Beppinsan Explained

Native Name:
Genre:	Drama
Starring:	Kyoko Yoshine Katsuhisa Namase Miho Kanno Kengo Kora Misako Renbutsu Kento Nagayama Jun Nagura Mitsuki Tanimura Kanako Momota Kaho Tsuchimura Manami Igarashi Yuki Furukawa Yuki Morinaga Yoji Tanaka Yuta Hiraoka Yuya Matsushita Hiroki Nakajima Yusaku Mori Masatō Ibu Kyōko Enami Masachika Ichimura Tamao Nakamura
Narrated:	Miho Kanno
Opentheme:	"Hikari no Atelier" (Mr. Children)
Composer:	Hiroko Sebu
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Num Episodes:	151
Producer:	Rinjiro Horiuchi Kazuki Miki
Runtime:	15 minutes
Company:	NHK Osaka
Network:	NHK

is a Japanese television drama series and the 95th asadora series, following Toto Neechan. It was premiered on October 3, 2016, and ended on April 1, 2017.^[1]

Plot

Sumire (Kyoko Yoshine) was born as the second child from a wealthy family. She enjoys embroidery and sewing. Whatever Sumire decides to do, she must achieve the goal no matter what.

During World War II, Sumire gets married and becomes pregnant, but her husband is sent off to war. She gives birth to her first daughter. Right before the end of war, the city of Kobe is attacked. Due to the attack, Sumire loses property. While waiting for her husband to return, she begins to make children's clothes.

Cast

• Kyoko Yoshine as Sumire Bando^[1]
• Katsuhisa Namase as Isoya Bando
• Miho Kanno as Hana Bando
• Kengo Kora as Kiyoshi Nogami
• Misako Renbutsu as Yuri Nogami
• Kento Nagayama as Norio Bando
• Mitsuki Tanimura as Akemi Ono
• Kanako Momota as Ryoko Ozawa
• Kaho Tsuchimura as Kimie Murata
• Yūta Hiraoka as Shōichi Murata
• Yuki Furukawa as Kentarō Murata
• Yōko Ishino as Kotoko Murata
• Yuya Matsushita as Eisuke Iwasa
• Jun Nagura as Shōzō Nogami
• Yōji Tanaka as Katsuji Ozawa
• Momiji Yamamura as Setsuko Bando
• Masami Horiuchi as Gorou Tanaka
• Mana Mikura as Shizuko Bando
• Yukari Taki as Etsuko Takanishi
• Keiko Miyata as Kiyo Sato
• Bundō Soganoya as Chuichiro Iguchi
• Charlotte Kate Fox as Amy McGregor
• Masachika Ichimura as Shigeo Asada
• Tamao Nakamura as Tokuko Bando
• Hirotaro Honda as Chotaro Bando
• Hiroki Nakajima as Takeshi Adachi
• Manami Igashira as Sakura Bando
• Yuki Morinaga as Ryuichi Bando
• Masato Ibu as Tamotsu Oshima
• Yusaku Mori as Naomasa Nakanishi
• Tasuku Nagase as Ichiro Saijo
• Kento Hayashi as Jiro Kawai

Production

The theme song of the series is "Hikari no Atelier" by Mr. Children.^[1]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mr.Children to provide the theme song for the upcoming Asadora drama "Beppin-san". August 27, 2016. ARAMA! JAPAN.