Pierrot Praying to the Moon

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TV Movie: Pierrot Praying to the Moon (literal title)
Romaji: Tsuki ni Inoru Piero
Japanese: 月に祈るピエロ
Director: Shoji Horiba
Writer: Eriko Kitagawa
Network: TBS/CBC
Episodes: 1
Release Date: October 5, 2013
Runtime: Saturday 14:00-15:24
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

41-year-old Shizuru (Takako Tokiwa) lives with her mother and grandmother in a mountain village in Gifu Prefecture. Shizuru's grandmother is gentle, but is also partially disabled. Shizuru and her mother takes care of her grandmother. Meanwhile, Shizuru's mother ignores her and often restricts what she can do. Consequently, Shizuru has little freedom and endures a monotonous life.

Shizuru works at a hospital as a receptionist. One day, she goes to the bookstore to buy reading materials for the waiting room. She recalls a picture book which she read many years ago.The main character of the book was a Pierrot from a circus. Even though she enjoyed the picture book immensely, she can't recall the title of the book. Luckily, her grandmother knows the title which is "Tsuki ni Inoru Piero" ("Pierrot Praying to the Moon"). Shizuru wants to read the picture book again and ends up ordering the book through an auction site on the internet.

While Shizuru reads the picture book, a small piece of paper falls out of the picture book. The piece of paper looks several years old and lists ingredients like it is a recipe. Shizuru doesn't know why, but she can't throw the piece of paper away.

Because of the piece of paper, Shizuru and a man begins to exchange mail. They have never met before, but the picture book, which they both read when they were young, connects them.

Notes

Related titles (Eriko Kitagawa scripted "Moon" trilogy) :
1. Pierrot Praying to the Moon | Tsuki ni Inoru Piero (TBS-CBC / 2013)
2. The Boat That Goes To The Moon | Tsuki ni iku fune (TBS-CBC / 2014)
3. Three Moons | Mittsu no Tsuki (TBS-CBC / 2015)

Cast



Takako Tokiwa	Shosuke Tanihara	Takayuki Takuma
Shizuru Tamai	Wataru Tobuse	Yuto Yazawa



Yumiko Takahashi	Toshie Negishi	Kaoru Yachigusa
Megumi Ikeba	Tokie Tamai	Sakura Tamai

Additional Cast Members:

Comments

Joywin Mar 12 2016 11:59 am This is a ramance movie that I like so much. I like both Tanihara and Takako.

Lynn Otsubo Sep 14 2014 3:03 pm I watched the drama Tsuki ni Inoru Piero last night (9/13/2014) in Hilo. It was a very touching drama because the heroine shiziru has to endure such criticism from hermother about all sorts of things like howto prepare miso soup to helping the grandmother take a bath and help with dying her hair. Meeting Wataru helps with some of her frustratins and when she finally meetswith him, I felt that her life will bigin to be a brighter one. It was a very uplifting movie.

Laurie Landowski Sep 14 2014 1:59 pm I enjoyed watching this wholesome, romantic show on KIKU television last night. My husband even enjoyed the show even though he saw the tail end of it. We both hope you will be showing other tv shows of this type. Or, hopefully on going continuous episodes of "Pierrot Praying to the Moon." Looking forward to future shows. Thank you.

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