Woman: My Life for My Children

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Drama: Woman: My Life for My Children (English title)
Romaji: Woman
Japanese: Woman
Director: Nobuo Mizuta, Jun Aizawa
Writer: Yuji Sakamoto
Network: NTV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: July 3 - September 11, 2013
Runtime: Wednesday 22:00- 22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Koharu (Hikari Mitsushima) lost her husband Shin (Shun Oguri) in an unexpected accident. Koharu must go on for her two children Nozomi (Rio Suzuki) and Riku (Rai Takahashi).

Koharu works hard to make a living, but her financial situation does not improve. She goes to the social welfare office to apply for assistance, but is refused due to not meeting certain requirements.

An employee at the welfare office asks Koharu if she has family that can support her, but she says no. Koharu's father passed away and her mother Sachi (Yuko Tanaka) left her and her father for another man (Kaoru Kobayashi) twenty years ago. They have been estranged since then.

An employee at the welfare office then contacts Sachi. Her mother makes it known she will provide support for Koharu. Meanwhile, Koharu is stunned by her mother's response. After twenty years, Koharu decides to meet her mother again.

Notes

Director Nobuo Mizuta and screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto previously collaborated in NTV's 2010 drama series "Mother".

Cast



Hikari Mitsushima	Yuko Tanaka	Shun Oguri	Rio Suzuki	Rai Takahashi
Koharu Aoyagi	Sachi Uesugi	Shin Aoyagi	Nozomi Aoyagi	Riku Aoyagi



Mitsuki Tanimura	Fumi Nikaido	Takahiro Miura	Asami Usuda	Issey Takahashi
Aiko Sunagawa	Shiori Uesugi	Ryosuke Sunagawa	Yuki Kamata	Yugo Sawamura

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kentaro Uesugi

Additional Cast Members:

Rumi Hiragi - Maki Uesugi
Tatsuya Kose - Naoto Kamata
Hajime Okayama - Nakano
Takashi Inoue - Kosei Matsutani
Rei Tanaka - Riku Aoyagi (1 years old)
Moeno Sumida - Koharu Aoyagi (young)
Rio Suda - Nozomi Aoyagi (4 years old)
Hiroaki Morooka - (ep.1-2)
Marie Machida - Misawa (ep.2)
Shinya Natsume - (ep.2)
Mari Hamada - Mami Uchimura (ep.4)
Asumi Kikuchi - Sayaka Uchimura (ep.4)
Ayaka Onishi - Miki Konno (ep.4)
Yukimi Koyanagi - (ep.4)
Yutaka Maido - Tsubasa Kojima (ep.7)
Natsumi Ohira - Haruna Yoshikawa (ep.8)
Gakudai - youth member (ep.8)

Comments

yoichi franck Jun 04 2020 11:06 am the same director the same writer i am sure this dorama will be as goos as Mother

Tanuki Sep 19 2013 3:02 pm It's a wonderfull drama I just finish to see with my japanese wife. But we are not OK with the end. Cause the book, she thinks Aoyagi Koharu-san will die, but in a kind of peace with relatives. Me, I'm a little bit more optimist, I think no, because in the book, the black monster disapears in front of the kid confidence in life (sorry for my english, I'm french, nobody is perfect...). So, what do you think about meaning of the end of the drama?

PorkChop Sep 14 2013 8:10 pm The end of a season; watched the last episode today, brimming with satisfaction and joy that it is indeed a happy ending. Ten weeks come by so very quickly, and each week, sitting on the couch on quiet nights watching this heartfelt drama washes away everything else, and brings me to the small but tightly-knitted sphere of the two children who are mature beyond their ages, and their undefeatable mother. Loss of words.

selma Aug 16 2013 12:24 pm this show and hanzawa naoki are such stellar shows ! they are the best asian dramas this season and deserve so much more attention than the brainless kdramas everyone is so obssessed with

wakana Jul 24 2013 11:31 am BEST.SHOW.FOR.2013.

stellar cast, great plot and twist. Hikari Mitsushima and Rio Suzuki really gave something to this drama. such an underrated actress Hikari Mitsushima is. she deserves more recognition.

the pair, director Nobuo Mizuta and screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto, really bring back the greatness they delivered in Mother to this drama.

everyone should watch this. you won't be dissappointed.

mimi Jun 09 2013 3:37 pm .....Shun Oguri, is the Husband that dies.... :(... still going to watch it though.

moky Jun 08 2013 3:51 pm definitely gonna watch this. i love both actors.

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