is a
Japanese television drama series and the 110th ''
Asadora'' series, following ''
Boogie Woogie''. The drama is modeled after one of Japan's first female lawyers,
Yoshiko Mibuchi
was one of the first three women in Japan to become lawyers.
Biography
Yoshiko Mibuchi, sometimes given as Yoshiko Sanfuchi was born Yoshiko Mutoh in Singapore on January 30, 1914. At the time the definition of someone who could enter the modern ...
, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.
Plot
The story begins in the 1930s. Tomoko Inotsume is striving to become an unprecedented female lawyer in Japan by dedicating herself to her studies. However, she faces the obstacles of Japan's laws and society, which often disregard women.
Cast
Inotsume's family
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Sairi Ito
is a Japanese actress.
Biography
Her skill is dancing, having won the Tokyo preliminaries of the All Japan Dance Contest as well as the kids division of Sanrio Dance Contest in 2003. Ito has an older brother and an older sister. She graduated fr ...
as Tomoko Inotsume
*
Yuriko Ishida as Haru Inotsume, Tomoko's mother
*Takashi Okabe as Naokoto Inotsume, Tomoko's father
*Shūsaku Kamikawa as Naomichi Inotsume, Tomoko's older brother
*Ryoki Miyama (
Be First
Be:First (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese boy band formed and managed by BMSG and signed to B-ME. The group debuted on November 3, 2021, through the reality competition show ''The First'', which is hosted by Sky-Hi.
Name
The group's name, ...
) as Naoaki Inotsume, Tomoko's younger brother
*Misato Morita as Hanae Inotsume (née Yonetani), Naomichi's wife
*
Taiga Nakano as Yūzō Sada, Tomoko's husband
*Asuka Kawatoko as Yumi Sada, Tomoko and Yūzō's daughter
**Nono Maida as young Yumi
Meiritsu University
*Shiori Doi as Yone Yamada
**Ikoi Hayase as young Yone
*Yuki Sakurai as Ryōko Sakuragawa
*
Kami Hiraiwa
is a Japanese actress. Her birth name was . She is represented with Otona Keikaku.
Filmography TV drama
NHK
Nippon TV
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Fuji Television
TV Asahi
TV Tokyo
Wowow
Variety programmes
Voice acting
Radio
N ...
as Umeko Ōba
*
Ha Yeon-soo
Ha Yeon-soo (born Yoo Yeon-soo on October 10, 1990) is a South Korean actress.
Personal life
On May 10, 2022, Ha's contract with the former agency has expired. and she traveled to Japan to study.
Filmography
Television series
Film
Varie ...
as Choi Hyang-suk (Sai Kou-shuku) → Kyoko Shiomi
*
Ryoko Kobayashi as Satoko Kubota
*Wako Ando as Chiharu Nakayama
*
Junki Tozuka
is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Box Corporation. He is best known for his role as the character, Shunpei Nara, from the Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Wizard''.
Biography
Tozuka graduated from Morioka Central High School. At the 2 ...
as Taichi Todoroki
*
Takanori Iwata
is a Japanese dancer and actor. He performs with the J-pop, J-Pop groups Sandaime J Soul Brothers and Exile (Japanese band), Exile. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice. He earned his first lead ...
as Satoru Hanaoka
Yonetani's family
*Mariko Akama as Nobuko Yonetani, Hanae's mother
*Etsuo Yokobori as Shin'ichi Yonetani, Hanae's father
*
Mayumi Tanaka as Ine
Sakuragawa's family
*
Mariko Tsutsui
is a Japanese actress.
Personal life
Tsutsui graduated from Kōfu Daiichi High School in Yamanashi Prefecture. She dropped out of Aoyama Gakuin University. She later graduated from the Waseda University School of Social Sciences.
As well as a ...
as Hisako Sakuragawa, Ryōko's mother
*Ikuji Nakamura as Yūjirō Sakuragawa, Ryōko's father
*Nagi Hasegawa as Tama
Kōichi's family
*
Masaki Okada as Kōichi Hoshi, Tomoko's second husband
*
Mitsuru Hirata
is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Fall Guy''.
Filmography
Films
*''Fall Guy'' (1982), Yasu
*''Theater of Life'' (198 ...
as Tomohiko Hoshi, Kōichi's father. He is modeled after
Tadahiko Mibuchi
was the first Chief Justice of Japan
The is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Japan and is the head of the judicial branch of the Japanese government.
