- Drama: Hanako and Anne (literal title)
- Romaji: Hanako to An
- Japanese: 花子とアン
- Director: Tsuyoshi Yanagawa, Zennosuke Matsuura
- Writer: Eri Muraoka (novel), Miho Nakazono
- Network: NHK
- Episodes: 156
- Release Date: March 31 – September 27, 2014
- Runtime: Mon-Sat 08:15
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Follows the life of translator Hanako Muraoka; from the turbulent Meiji Period, to the Taisho Period and the Showa Period. Hanako Muraoka would go on to translate novel “Anne of Green Gables,” by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Notes
- Based on novel “An no Yurikago Muraoka Hanako no Shogai” by Eri Muraoka (published June 5, 2008 by MAGAZINE HOUSE,Ltd.). Eri Muraoka is the granddaughter of Hanako Muraoka.
Cast
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| Yuriko Yoshitaka | Tsuyoshi Ihara | Shigeru Muroi | Renji Ishibashi | Kento Kaku |
| Hana Ando / Hanako Muraoka | Kippei Ando (Hanako’s father) | Fuji Ando (Hanako’s mother) | Shuzo Ando (Hanako’s grandfather) | Kichitaro Ando (Hanako’s older brother) |
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| Haru Kuroki | Tao Tsuchiya | Masataka Kubota | Akiko Matsumoto | Takanori Takeyama |
| Kayo Ando (Hanako’s younger sister) | Momo Ando (Hanako’s younger sister) | Asaichi Kiba (Hanako’s childhood friend) | Rin Kiba (Asaichi’s mother) | Jinnosuke Tokumaru (childhood friend of Hanako’s mother) |
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| Miyoko Asada | Rie Tomosaka | Rin Takanashi | Ryohei Suzuki | Takahiro Fujimoto |
| Noriko Mogi (dormitory supervisor) | Taki Fukuyama (English teacher) | Ayako Daigo (Hanako’s classmate) | Eiji Muraoka (Hanako’s husband) | Soichiro Kajiwara |
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| Kotaro Yoshida | Ayumu Nakajima | Yukie Nakama |
| Densuke Kano | Ryuichi Miyamoto | Renko Hayama (Hanako’s friend) |
Additional Cast Members:
- Yuma Yamoto – Takeshi Tokumaru
- Makita Sports – Shohei Honda
- Kazuyuki Aijima – Ikuzo Midorikawa
- Hidekazu Nagae – Toraji Aida
- Hajime Yamazaki – Bokushi Mori
- Daijiro Kawaoka – Keitaro Mochizuki
- Haruna Kondo – Kaworuko Shiratori
- Miyuki Sato – Takako Ichizo
- Aoi Nakabeppu – Sumiko Okura
- Ami Tomite – Masayo Takezawa
- Keisuke Kato – Tsukasa Kitazawa
- Jinta Nishizawa – Daisaku Sudo
- Daisuke Honda – Yusuke Mita
- Maho Yamada – Mitsuyo Udagawa
- Mariko Fuji – Nagisa Hasebe
- Shunya Shiraishi – Haruhiko Koizumi
- Takeo Nakahara – Heisuke Muraoka
- Keita Machida – Ikuya Muraoka
- Yuri Nakamura – Kasumi Muraoka
- Miki Kanai – Misato Muraoka
- Kisuke Iida – Akitaka Hayama
- Nozomi Muraoka – Sonoko Hayama
- Takeshi Obayashi – Kuboyama
- Edamame Tsumami – Kusakabe
- Ryo Segawa – Chuya Asano
- Toshifumi Muramatsu – Kunimatsu Yamada
- Reo Tamaoki – Tanaka
- Kensuke Owada – Junpei Miyamoto
- Kyoko Yoshine – Fujiko Miyamoto
- Kazue Tsunogae – Namiko Miyamoto
- Ryo Iwamatsu – Mitsuma Urushibara
- Keisuke Horibe – Jiro Arima
- Donpei Tsuchihira – mobile food stall owner
- Kohei Watanabe – Ogata
- Shunsuke Kariya – Lawyer Yamakawa
- Mitsu Dan – Yukino
- Yuta Kanai – Akira Masuda
- Airi Kido – Fuyuko Kano
- Mariko Tsutsui – Tami Yamamoto
- Shogo Kimura – Kazufumi Kurosawa
- Houka Kinoshita – Shimoyama
- Tsuyoshi Nakano – Naito
- Reika Kirishima – Sada Hamaguchi
- Anna Ishibashi – Chizue Horibe
- So Takei – Utagawa’s ex-husband
- Ayaka Onishi – Tsuruko Hatakeyama
- Ayumu Yokoyama – Ayumi Muraoka
- Momona – female student
- Reira Watanabe – Momo Ando (young)
- Machiko Yamada – Hana Ando (child)
- Rio Suda – Momo Ando (child)
- Buffalo Goro A
- Haruka Sasaki
- Masaru Hotta – train conductor (ep.7)
- Akari Kinoshita – Sa-chan (ep.40)