Ohisama

*Ohisama*
Ohisama
Also known as	Sunshine (WakuWaku Japan)
Genre	Drama
Written by	Yoshikazu Okada
Directed by	Tomochika Kasaura
Starring	Mao Inoue ; Kengo Kora ; Hikari Mitsushima ; Maiko ; Kei Tanaka ; Kento Nagayama ; Tokio Emoto ; Ayumi Ito ; Yumi Shirakawa ; Eriko Watanabe ; Kazuyoshi Koshida ; Yasufumi Terawaki ; Tomoyo Harada ; Yuki Saito ; Kanako Higuchi ; Misako Watanabe ; Yoko Tsukasa ; Tetsuko Kuroyanagi ; Ayako Wakao
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	156
Production
Producer	Masayo Komatsu
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	April 4 –; October 1, 2011

Ohisama (おひさま) is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot.^[1] Originally it was planned to air from March 28, 2011 (same as 2005's Asadora series Fight) to September 24, 2011, but it was delayed due to the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. It later aired from April 4, 2011 to October 1, 2011, same as 1988's Non-chan no Yume (ノンちゃんの夢) and 1994's Piano (ぴあの).

Cast

Mao Inoue as Yōko Maruyama (her maiden name was Sudō)
- Yūki Yagi as young Yōko
- Ayako Wakao as older Yōko Maruyama
Kengo Kora as Kazunari Maruyama
Hikari Mitsushima as Ikuko Tsutsui
- Tetsuko Kuroyanagi as older Ikuko
Maiko as Machiko Hatano (her maiden name was Sōma)
- Yoko Tsukasa as older Machiko
Kei Tanaka as Haruki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother
Kento Nagayama Sigeki Sudō, Yōko's eldest brother
Tokio Emoto as Takeo Miyamoto
Ayumi Ito as Natsuko Takahashi
Yumi Shirakawa as Setsuko Miyazawa
Eriko Watanabe as Kayo Murakami
Kazuyoshi Koshida as Michio Maruyama
Hiroshi Inuzuka as Takeo Miyamoto
Yasufumi Terawaki as Ryūichi Sudō, Yōko's father
Tomoyo Harada as Hiroko Sudō, Yōko's mother
Yuki Saito as Fusako Haraguchi
Kanako Higuchi as Tokoku Maruyama
Misako Watanabe as Fujiko Kirino

International broadcast

The broadcast rights for the drama were sold to Sri Lanka with the intention of dubbing it into Sinhalese.^[2]

References

^ ""Ohisama" surpasses "Gegege no Nyoubou"". Tokyograph. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
^ "The Current Situation of Sri lanka TV Media and the Challenges Ahead - 24th JAMCO Online International Symposium". www.jamco.or.jp. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)
Ohisama at IMDb

Preceded by Teppan	Asadora 4 April 2011 – 1 October 2011	Succeeded by Carnation

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[1] ""Ohisama" surpasses "Gegege no Nyoubou"". Tokyograph. October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 4, 2011.

[2] "The Current Situation of Sri lanka TV Media and the Challenges Ahead - 24th JAMCO Online International Symposium". www.jamco.or.jp. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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