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Drama: Mare
Romaji: Mare
Japanese: まれ
Director: Kazuki Watanabe, Masae Ichiki, Naoki Murahashi, Takegoro Nishimura, Keita Hosaka, Yasuko Tsuda
Writer: Eriko Shinozaki
Network: NHK
Episodes: 156
Release Date: March 30 - September 26, 2015
Runtime: Mon-Sat 8:00-8:15
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto.

The family rents a couple's home who run a salt pond. Mare's father starts a new business, but it also fails. Her mother supports the family by working at the salt pond.

8 years later, Mare, about to graduate from high school, decides to work for the Wajima local government. She wants to have a steady job, unlike her father. Her job is to support people who move to Noto.

Notes

NHK's 92nd asadora drama series.

Cast



Tao Tsuchiya	Yo Oizumi	Takako Tokiwa	Shono Hayama	Mitsuko Kusabue
Mare Tsumura	Tooru Tsumura	Aiko Tsumura	Ittetsu Tsumura	Yukie Robert



Min Tanaka	Yuko Tanaka	Harutomo Koyama	Mei Yokoyama	Rai Takahashi
Ganji Okesaku	Fumi Okesaku	Takumi Kontani	Ayumi Kontani	Tetsushi Tsumura



Eisuke Sasai	Muga Tsukaji	Guts Ishimatsu	Sawa Suzuki	Eri Fuse
Koichi Kuramoto	Makoto Teraoka	Shinichiro Kado	Haru Kuramoto	Kumi Teraoka



Shoko Nakagawa	Atsuo Nakamura	Itsuji Itao	Kumiko Fujiyoshi	Kento Yamazaki
Maki Obara	Yataro Kontani	Hiroyuki Kontani	Naomi Kontani	Keita Kontani



Fumika Shimizu	Mugi Kadowaki	Yuta Takahata	Daichi Watanabe	Keiko Toda
Ichiko Kuramoto	Minori Teraoka	Yoichiro Kado	Takashi Futaki	Majyohime (voice)



Fumiyo Kohinata	Ryo	Yuya Yagira	Yurika Nakamura	Taku Suzuki
Daigo Ikehata	Wako Ikehata	Daisuke Ikehata	Minami Ikehata	Kazuya Asai



Shuko	Ayano Fukuda	Son Seijun	Manami Hashimoto	Takushi Tanaka
Toko Yano	Yayoi Ueda	Bunki Chin	Kanae	Mitsuo Tanaka

Kaoru Mitsumune

Yukari Adachi

Additional Cast Members:

Toshie Takada - Setsuko Kishikawa
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi - Tetsuya Okesaku
Yuko Nakamura - Shiori Okesaku
Yuri Tsunematsu - Tomomi Okesaku
Minami Hamabe - Asami Okesaku
Hikari Kajiwara - Ami Okano
Ryo Ono - Satoru Tanaka
Yoshi Sakou - Mayor Wajima
Toshie Negishi - Kimiko Wakabayashi
Keisuke Yamamoto - Kosuke Shingai
Marie Iitoyo - Saya Saya
Manami Honjou - Miyako Hatano
Taro Suwa - Ono
Tadashi Mizuno - Tannin
Chika Uchida - Mizuha Kyogoku
Shiro Tsubuyaki - Yuji Fukuda
Hosshan - Kasai
Tetsu Watanabe - Tadao Endo
Miwako Kakei - Mayuko Furukawa
Shigeru Izumiya - Hamada
Shinpei Ichikawa - Shinji Yoneda
Chinu Izumi
Shizuka Fujimoto
Eiichiro Funakoshi - Ryoji Sakakibara
Tomoko Fujita - Misato Sakakibara
Emiko Kawamura - Customer
Hiroo Otaka - Mishima
Koichi Otake - Tsurumaki
Seiji Rokkaku - Hayato Anzai
Masaya Kikawada - Kazuma Saionji
Kunihiro Suda - AD
Makiya Yamaguchi - Host
Kisuke Iida - Igarashi
Takeshi Nadagi - Host
Jun Murakami - Inoue
Kazuma Ikeda - Yamaguchi
Takashi Sumita - Examiner
Ryo Asagiri - Reporter
Akinobu Shinoyama - Makinobu Shinoyama
Kiichi Naoe - Yotsuya
Daisuke Honda - Watanabe
Chris Peppler - Host
Rie Minemura - Yoko Sawa
Eriko Moriwaki - Chisato Maeda
So Yamanaka - Ooyama
Nana Seino - Niko Kuribayashi
Kento Shibuya - Yuji Inomata
Rakuko Tane - Kyoko Kawabata
Ramu Matsumoto - Mare Tsumura (child)
Konomi Watanabe - Mare Tsumura (5 years old)
Seiya Kimura - Ittetsu Tsumura (child)
Kota Ohshima - Yoichiro Kado (child)
Masaru Hotta - contest attendant (ep.3)
Taketo Arai - (ep.8)
Sara Ogawa - (ep.22)
Shimon Okura - (ep.62)
Yuka Kouri - apparel store clerk (ep.69,71)
Yuga Ando

