Composer
Director
Narrator
Screenwriter
Screenwriter & Director
Main Role
- Kubota Masataka Main Role
- Nikaido Fumi Main Role
Support Role
- Karasawa ToshiakiKoyama Saburo [Yuichi's father]Support Role
- Kikuchi MomokoKoyama Masa [Yuichi's mother]Support Role
- Sakumoto Takara Support Role
- Kazama MorioGondo Mohei [Masa's elder brother]Support Role
- Moriyama ShuichiroGondo Genzo [Yuichi's grandfather]Support Role
- Mita KazuyoGondo Yae [Yuichi's grandmother]Support Role
- Tamarindo[Maid]Support Role
- Mitsuishi KenSekiuchi Yasutaka [Oto's father]Support Role
- Yakushimaru HirokoSekiuchi Mitsuko [Oto's mother]Support Role
- Matsui RenaSekiuchi Gin [Oto's elder sister]Support Role
- Mori NanaSekiuchi Ume [Oto's younger sister]Support Role
- Okuno EitaKaburagi Tomohiko [Gin's fiancé]Support Role
- Furukawa KotoneKoyama Hana [Yuichi's daughter]Support Role
- Yamazaki IkusaburoSato Hisashi [Yuichi's friend]Support Role
- Nakamura Aoi Support Role
- Otsu HirokiKusuda ShiroSupport Role
- Moriyama NaotaroToudou Kiyoharu [Yuichi's elementary school teacher]Support Role
- Sugawara DaikichiOgawara Takahiko [Staff from Kitaichi]Support Role
- Shimizu ShinKuwata Hiroto [Staff from Kitaichi]Support Role
- Tanaka TaketoOikawa Shizuo [Staff from Kitaichi]Support Role
- Aijima KazuyukiOchiai Goro [Kawamata Bank manager]Support Role
- Matsuo SatoruSuzuki Renpei [Kawamata Bank officer]Support Role
- Horiuchi KeikoKikuchi Shoko [Kawamata Bank clerk]Support Role
- Mochizuki AyumuMatsuzaka Kanta [Kawamata Bank officer]Support Role
- Hotta Mayu Support Role
- Arifuku Masashi[Kawamata church's priest]Support Role
- Shibasaki KoFutaura Tamaki [Opera Singer]Support Role
- Yoshihara MitsuoIwaki ShinpeiSupport Role
- Furukawa YuutaMitarai Kiyoshi [Oto's vocal teacher]Support Role
- Shimura KenOyamada Kouzou [Composer]Support Role
- Kawashima JunyaSaruhashi ShigezoSupport Role
- Furuta ArataHatsukaichi HomareSupport Role
- Noda YojiroKogarashi MasatoSupport Role
- Nakamura KayanoSugiyama AkaneSupport Role
- Sakuragi KenichiOda KazuoSupport Role
- Nomaguchi ToruKatori Tamotsu [Bamboo Coffee shop owner]Support Role
- Naka RiisaKatori Megumi [Tamotsu's wife]Support Role
- Miura TakahiroTanaka Takashi [Leader of Waseda University cheerleading club]Support Role
- Saito YoshikiSato Kotaro [Member of Waseda University Cheerleading Club]Support Role
- Ichinose WataruKoguma [Waseda University cheerleading club member]Support Role
- Sugawara KenMurata [Member of Waseda University Cheerleading Club]Support Role
- Okado TakashiTerakado [Member of Waseda University Cheerleading Club]Support Role
- Shimazo Z[Member of Waseda University Cheerleading Club]Support Role
- Tokui Yu[Executive director]Support Role
- Kakizawa HayatoYamafuji Taro [Singer]Support Role
- Yamada ReiKawano Mitsuyo [Singer]Support Role
- Inoue NozomiFujimaru [Singer]Support Role
- Kominami MayukoNatsume Chizuko [Student at Tokyo Imperical Music school]Support Role
- Shimizu HazukiTsutsui Kiyoko [Student at Tokyo Imperical Music school & Oto's friend]Support Role
- Kanazawa MihoImamura Kazuko [Student at Tokyo Imperial Music school]Support Role
- Kiyose YaekoSawada Toyoko [Student at Tokyo Imperical Music school]Support Role
- Nakayama KyuichiroNishida Hiroshi [Student at Tokyo Imperial Music school]Support Role
- Isahaya KosakuInoue Akira [Student at Tokyo Imperical Music school]Support Role
- Takada Shoko[Teacher at Tokyo Imperial Music school]Support Role
- Kurosawa Asuka[Cafe "Papillon" mama]Support Role
- Iriyama NorikoKihoko [Worker at cafe "Papillon"]Support Role
- Konno AnnaEmiko [Worker at cafe "Papillon"]Support Role
- Tachibana EriAiko [Worker at cafe "Papillon"]Support Role
- Harumi ShihouOkazaki [Cafe 'Papillon" customer]Support Role
- Togawa RyoUmene Hiroya [Young / Student of Music class]Support Role
- Tokunaga EriUmene Tokiko [Hiroya's mother]Support Role
