time. Dr. Minato gets a sense of foreboding.

Notes

Based on the Korean best seller “Kashigoki” by Jo Chang-In, which was first published in 2000 & has sold over 2,000,000 copies.

Cast



Takashi Sorimachi	Amon Kabe	Haruka Igawa	Nana Eikura	Tsuyoshi Ihara	Takeshi Kaga
Daichi Sawamoto	Hakumo Sawamoto	Kaori Sawamoto	Nanami Konno	Dr. Minato Maruyama	Shinpei Yukimura