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Kuro Jan 28 2023 11:48 pm Now i have post drama syndrome, i cant move on from this dorama haha. This dorama is amazing! if only there was season 2 but its immposible ahaha

leen. Sep 06 2022 11:10 am i am late bc i only started watching after finishing Alice in Borderland . i simply need more kentao but ended up really falling in love with this drama. every episode is just great and fun, really heartwarming too. i think i teared up while watching this drama more than when i’m watching sad ones. it’s simple but touch your heart deeply.

the romance part was realistic too. you can see the different kind of romances as they grow. during high school to their early twenties, you can see how they’re all still immature about it. you have no idea how much i’ve screamed “keita you idiot” lol. mare’s loveline is disappointing to some people. gotta admit, i enjoyed the daisuke-mare bits. but the realistic part is, mare who’s a romantic retard got confused bc daisuke is a totally different type of guy she had encountered. he’s interesting and bc keita was dating ichiko, she buried that feelings deep deep down. but when they met each other again and how she saw ichiko had hurt keita, it pained her. like how she was crying when she begged keita’s grandpa to not expel him. and the romance was just for the arc of them in that young age.

there are a lot of interesting characters too. but my favourite other than the main female and male, are daigo and daisuke. fumi and ganji too. but still, every character was brought to life and they’re all interesting. this is probably the first slice of life or family drama that i watch without skipping bc when i watch this kind of drama just for the ship, i will skip a lot of parts but nope, this drama is awesome. definitely one of my comfort dramas now.

Koko Jan 28 2018 11:49 am Love the cakes so much.

saya May 06 2017 4:37 am Beautiful & inspirational story. I love everything about this, make's me wanna go to noto/wajima village. The heartwarming & caring of wajima village people. The friendship & family values.

But, it would be batter if the story giving mare more chance experiencing romance-love relationship with daisuke before she settle her felling to keita. daisuke feeling to mare seem genuine & his character is very interesting (the genius-free-spirit guy).

Opening song, notice it using standard Japanese language & 2 japanese dialect.

ImaRosyi Dec 28 2016 12:25 am Finally I have finished this dorama and now I become Kento and Tao shipper, LOL.

I love the cast, their acting and their make up look natural.

For you who need motivation need to watch these dorama. Also you, who really like eating, this dorama will make you hungry enough :v

Lumin Jul 17 2016 9:39 am just finished watching, and you will never be disappointed when you watch it i swear :) every episode will make you smile and happy at the same time :) journey with mare's life and the noto people as this show takes you to experience the beautiful and breathtaking view of noto, japan, the delicious cakes, and wajima lacquer!!!!

Redvelvet Jan 16 2016 4:48 pm It was average, not that bad but nothing stood out. It was just bland and would probably forget about it in few months. Watch it if you have time to kill. The asadoras' I personally think are the best are Carnation, Amamchan, Gochisousama and Hanako to Anne (airing order).

ARVIN G Oct 08 2015 8:21 pm just finished this drama and it is a good drama to brighten your day

joy Sep 21 2015 5:07 pm MARE is a very heart-warming and inspirational asadora. since this is the last week wanna greet you "omedetou gozaimasu" to all the cast. great job. Otsukaresamadeshita.

fd Aug 22 2015 2:10 am Love the cast so much. The story is so heartwarming. The villagers in Noto are very friendly and they always care about each other. Don't forget the chef's family! They are so funny! one of the best asadora I've ever watch

PikaPika Jul 22 2015 7:44 am Mare and Keita will reunite once again in "Orange" by Takano Ichigo Live Action Movie this December.

khairee26 Jul 21 2015 1:51 am I really want see Mare and Keita together at the end. The story is really interesting. Must watch drama totally recommended.

joy Jun 25 2015 4:26 pm love the casts and the story, I keep on watching this and it`s getting better and better every week... interesting. plus the factor that you will learn a lot.

mitchell Jun 23 2015 2:13 am Really inspirational story, The cast is all excellent. Really like the opening Soundtrack and scene.

pondloso Apr 04 2015 11:01 pm This asadora it better than amachan they build up story on reality you can see how people in the village live they life you can see how main family blanding with people in village i really love that it not use too much drama and over reality scene like other asadora made me watch and feel like it can happen best asadora after carnation.

anne kim Sep 10 2014 8:23 am I am excited for this drama since I love watching asadora. The young main actress seems promising and i wonder if Kento will be her love interest in this drama.

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