- Minemura RieSasaki Katsuko [Team leader of the National Defense Women's Association]Support Role
- Masana BokuzoMisumi Tadahito [Employee of a movie company]Support Role
- Kitamura YukiyaIkeda Jiro [Playwright and lyricist]Support Role
- Itagaki MizukiShigemori Tadashi [Radio NHK staff]Support Role
- Konoe HanaSatoko [Tamaki's friend in Paris]Support Role
- Kaneko NobuakiImamura Tsukuhito [Painter who lived in Paris]Support Role
- Katagiri JinOkura Kenzo [War correspondent]Support Role
- Komatsu KazushigeNakai Junichi [Western-style painter]Support Role
- Hagiwara RikuKishimoto Kazutoshi [First-class solider]Support Role
- Yamasaki JunKanda Noriaki [Senior soldier]Support Role
- Kondo FukuAzuma Jiro [First-class solider]Support Role
- Yoshioka HidetakaNagata Takeshi [Doctor living in Nagasaki]Support Role
- Nakamura YuriNagata Yurika [Takeshi's younger sister]Support Role
- Ito AsahiTakenaka Wataru [High school baseball player]Support Role
- Ishida SeraKoyama Yuichi [Young]Support Role
- YunhoKoyama Koji [Young]Support Role
- Yamaguchi TaikiSato Hisashi [Young]Support Role
- Komie TaigaMurano Tetsuo [Young]Support Role
- Hosoi KotaKusuda Shiro [Young]Support Role
- Shimizu KahoSekiuchi Oto [Young]Support Role
- Honma ToitoSekiuchi Gin [Young]Support Role
- Niitsu ChiseSekiuchi Ume [Young]Support Role
- Shiratori TamakiShizu [Young]Support Role
- Sakurai KaitoNegoroSupport Role
- Harihara ShigeruNashimotoSupport Role
- Tanaka NoaFuruyama HanaSupport Role
- Tanaka YuaAnzuSupport Role
- Tsubone YutoTorada KumajiroSupport Role
- Santoki SomaUmene HiroyaSupport Role
- Tsukao OgaKirishima Yuta [Child]Support Role
- Sugita RairuKazama Kandai (Week 17)Support Role
- Matsudai KoyaKenSupport Role
Guest Role
- Hagiwara Masato[Security guard at Tokyo Olympics] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Nakayama Yuichiro[Tournament official of Tokyo Olympic games] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Kato ManDaruma Daisaku [Politician] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Yamamoto HiroshiMurano Yoshiharu [Tetsuo's father] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Inagawa Miyoko[Midwife] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Serizawa TatetoNitta-sensei [Yuichi's elementary school teacher] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Okabe TakashiTachikawa Atsushi [Mohei's companion] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Tamura TsuguruTaro [Young] [Yuichi's bully] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Miura TomaMurano Norio [Tetsuo's younger brother] [Young] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Watanabe Kenkichi[Professor] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Hibi Daisuke[Teacher] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Fukasawa ShihoMayu (Ep. 62)Guest Role
- Ishii YunaSumiko (Ep. 72-73)Guest Role
- Paolo Andrea Di Pietro[Singer]Guest Role
- Tanabe KazuyaShimizu Seini (Ep. 39-40)Guest Role
- Hara SuzukoSachiko (Ep. 76-77)Guest Role
- Sekiguchi AnamToshihiko (Ep.60)Guest Role
- Kurita Haruyuki[Announcer] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Oura Chika(Ep. 109)Guest Role
- Onuma Asao[MC at wedding]Guest Role
- Furugori Masahiro(Week 4, Ep. 17)Guest Role
- Asakawa DaijiKenGuest Role
- Sano MotoyaNakamura (Ep. 97)Guest Role
- Tono Oto(Ep. 61)Guest Role
- Kurahara Ken[Worker at cafe "Papillon"] (Ep. 41-45)Guest Role
- Miyazawa Hio Guest Role
- Miyaji Osamu(Ep. 64)Guest Role
- Takeuchi IchikaMikami AkioGuest Role
- Oguma Morin Guest Role
- Sagara Koujin Guest Role
- Nikumaro[Rice store owner] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Ohtsuki Hideyuki[Professor] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Fujiki Chikara[Teacher] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Kikuchi Masayuki[Teacher] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Takagi Naoko[Guest] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Sato Yuta[Senior student] (Week 1)Guest Role