The Chief Justice is ceremonially appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being no ...
.
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Kimiko Yo
is a Japanese actress. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize (film), Japan Academy ...
as Yuri Hoshi
*Yuki Inoue as Tomokazu Hoshi
*
Ichika Osaki as Nodoka Hoshi
Others
*
Kaoru Kobayashi Kaoru Kobayashi (小林 薫, ''Kobayashi Kaoru'') is a Japanese personal name:
* Kaoru Kobayashi (actor) (born 1951), a Japanese actor born in Kyoto
* Kaoru Kobayashi (murderer) (19682013), a pedophile who murdered Kaede Ariyama in Nara in 200 ...
as Shigechika Hodaka. He is modeled after Shigetō Hozumi, a grandson of
Eiichi Shibusawa
was a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". He spearheaded the introduction of Western capitalism to Japan after the Meiji Restoration. He introduced many economic reforms including use of double- ...
.
*
Kenichi Matsuyama as Tōichirō Katsuraba
*Kinari Hirano as Kei Shiomi, Kyoko's husband
*
Ikki Sawamura
is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On. His second son, Kōta Nomura is also an actor.
Biography
Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he mo ...
as Yoriyasu Kudō
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Kenichi Takitō
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Takitō belonged to Tatsuya Nakadai's acting academy and theater troupe Mumeijuku from 1998 to 2007.
Filmography
Films
*'' Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' (2003)
*''Climber's High'' (2009) – Shusaku Kanzawa
*'' Fish St ...
as Kōshirō Takigawa
*
Yōji Tanaka as Sasayama
*Tsutomu Takahashi as Jirō Takenaka
*
Muga Tsukaji as Rokurō Unno
*Hideo Kurihara as Tanaka, a chief judge
*
Hiroaki Hirata as Takei, a chief judge
*Jirō (Sissonne) as a lawyer
*Shinobu Hasegawa (Sissonne) as a lawyer
*Yūsuke Hirayama as Masuno
*
Kohji Moritsugu as Mizunuma
*
Bin Furuya
, known professionally as , is a Japanese actor best known for his uncredited portrayal of the title character in the 1966 series ''Ultraman''. Furuya would later portray the character Amagi in the sequel series ''Ultraseven''. Furuya has also mad ...
as Takekichi Wakashima
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Tsutomu Isobe as Rikitaro Nishikida, a lawyer
*Keisuke Horibe as Hiwada, a prosecutor
*
Machiko Washio as Tsune Ōba
*Katsumi Takahashi as Tarō Sugita
*
Kenichi Ogata as Shigeta
*Katsumi Kiba as Morihiko Jinbo
*
Naruki Matsukawa as Yūji Inagaki
*Blake Crawford as Albert Horner
*
Rinko Kikuchi as Ritsuko Ibarada, a singer
*
Karen Miyama as Hitomi Fukuda
*
Ayumu Mochizuki as Yūzaburō Takase
*
Miou Tanaka
is a Japanese actor and Voice acting in Japan, voice actor who is best known for appearing in films such as Kingdom (2019 film), ''Kingdom'' series (2019–) and Godzilla Minus One, ''Godzilla Minus One'' (2023).
Filmography
Stage
* ''Gol ...
as Tadayoshi Ichiyanagi
*
Soma Santoki
is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his role in Studio Ghibli’s 2023 film ''The Boy and the Heron''.
Biography
When he was 5 years old, he and his two older sisters were scouted and started working in the entertainment industry.
In 20 ...
as Toshio Motoki
*Yūta Hayashi as Hajime Mizukami
*Rin Kataoka as Misae Moriguchi and her daughter Miyuki
*
Masato Wada
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known for his role as Sengoku Kiyosumi in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series, Tenimyu (and making a cameo in the ''Prince of Tennis'' live action film adaptation). He is also part of a young men's sta ...
as Tokio Endō
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Miho Watanabe as Mariko Akiyama
*Akana Ikeda as Kaoru Shiomi, Kei and Kyoko's daughter
Music
On April 1, 2024, it was announced that "
Sayonara, Mata Itsuka!" by
Kenshi Yonezu would be released on April 8 as the theme song for the series.
TV schedule
Notes
References
External links
Official website*
{{Asadora
2024 Japanese television series debuts
Asadora
Legal television series
Television series set in the 1930s
Television series set in the 1940s
Television series set in the 1950s
Television series set in the 1960s
Television series set in the 1970s
Television series set in the 1980s