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Natsuzora

Contents

  • 1 Details
  • 2 Synopsis
  • 3 User/Viewer Ratings
  • 4 Cast
  • 5 Production Credits
  • 6 External Links

Details

  • Title: なつぞら
  • Title (romaji): Natsuzora
  • Also known as: Natsu / The Summer Sky
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Drama
  • Episodes: 156 x 15 mins.
  • Viewership ratings: 1st=22.8, High=23.8, Avg=21.0
  • Broadcast network: NHK
  • Broadcast period: 2019-Apr-01 to 2019-Sep-28
  • Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00
  • Theme song: Yasashii Ano Ko by Spitz

Synopsis

Okuhara Natsu (Hirose Suzu) was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo (Fujiki Naohito), takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo (Yoshizawa Ryo) who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Year later, when Natsu is in high school, Tenyo tells her of his dream to attend art college, and influenced by Tenyo, Natsu starts wanting to work in the field of art as well. However, her foster father Takeo was planning to have her marry his son Teruo (Kiyohara Sho) and carry on the family’s dairy farming business. In the meantime, Natsu finds out that her long lost brother (Okada Masaki) is living in Tokyo. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.

User/Viewer Ratings

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Cast

Okuhara Family
  • Hirose Suzu as Okuhara Natsu (Heroine)
    • Awano Sari as young Natsu
  • Okada Masaki as Okuhara Saitaro (Natsu's elder brother)
    • Watanabe Ao as young Saitaro
  • Kiyohara Kaya as Okuhara Chiharu (Natsu's younger sister)
    • Tanaka Noa as young Chiharu
  • Uchimura Teruyoshi as Natsu's father/narrator
  • Toda Naho as Natsu's mother (flashback)
Shibata Farm
  • Kusakari Masao as Shibata Taiju (Farm owner)
  • Matsushima Nanako as Shibata Fujiko (Taiju's daughter)
  • Fujiki Naohito as Shibata Takeo (Fujiko's husband)
  • Kiyohara Sho as Shibata Teruo (Fujiko's son)
    • Okajima Ryotaro (岡島遼太郎) as young Teruo
  • Fukuchi Momoko as Shibata Yumiko (Fujiko's elder daughter)
    • Arakawa Rian (荒川梨杏) as young Yumiko
  • Narumi Yui as Shibata Akemi (Fujiko's younger daughter)
    • Hirao Nanaka as young Akemi
    • Yoshida Meika as child Akemi
  • Kobayashi Kai as Shibata Chihei (Teruo's elder son)
    • Yoshida Hayato as young Chihei
  • Yoshida Sousuke as Shibata Takuo (Teruo's younger son)
  • Kobayashi Takashi as Tomura Yukichi (Shibata Farm's worker)
  • Otoo Takuma as Tomura Kikusuke (Shibata Farm's worker)
Confectionary Setsugetsu
  • Yasuda Ken as Obata Yukinosuke (Store owner)
  • Takahata Atsuko as Obata Toyo (Yukinosuke's mother)
  • Sendo Nobuko as Obata Taeko (Yukinosuke's wife)
  • Yamada Yuki as Obata Yukijiro (Yukinosuke's son)
    • Yoshinari Shotaro as young Yukijiro
  • Minegishi Kiara as Obata Yukimi (Yukijiro's son)
Yamada Family
  • Yoshizawa Ryo as Yamada Tenyo (Natsu's friend)
    • Arai Taketo (荒井雄斗) as young Tenyo
  • Totsugi Shigeyuki as Yamada Seiji (Tenyo's father)
  • Kobayashi Ayako as Yamada Tami (Tenyo's mother)
  • Inukai Atsuhiro as Yamada Yohei (Tenyo's elder brother)
    • Ichimura Rion as young Yohei
  • Ohara Sakurako as Yamada Yasue (Tenyo's wife)
  • Nakagawa Nozomi as Yamada Michio (Tenyo's son)
  • Furukawa Rin as Yamada Saiko (Tenyo's daughter)
Tokachi Agricultural High School
  • Tomita Miu as Imura Yoshiko (Natsu's classmate)
  • Emoto Tasuku as Kurata Ryuichi (Teacher)
  • Koike Nobu (ノブ小池) as Ota Shigeyoshi (Teacher)
  • Itabashi Shunya as Kadokura Tsutsumu (Natsu's senior)
  • Shigeoka Hiroshi (重岡漠) as Takagi Yuji (Theater club)