- Enso KiyomiMurano Fumiko [Tetsuo's mother] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Naito TomoyaPrincipal Koiwai (Week 2)Guest Role
- Uno ShoheiKumagai-sensei (Week 2)Guest Role
- Shinohara YukikoKanzaki Masu [Ryoko's mother] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Tanaka RineKanzaki Ryoko [Young] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Ota RikakoTae [Oto's classmate; Young] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Yokoyama Mei[Oto's classmate; Young] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Mao[School doctor] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Matsuura Shinichiro[Craftsman] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Koidemizu Kenichiro[Craftsman] (Week 2)Guest Role
- Hirata MitsuruUchikoshi Kinsuke (Week 2)Guest Role
- Taguchi HiromasaYoshino Fukunosuke (Week 3)Guest Role
- Kawaguchi SatoruTatebayashi Nobuo [Chairman of Harmonica Club] (Week 3)Guest Role
- Sakaguchi RyotaroNojima Natsuhiko [Oto's matchmaking partner] (Week 4)Guest Role
- Osada SeiyaNojima Haruhiko [Natsuhiko's brother] (Week 4)Guest Role
- Tsukamoto Yukio[Editor-in-chief] (Week 4)Guest Role
- Furutachi IchiroTsurukame Torakichi [Sales employee] (Week 5)Guest Role
- Okochi HiroshiYutaka Ushijima [Composer] (Week 7)Guest Role
- Hashimoto AtsushiMisonou Shinnosuke [Cheerleader] (Week 8)Guest Role
- Suzuki ShinjiSaijo Yaso [Cheerleader] (Week 8)Guest Role
- Nakano HidekiSaijo Yaso [Cheerleader] (Week 8)Guest Role
- Saiki ShigeruDobayashi [President of a newspaper company] (Week 9)Guest Role
- HarukaDobayashi Hitomi [Daughter of the president of a newspaper company] (Week 9)Guest Role
- Chiba TetsuyaKurosaki Tatsuji (Week 10)Guest Role
- Kao OsamuYamane [Owner of an oden stall] (Week 10)Guest Role
- Kodama Raishin[President] (Week 10)Guest Role
- Ogura Ichiro[Managing director] (Week 10)Guest Role
- Nakano Tsuyoshi[Sales manager] (Week 10)Guest Role
- Makita SportsHatakeyama [Farmer] (Week 11)Guest Role
- Hashimoto JunEnma-sama (Week 12)Guest Role
- Inoue JunKinoshita Hajime (Week 12)Guest Role
- BJ FoxAdam [Producer of exhibitions and stages] (Week 12)Guest Role
- Hamada Michihiko[Izakaya customer] (Week 13)Guest Role
- Kurokawa MeiSato Reiko [Hisashi's stepmother] (Week 13)Guest Role
- Hyuga JyoSato Yaichi [Hisashi's father] (Week 13)Guest Role
- Ikezu ShokoSachiyo [Maid of the Sato family] (Week 13)Guest Role
- Sato Makoto[Mayu's husband, Hisashi's stepfather] (Week 13)Guest Role
- Sakai Koichiro[Reporter] (Week 14)Guest Role
- Minemura Junji[Reporter] (Week 14)Guest Role
- Saito AyumuTakeda [Tomohiko's boss] (Week 15)Guest Role
- Kanematsu WakatoShiroishi [Customer of Tetsuo's oden shop] (Week 15)Guest Role
- Adachi GakuAkamatsu [Customer of Tetsuo's oden shop] (Week 15)Guest Role
- Nozoe YoshihiroMatsuda (Week 15)Guest Role
- Morimoto NobuMarui Tatsuo [Member of a radio station] (Week 15)Guest Role
- Enjoji AyaKanbayashi Yasuko [Advisor to the Music Volunteer Corp] (Week 16)Guest Role
- Kawai AobaTatsue Hasunuma [Leader of the Music Volunteer Corp] (Week 16)Guest Role
- Otsuka HirotaMoriwaki [Editor] (Week 16)Guest Role
- Nishino Daisaku[Worker] (Week 16)Guest Role
- Tanida AyumiHamana [Deputy Chief of Tsuchiura Air Corp] (Week 17)Guest Role
- Umezawa MasayoKakizawa Setsu (Week 17)Guest Role
- Okuda TatsuhitoYamazaki [Person in charge of the Hokoku Music Association] (Week 17)Guest Role
- Nonaka Isao[Army solider] (Week 18)Guest Role
- Matsubara Masataka[Shopkeeper] (Week 18)Guest Role
- Kihara MasatoshiMatsukawa (Week 19)Guest Role
Unknown
- Machida Jun Unknown
- Tokuyama Rito Unknown
- Aizawa Shiryu Unknown
- Nishiyama Rento Unknown
- Shiraishi Kiichi Unknown
- Eguchi Sota Unknown
- Ohkuma Kanami Unknown
- Shibata Hiromi Unknown
- Igarashi Joka Unknown
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