Utahime (Drama)

User Rating

Current user rating: 90/100 (102 votes)

You need to enable JavaScript to vote

Profile

Drama: Utahime
Romaji: Utahime
Japanese: 歌姫
Director: Toshio Tsuboi, Fuminori Kaneko, Takayuki Takuma, Masakazu Kimura
Writer: Takayuki Takuma (original story & screenplay)
Network: TBS
Episodes: 11
Release Date: October 12 - December 21, 2007
Runtime: Friday 22:00-22:54
TV Ratings: 8.0%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Taro Shimanto (Tomoya Nagase), an employee of the Orion-za movie theater in a small Kochi Prefecture fishing town in the mid-1950s.

Taro was discovered lying unconscious on the beach at the end of World War II by the theater owner's young daughter, Suzu. He was dressed in a pilot's uniform and, when he regained consciousness, had no memory of who he was or how he got there. The theater owner essentially adopted Taro, making him the movie house's factotum and a member of the family.

Notes

"Utahime" translates to "song princess" in English.
Based on the popular play "Utahime" that was first staged in 2004 by the Tokyo Seleccion Deluxe theater company. The company's leader, Takayuki Takuma (pen name Mikio Satake) wrote the play and adapted it for television,

Cast

Tomoya Nagase - Taro Shimanto/Akira Koizumi
Saki Aibu - Suzu Kishida/Ruriko Matsunaka
Ryuta Sato - Croissant no Matsu
Tadayoshi Ohkura - Jinguji
Nanako Okochi - Izumi Kohinata
Bobobo Iijima - German
Kyoko Toyama - Mary
Ryuji Akiyama - Tadashi Akutagawa
Kiyotaka Nishimura - Shinkichi Kohinata
Junji Takada - Katsuo Kishida
Jun Fubuki - Hamako Kishida
Ikko Furuya - Oyabun Yamanouchi

Judy Ong - Sakura Kiyokawa
Eiko Koike - Miwako Oikawa
Yuki Saito - Sabako Matsushima
Akira Maruyama - Russia
Kazumasa Taguchi - Dr. Kamayatsu
Ryo Ono - Matsunaka
Tomokazu Koshimura - Bully A
Masashi Sawada - Bully B
Ikko Furuya - Boss
Hideyuki Tanaka - the narrator
Megumi Sato - Mika (ep.1)
Yoshinori Okada - Mori Jiro (ep.1)
Hidemi Hikita
Judy Ongg

Comments

ukiyo-e May 26 2021 8:13 am Great drama. I'd say, only minus is a song by Eric Clapton and don't get me wrong, I'm a guitarist myself, but I'd rather be listening some japanese song in japanese drama(s).

Nanashidess Jul 17 2019 12:50 am Watching utahime when it just release in 2008 when I am still in school.. I think the story is good.. Then after so many years.. I rewatched utahime in 2018, the storyline got me.. I trully understand and enjoy the story (now I am obviously more matured).. All friendship, family, first love and kindness shown through all of the eisodes.. Really there is no question why he choose his daughter. It the best decision from a great father.. Watch it then you will understand that this drama is really good.

Chibifye Jan 24 2018 11:56 am Wonder why this is the only Tomo drama without any comments to think that this is actually one of his best in my opinion. I both laughed and cried watching this. Totally worth watching especially if your a Nagase Tomoya fan, can't miss this one. His acting here is just so believable, well maybe why the reel romance turned real :) Well, the cast in general is good and so is the plot. This is definitely one of my faves!!

Latest News

Latest Trailers

* Kim Nam-Gil cast in SBS drama "Those Who Read Hearts of Evil"

* Noriyuki Higashiyama cast in TV Asahi drama "Seven Detectives: Season 7"

* Takumi Saito cast in TV Asahi drama "Drifter"

* Marika Ito cast in TV Tokyo drama "Omimi ni Aimashitara"

* Ahn Hyo-Seop cast in SBS drama "The Office Blind Date"

* Mitsuki Takahata cast in WOWOW drama "Stranger"

* Yutaka Matsushige cast in TV Tokyo drama "Solitary Gourmet Season 9"

* Gordon Maeda cast in WOWOW drama "Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend"

* Masaki Suda cast in Fuji TV drama "Do Not Say Mystery"

* Tatsuya Fujiwara & Kenichi Matsuyama cast in movie "Noise"