is a 2007 Japanese

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series by KTV, a Kansai-based affiliate of

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. The show is also known as ''The Secret Garden'' or ''Hanazono's Secret''. The theme song is "Baby Don't Cry" by

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Plot

A 28-year-old magazine editor who is tired of work and feels she doesn't have a life is assigned to be in charge of a very popular cartoonist with a lovely name, Yuriko Hanazono. But as she goes to Hanazono's residence/office, she is met by four men who seem to be her assistants. It turns out the men are brothers who form a team named Yuriko Hanazono by taking roles to create popular comics. The exhausted editor may find the key to being happy while she is being driven crazy by this unique gang of brothers.

Characters

*Kayo Tsukiyama (月山夏世 ''Tsukiyama Kayo'')

Credits

Cast

Yumiko Shaku is a Japanese actress, model and former gravure idol. She is represented by Tommy's Artist Company. Roles TV Dramas *2019: ''Kamen Rider Zi-O is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in the Toei Company's ''Kamen Rider'' franchise. It is the twe ...

(釈由美子 ''Shaku Yumiko'') - Kayo Tsukiyama *

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(堺雅人 ''Sakai Masato'') - Wataru Kataoka * Tetsuhiro Ikeda (池田鉄洋 ''Ikeda Tetsuhiro'') - Osamu Kataoka *

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(要潤 ''Kaname Jun'') - Satoshi Kataoka *

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(本郷奏多 ''Hongō Kanata'') - Hinata Kataoka * Susumu Terajima (寺島進 ''Terajima Susumu'') - Ichiro Tanaka *

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(真矢みき ''Maya Miki'') - Ryoko Kawamura * Saori Takizawa (滝沢沙織 ''Takizawa Saori'') - Minae * Rinako Matsuoka (松岡璃奈子 ''Matsuoka Rinako'') - Misuzu Sugimoto *

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(山本裕典 ''Yamamoto Yūsuke'') - Takumi Tachikawa *

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(山本圭 ''Yamamoto Kei'') - Toru Kataoka

Staff

* Director - Takashi Komatsu (小松隆志 ''Komatsu Takashi'') * Producers - Hideki Yoshijō (吉條英希 ''Yoshijō Hideki''), Kōichi Tōda (遠田孝一 ''Tōda Kōichi''), Tatsuya Itō (伊藤達哉 ''Itō Tatsuya'') * Screenwriter - Yūko Nagata (永田優子 ''Nagata Yūko'') * Music - Kyō Nakanishi (仲西匡 ''Nakanishi Kyō'')

Episodes

Others

2 works with no relation to this TV series: *a manga written by

Mihona Fujii is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She is best known for her manga ''GALS!'', which was published in '' Ribon'' magazine, and adapted into an anime television series under the name ''Super GALS! Kotobuki Ran''. Her debut work was ''Mujaki na ...

sharing the same title. *an anime titled ''

Anime Himitsu no Hanazono ''Anime Himitsu no Hanazono'' is an anime television series aired in Japan from 1991 to 1992. It is an adaptation of the 1911 novel ''The Secret Garden'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Cast Major: *Ben Weatherstaff (Japanese: Yoichi Miyakawa) *Co ...

'' broadcast by NHK. An adaptation of

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's children's novel ''

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''.

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