To a Brighter Place

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• TV Movie: To a Brighter Place
• Romaji: Akarui ho e akarui ho e
• Japanese: 明るいほうへ明るいほうへ / 明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ　-童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
• Director: Makoto Kiyohiro
• Writer: Akemi Shimizu
• Network: TBS
• Episodes: 1
• Release Date: January 4, 2002
• Runtime: 15:30-18:24
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

With an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn’t know it, Teru grows up in her father’s bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro’s broken heart, and a debilitating illness.

Notes

1. Based on the life of poet Teru Kaneko (April 11, 1903- March 10, 1930) - before dying at the young age of 26, Teru had written over 512 poems.
2. Related titles:
   1. To a Brighter Place (Prologue) | Akarui ho e akarui ho e (TBS / 2001)

Cast

• Takako Matsu - Misuzu Kaneko
• Ken Miyake - Masasuke Ueyama (Misuzu's younger brother)
• Hironobu Nomura - Kensuke Kaneko (Misuzu's older brother)
• Yoshiko Nakada - Michi Ueyama (Misuzu's mother)
• Kyoko Kagawa - Ume Kaneko
• Atsuro Watabe - Hinahiko Kirihara (Misuzu's husband)
• Miho Kanno - Fofoyo Tanabe (Misuzu's friend)
• Jun Hashizume - Toshio Koeda (Fofoyo's husband)
• Saki Takaoka - Mineko Aoyaki
• Nobuto Okamoto - Hatsuichi Fujita
• Yuki Yamabe - Chiusa Kaneko
• Kunihiko Mitamura - Yaso Saijo
• Pinko Izumi - Utako Takahashi
• Tetsuya Watari - Mazujo Ueyama
• Mitsunori Isaki

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