  • Nagatomo Ikuma as Ishikawa Kazuo (Theater club)
  • Yamashita Masato (山下真人) as Hashigami Kozo (Theater club)
Others in Tokachi, Hokkaido
  • Nakahara Takeo as Agawa Yaichiro (Sculptor)
  • Kitano Kii as Agawa Sara (Yaichiro's daughter)
  • Iwasaki Hiromi as Hanamura Kazuko (Elementary School Teacher)
Shinjuku, Tokyo
  • Yamaguchi Tomoko as Kishikawa Ayami (Natsu's landlady)
  • Higa Manami as Maejima Kouko / Madame (Owner of Bakery/Cafe Kawamura)
  • Kondo Yoshimasa as Nogami Kenya (Cafe waiter)
  • Kageyama Tai as Sugimoto Heisuke (Chef)
  • Mizutani Kaho as Mitsuhashi Sachiko (Cafe waitress)
  • Toda Keiko as Kemuri Kasumi (Singer of club Melancory)
  • Fujimoto Saki as Doma Remiko
  • Lily Franky as Mogi Kazusada (President of Bookstore Tsunohazuya)
  • Tsuji Kazunaga as Fujita Masashi
  • Suzuki Anju as Kameyama Ranko
Toyo Animation
  • Iura Arata as Naka Tsutomu (Animator leader)
  • Kanjiya Shihori as Osawa Asako / Mako (Animator)
  • Watanabe Mayu as Mimura Akane (Animator)
  • Sometani Shota as Kamiji Kouya / Kamicchi (Animator)
  • Kawashima Akira as Shimoyama Katsumi (Animator)
  • Kote Shinya as Idohara Noboru (Animator)
  • Tamura Kentaro as Horiuchi Yukimasa (Animator)
  • Ihara Rikka as Morita Momoyo / Momocchi (Coloring)
  • Umefune Ariei as Ishii Tomiko (Coloring)
  • Doronzu Ishimoto (ドロンズ石本) as Yamane Takao (Coloring Manager)
  • Furuya Ryuta (古屋隆太) as Yamakawa Shuzaburo (Studio Director)
  • Sakaguchi Ryotaro as Nakajima (Producer)
  • Niina Motohiro (新名基浩) as Saruwatari Tatsuo (Producer)
  • Hashimoto Satoshi as Arai Kousuke (Producer)
  • Hashimoto Jun as Sato Toshiyuki (Producer)
  • Nakagawa Taishi as Sakaba Kazuhisa / Ikkyu (Director/ Natsu's husband)
  • Kawashima Junya as Miyata (Director)
  • Kinoshita Houka as Tsuyuki Shigehiko (Director)
  • Kadono Takuzo as Osugi Mitsuru (Toyo Eiga's President)
  • Izumi Chie (泉千恵) as Mitsuru's secretary
People around Chiharu
  • Awano Sari as Sugiyama Chinatsu (Chiharu's daughter)
  • Okabe Takashi as Kawatani Koichi (Okuhara siblings' relative)
  • Ikema Natsumi as Kawatani Sachiko (Koichi's daughter)
  • Hara Hideko as Koyama Nahoko (Chiharu's adoptive mother)
  • Watanabe Dai as Sugiyama Seiji (Chiharu's husband)
  • Asaji Yoko as Sugiyama Masako (Seiji's mother)
  • Harumi Shiho as Sugiyama Haruo (Seiji's father/flashback)
Sakaba Family
  • Masuda Mio (増田光桜) as Sakaba Yu (Natsu's daughter)
    • Nakamura Otoha (中村乙葉) as infant Yu
    • Mimuro Wakaba (三室和香葉) as baby Yu
    • Yamanaka Yotsuba (山中美子葉) as baby Yu
  • Sekine Tsutomu (関根勤) as Sakaba Kazunori (Kazuhisa's father)
  • Fujita Mihoko (藤田三保子) Sakaba Sato (Kazuhisa's mother)
  • Miyamoto Gyo (宮本行) as Kazuhisa's eldest brother
  • Ise Daiki (伊勢大貴) as Kazuhisa's elder brother
  • Maki Chiharu (真木ちはる) as Kazuhisa's elder sister
Others in Tokyo
  • Kudo Asuka as Sasaoka Nobuya (Okuhara siblings' childhood friend)
    • Mitani Rintaro (三谷麟太郎) as young Nobuya
  • Mikura Mana as Sasaoka Michiko (Nobuya's wife)
  • Kurihara Hideo (栗原英雄) as Abuta Toshio (Akai Seiza Member)
  • Masuyama Takashi (益山貴司) as Fukushima Nobuyuki (Akai Seiza Member)
  • Elizabeth Marry as Rosemary
  • Takarabe Kahomi as Shimoyama Meiko (Katsumi's daughter)
    • Sato Renwa as toddler Meiko
    • Sato Kazuma (佐藤和真) as infant Meiko
  • Tanaka Yuko as Takahashi Hideko (Natsu's gynecologist)
  • Sudo Ren as Takayama Shoji (Yumiko's lover)

Production Credits

  • Screenwriter: Omori Sumio
  • Executive Producer: Iso Tomoaki
  • Producer: Fukuoka Toshitake
  • Director: Kimura Takafumi (木村隆文), Tanaka Tadashi
  • Music: Hashimoto Yukari

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