Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Rinyuaru~ Fuji TV Fall Drama 2012

• Drama: Late Blooming Sunflower -My Life Renewed- (English title)
• Romaji: Osozaki no Himawari ~Boku no Jinsei, Rinyuaru~
• Japanese: 遅咲きのヒマワリ～ボクの人生、リニューアル～
• Director: Junichi Ishikawa, Yasushi Ueda
• Writer: Atsuko Hashibe
• Network: Fuji TV
• Episodes: 10
• Release Date: October 23, 2012 – December 25, 2012
• Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00-21:54
• TV Ratings: 9.2% (weekly average)
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Set along the Shimanto River in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. “Osozaki no Himawari” depicts the lives of seven people who follow vague dreams, but live an ordinary life.

Jotaro Kodaira (Toma Ikuta) is about to turn 30-years-old. Jotaro has recently been laid off from work and around the same time his girlfriend of seven years dumps him. Jotaro then spots a website recruiting people for work in Koichi Prefecture in a regional revival cooperation.

Kahori Nikaido (Yoko Maki) is clinician sent to work in her hometown of Koichi Prefecture. On the way to there, Kahori meets Jotaro Kodaira.

Cast

Toma Ikuta	Yoko Maki	Kenta Kiritani	Yu Kashii
Jotaro Kodaira	Kahori Nikaido	Junichi Fujii	Ayahana Morishita

Tasuku Emoto	Fumino Kimura	Ryoko Kuninaka	Yutaka Matsushige
Hiroki Matsumoto	Haruna Imai	Sayori Shimada	Tetsuya Kusaka

Additional Cast Members:

• Kae Onuki – Sachiko Inoue
• Mitsuko Baisho – Ikuko Omura (ep.1)
• Kazuko Kato – Yuko Kodaira (ep.1)
• Yukijiro Hotaru – Masakatsu Kodaira (ep.1)
• Yu Kamio – ep.1
• Chihiro Otsuka – Saeko (ep.1)
• Oolong ta Yoshida – ep.1
• Koichi Kojima – ep.1
• Nayuta Fukuzaki – ep.1
• Jun Matsumoto – Hiromi Suzuki (ep.1,3)
• Ryouta Koshiba – (ep.2)
• Kazuaki Shimizu – townspeople (ep.4)
• Kotoha Hiroyama – Toru Matsuura’s wife (ep.6)
• Atom Shukugawa – Hiroyuki Umemoto (ep.7)
• Daishi Shikanai – (ep.8)
• Yukimi Koyanagi – (ep.8)
• Yoko Imamoto – (ep.10)

Episode Ratings

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