Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Main Role
- Inoue Mao Main Role
Support Role
- Harada TomoyoSudo Hiroko [Youko's mother]Support Role
- Terawaki YasufumiSudo Ryoichi [Youko's father]Support Role
- Tanaka KeiSudo Haruki [Youko's brother]Support Role
- Nagayama KentoSudo Shigeki [Youko's brother]Support Role
- Yagi YukiSudo Youko [Young]Support Role
- Wakao AyakoSudo Youko [Old]Support Role
- Nakagawa TaishiSudo Haruki [Young]Support Role
- Watanabe ZinpeiSudo Shigeki [Young]Support Role
- Watanabe MisakoKirino Fujiko [Hiroko's mother]Support Role
- Nakahara TakeoKamikura Shotaro [Fujiko's chauffeur]Support Role
- Kora KengoMaruyama Kazunari [Youko's husband]Support Role
- Higuchi KanakoMaruyama Tokuko [Kazunari's mother]Support Role
- Kushida KazuyoshiMaruyama Michio [Kazunari's father]Support Role
- Inoue RinnaMaruyama Hinako [Youko's daughter] (Ep.115-156)Support Role
- Shirakawa YumiMiyazawa SetsukoSupport Role
- Yoshimura JitsukoIwamoto YasukoSupport Role
- Hatsune ErikoMiyashita KeikoSupport Role
- Takazawa FubomichiMiyashita Shoichi [Keiko's son]Support Role
- Mitsushima HikariTsutsui Ikuko [Youko's classmate]Support Role
- Yoshikawa FumikiTsutsui Ichiro [9-12 years old]Support Role
- Suga KentaTsutsui Ichiro [15 years old]Support Role
- MaikoSoma Machiko [Youko's classmate]Support Role
- Hiraizumi SeiSoma Gozo [Machiko's father]Support Role
- Nakamura KumiSoma Haruyo [Machiko's mother]Support Role
- Oshima YokoYae [Soma family's helper]Support Role
- Yorozu MasayukiNakanishi Takenobu [Machiko's fiancée]Support Role
- Nakamura RyuHatano Yasuhiko [Machiko's husband]Support Role
- Watanabe EriMurokami Kayo [Candy shop's owner]Support Role
- Saiki ShigeruMurokami Sadao [Kayo's husband]Support Role
- Emoto TokioMiyamoto Takeo [Youko's neighbor]Support Role
- Inuzuka HiroshiMiyamoto Takeo [Old]Support Role
- Tsunogae KazueMiyamoto Haru [Takeo's mother]Support Role
- Muramatsu ToshifumiMiyamoto Jiro [Takeo's father]Support Role
- Ando SakuraMiyamoto Mitsu [Takeo's wife]Support Role
- Ito AyumiTakahashi Natsuko [Youko's homeroom teacher]Support Role
- Hashimoto MamiTanaka Yuki [Youko's old classmate]Support Role
- Arakawa ChikaTanaka Yuki [Young]Support Role
- Kaneko NobuakiKawahara Koichi [Haruki's friend]Support Role
- Hara Kintaro[Azumino Highschool's principal]Support Role
- Kondo YoshimasaIida Kotaro [English teacher]Support Role
- Takeuchi AkikoTakayama [Ethics teacher]Support Role
- Umezawa MasayoMochizuki [Home economics teacher]Support Role
- Ayata ToshikiUmeda Toshio [Ariakeyama School's principal]Support Role
- Pierre TakiNakamura Tadashi [Teacher]Support Role
- DankanFukuda Yoshihiko [Teacher]Support Role
- Ishibashi AnnaIshii Keiko [Youko's student]Support Role
- Tsuchiya TaoKimura Hana [Youko's student]Support Role
- Kimura ManatsuKimura Hana [Young]Support Role
- Owada KensukeHiraoka Keisuke [Youko's student]Support Role
- Hiraoka TakumaHiraoka Keisuke [Young]Support Role
- Aizawa YamatoUeda Kanta [Youko's student]Support Role
- Kaburagi KaichiKaburagi Michio [Youko's student]Support Role
- KyokaMidori [Youko's student]Support Role
- Kanazawa MihoKurata Kyouko [Youko's student]Support Role
- Ode NanakoKurata Kyouko [Young]Support Role
- Yajima KenichiHagiwara [Ariakeyama's new principal]Support Role
- Konno MahiruTadokoro YoshikoSupport Role
- Nomaguchi ToruTakeuchiSupport Role
- Saito YukiHaraguchi FusakoSupport Role
- Anan KenjiHaraguchi Hiroshi [Fusako's husband]Support Role
- Matsukawa NarukiHaraguchi Takeshi [Fusako's son]Support Role
- Yamaya KasumiHaraguchi Madoka [Fusako's daughter]Support Role
- Ito YukariKurata KyokoSupport Role
- Kuroyanagi TetsukoTsutsui Ikuko [Old] / Sudo IkukoSupport Role
- Tsukasa YokoSoma Machiko [Old] / Hatano MachikoSupport Role
Guest Role
- Yabe KousukeTsutsui Ichiro [Ikuko's brother] (Ep.31-36)Guest Role
- Chihara SeijiTakahashi Isamu (Week 2)Guest Role
- Nakamura YuriNonaka Tae (Week 5)Guest Role
- Maruoka Shoji[Soba stall's owner] (Week 8-9)Guest Role
- Yoshino Yumi[Woman who requests writing] (Week 8)Guest Role
- Sato HitomiMurase (Week 10)Guest Role
- Takahashi IsseiUehara Hideo (Week 12)Guest Role
- Otsuka HiroshiMichio (Week 14)Guest Role
- Asaji YokoSakurai Saki (Week 15, 17)Guest Role
- Kanzaki Koichiro[Doctor] (Week 18)Guest Role
- Tsumami Edamame[Deputy mayor] (Week 20)Guest Role
- Yamada Kinuo[Woman who gives a speech] (Week 24)Guest Role
- Kan HanaeShigemori Ito (Week 24)Guest Role
- Ishikawa Taiki[Classmate]Guest Role
- Aoyagi Buntaro[Customer at the soba restaurant]Guest Role
- Hasegawa Homare[Announcer of street recording]Guest Role
- Mori Kurea(Ep. 32-34)Guest Role
Unknown
- Takamura Masaaki Unknown
- Robert Anderson Unknown
- Christopher Pellegrini Unknown
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