SOTSU UTA Posted by : Unknown

Details

• Title: 卒うた
• Title (romaji): Sotsu Uta
• Title (English): Graduation Song
• Format: 4-part Tanpatsu
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Genre: Varies
• Viewership ratings: 8.3 (1st), 9.0 (2nd), 9.2 (3rd), 9.8 (4th)
• Broadcast period: 2010-Mar-01 to 2010-Mar-04
• Air time: Monday-Thursday 23:00

Overall Synopsis

March is graduation season.
Parting with the one you love, becoming disheartened from a broken dream, bereavement from your loved one…
In life, one will always encounter a wall that they must overcome.
When you are able to conquer that wall, that is the essence of ‘graduation’ in life.
As some say, "Goodbye is not the end", graduation is not an end, but instead is the start of a new life. With that in mind, this spring, Fuji TV will air a special drama, with "graduation" as a theme along with a graduation song.
The storyline being, "4 stories that are connected to popular graduation songs." The setting for all four nights is a radio program. This is a bitter sweet and heart-warming drama that portrays the various graduation stories of both the radio personality (Nagasawa Masami) and the listeners of the program. --Fuji TV

Cast

• Nagasawa Masami

Story 1

• Subtitle: Best Friend
• Theme song: Best Friend by Kiroro

Cast

• Shida Mirai as Takano Ayumi
• Kutsuna Shiori as Sato Mami
• Irie Jingi as Okamoto Takayuki
• Sometani Shota as Kato Masanobu
• Muro Tsuyoshi as an AD (assistant director)

Story 2

• Subtitle: Michi
• Theme song: Michi by Exile

Cast

• Kuninaka Ryoko as Yamazaki Mariko
• Hirata Mitsuru as Yamazaki Keiichi
• Ohkura Koji as Sakuragi Kenta
• Muro Tsuyoshi as an AD
• Tezuka Satomi as Yamazaki Yumie

Story 3

• Subtitle: Kanade
• Theme song: Kanade by Sukima Switch

Cast

• Kitano Kii as Maejima Yurika
• Yamamoto Yusuke as Miki Yasuki
• Mizusawa Nako as Saeki Rieko
• Ito Mamiko (伊藤麻実子) as Ishizuka Kaori
• Muro Tsuyoshi as an AD

Story 4

• Subtitle: Sotsugyo Shashin
• Theme song: Sotsugyo Shashin by Matsutoya Yumi

Cast

• Nagasawa Masami as Tachibana Hitomi
• Masuda Takahisa as Aoki Tsuyoshi
• Hara Fumina as Kiguchi Manami
• Utagawa Shiiko (歌川椎子) as Aoki Hatsuko
• Yasuda Ken as Shimura Yoichi

Production Credits

• Producer: Misao Reiko (三竿玲子)
• Screenwriters: Tokunaga Tomokazu
• Directors: Hoshino Kazunari (星野和成) (Story 1&2), Matsuyama Hiroaki (Story 3&4)