''Orphan Black – 7 Genes'' ( ja, (オーファン・ブラック～七つの遺伝子～ known internationally as ''Orphan Black Japan''), launched December 2, 2017, on
Fuji Television, is a Japanese
remake
A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same ...
of the
BBC America show ''
Orphan Black''. It stars South Korean actress and singer
Kang Ji-young as Sara Aoyama, a broke and desperate single mother who witnesses the shocking suicide of a woman who looks just like her. The remake was produced by Telepack for
Tokai TV
Tōkai ( 東海, literally ''East Sea'') in Japanese may refer to:
* Tōkai region, a subregion of Chūbu
* Tōkai, Ibaraki, a village, also known as "Tokaimura" (Tokai-village)
* Tōkai, Aichi, a city
* Tōkai University, a private university in T ...
under licence from BBC Worldwide.
Characters
*
Kang Ji-young as Sara Aoyama/Maoko Shiina
*
Ikusaburo Yamazaki
is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by Ken-On. His fiancé is actress and singer Natsumi Abe
is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member of Morning Musume, and currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.
Biography Caree ...
as Makio Iwaki
*
Shun Nishime as Kaoru Aoyama
*
Saori Takizawa
Saori (written: 沙織, 早織, 佐織, 砂織, 沙保里, 沙緒里, 紗央里, 紗央莉, 左多里 or さおり in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Saori (television personality) (born 1981), ...
as Ayano Kimura
*
Koki Okada as Tsuyoshi Kinjou
*
Tsutomu Takahashi as Nagase
*
Naoto Takenaka as Wakita
*
Yumi Asou as Saeko Aoyama
*
Rin Shouno as Moe Aoyama
References
External links
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Orphan Black
2017 Japanese television series debuts
Biopunk television series
Television series about cloning
Japanese LGBT-related drama television series
Japanese science fiction television series
Lesbian-related television shows
Transgender-related television shows
Television series about siblings
Television series about twins
2010s LGBT-related drama television series
Japanese thriller television series
Japanese television series based on Canadian television series
Fuji TV dramas
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