The Story of Yamada Taro

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Drama: The Story of Yamada Taro
Romaji: Yamada Taro Monogatari
Japanese: 山田太郎ものがたり
Director: Yasuharu Ishii, Ryutaro Kawashima, Daisuke Yamamuro
Writer: Magii
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: July 6 - September 14, 2007
Runtime: 45 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Taro Yamada, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters. The original comic book sold a cumulative total of over 7 million copies. The book was translated into many languages and sold worldwide, and it was made into a drama entitled “Píng Qióng Guì Gōng Zǐ” in Taiwan in 2001.

Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya - Taro Yamada (17)
Sho Sakurai - Takuya Mimura (17)
Mikako Tabe - Takako Ikegami (17)
Mitsuru Matsuoka - Kazuo Yamada (32)
Kazue Fukiishi - Torii Kyoko
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Haruna Kojima
Shugo Oshinari - Sugiura Keichi (17)
Chihiro Otsuka - Nakai Masami (17)
Hiroaki Fukui - Shinosuke Osaki
Rie Shibata - Maria Ikegami
Naomasa Musaka - Ryunosuke Ikegami
Akihiro Yarita - Jiro Yamada
Ken Utsui - Ichinomiya
Ryosuke Takahashi - Shin Okubo
Naomi Nishida - Tsuyuko Mimura
Takeru Shibuya - Mutsumi Yamada
Shintaro Yamada - Masaki Ando
Sayaka Ogata - Honoka Kashiwagi
Ai Yoshikawa - Itsuko Yamada
Tsubaki Nekoze
Chihiru Yarita
Momoko Kikuchi - Ayako Yamada (38)
Risako Tokoro - Chikako Hoshino (17)
Shigehito Tanaka - Shoichiro Sasaki (17)
Aoi Takano - Junko Sugawara (17)
Takuya Inoue - Akira Serizawa (17)
Risa Shirasawa - Mari Miyake (17)
Yuya Fukuda - Ryunosuke Koizumi (17)
Kasumi Irifune - Saori Fujita (17)
Atsushi Harada - Tsubasa Kinoshita (17)
Jun Hamada - Karin Eto (17)
Masaki Naito - Ryusei Harukawa (17)
Toshiki Ayata
Kazuaki Hankai
Asami Mizukawa - ep.6
Satoshi Ono - ep.10
Akaji Maro
Asami Tano
Naoya Shimizu

Comments

Adi Apr 29 2020 9:17 am I hope this has a remake. This has a wonderful and uplifting story, which is worth to be shared and watched by younger generations. They'll learn a lot about life from it.

djirou Oct 06 2017 9:28 pm this is really funny drama, worth watching

ace Nov 06 2014 10:21 pm I was remiss in my earlier post by omitting the cinematography of the series. There was a very deft hand on the camera and the creative visuals. t rally help make part s of the story feel alive and with verve.

ace Nov 06 2014 9:49 pm Great cast. Some genuinely funny moments. Uneven, to be sure. But certainly worth the time spent watching it. Back to the cast, it really is top notch. Not just the three leads. The secondary cast was excellent as well. Mikako Tabe's parents were really fun to watch. I especially liked the mother. Kazue Fukiishi was great as the teacher. The only one I didn't like, actor or character, was Taro Yamada's father. Nothing against him but just didn't seem to fit the cast....

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