Natsuzora

Details

 * Title: なつぞら
 * Title (romaji): Natsuzora
 * Also known as: Natsu / The Summer Sky
 * Format: Renzoku
 * Genre: Drama
 * Episodes: 156
 * 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.

Cast

 * Hirose Suzu as Okuhara Natsu
 * Awano Sari as young Natsu
 * Okada Masaki as Okuhara Saitaro
 * Kusakari Masao as Shibata Taiju
 * Matsushima Nanako as Shibata Fujiko
 * Fujiki Naohito as Shibata Takeo
 * Kiyohara Sho as Shibata Teruo
 * Fukuchi Momoko (福地桃子) as Shibata Yumiko
 * Hirao Nanaka (平尾菜々花) as Shibata Akemi
 * Kobayashi Takashi as Tomura Yukichi
 * Otoo Takuma as Tomura Kikusuke
 * Yasuda Ken as Obata Yukinosuke
 * Takahata Atsuko as Obata Toyo
 * Sendo Nobuko as Obata Taeko
 * Yamada Yuki as Obata Yukijiro
 * Yoshizawa Ryo as Yamada Tenyo
 * Totsugi Shigeyuki as Yamada Seiji
 * Kobayashi Ayako as Yamada Tami
 * Inukai Atsuhiro as Yamada Yohei
 * Tomita Miu (富田望生) as Imura Yoshiko
 * Emoto Tasuku as Kurata Ryuichi
 * Nakahara Takeo as Agawa Yaichiro
 * Kitano Kii as Agawa Sara
 * Uchimura Teruyoshi as narrator


 * Shinjuku, Tokyo people
 * Yamaguchi Tomoko as Kishikawa Ayami
 * Higa Manami as Maejima Kouko / Madame
 * Kondo Yoshimasa as Nogami Kenya
 * Lily Franky as Mogi Kazusada
 * Toda Keiko as Kemuri Kasumi
 * Suzuki Anju as Kameyama Ranko
 * Mizutani Kaho (水谷果穂) as Mitsuhashi Sachiko
 * Kudo Asuka as Sasaoka Nobuya


 * Toyo Animation
 * Kanjiya Shihori as Osawa Mako

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Omori Sumio
 * Executive Producer: Iso Tomoaki
 * Producer: Fukuoka Toshitake
 * Director: Kimura Takafumi (木村隆文), Tanaka Tadashi (田中正)
 * Music: Hashimoto Yukari (橋本由香利)