Mori no Asagao

Mori no Asagao
モリのアサガオ
Manga
Written by	Mamora Gōda
Published by	Futabasha
Magazine	Weekly Manga Action
Original run	2004 – 2007
TV drama
Directed by	Akimitsu Sasaki
Produced by	Shinji Okabe Junpei Nakagawa Noboru Morita Atsushi Kurosawa
Written by	Daisuke Habara, Shizuka Oki
Music by	Toshiyuki Watanabe
Network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 18, 2010 – December 20, 2010
Episodes	10
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Mori no Asagao (モリのアサガオ^?) is a Japanese manga series by Mamora Gōda. It won the 11th Grand Prize for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2007.^[1] It will be adapted into a live-action television drama in 2010.^[2]

Synopsis

New prison guard Naoki Oikawa gets assigned to the death row section. He strikes a friendship with Watase Mitsuru who is on death-row for the revenge murder of the man who killed his parents. Gradually Naoki begins to wonder about the necessity of the death penalty and the meanings of such concepts as repentance and forgiveness.

Television series

Cast

• Atsushi Itō – Naoki Oikawa (22)
• Arata – Mitsuru Watase (22)
• Yuu Kashii – Asami Sawasaki (Oikawa's girlfriend) (22)
• Haruka Kinami – Kana Mochizuki (19)
• Akira Emoto – Keizukuri Hukahori (59)
• Sansei Shiomi – Yuzo Wakaboyashi (62)
• Mitsuki Tanimura – Yoshioka Koharu
• Youichi Nukumizu – Toshikazu Seko
• Bengal – Toshiyuki Tanizaki
• Masahiro Toda – Kazuaki Satonaka
• Yasuyuki Maekawa – Ryo Goto
• Ren Oosugi – Seido Oikawa (Oikawa's father)
• Yoshie Ichige – Sawako Oikawa (Oikawa's mother)
• Akiko Aizuki – Takako Toma

Guest

• Shido Nakamura – Tadashishi Kouzai (ep1)
• Naomasa Musaka – Akira Ishimine (ep1)
• Koji Ohkura – Katsuhiro Hoshiyama (ep1-2)
• Yuri Nakamura – Taeko Kuramoti (ep2)
• Mitsuru Hirata – Takeshi Sasano (ep3)
• Mari Hamada – Victim's parents (ep3)
• Yumiko Shaku – Yuko Nishida (ep4-5)
• Kanji Tsuda – Sako Nishi (ep4-5,7)
• Yuki Imai – Shinya Hukuda (ep4-5)
• Hiromasa Taguchi – Kengo Hukuda (ep5)
• Ryo Ishibashi – Eichiro Akashi (ep6)
• Minoru Tanaka – Takashi Touzyou (ep6)
• Kotaro Shiga – Chief Justice (ep6)
• Mashima Hidekazu – Kento Yamamoto (ep7)
• Saki Matsuda – Miyoko Yoshikawa (ep7)
• Yojin Hino – President of shipping company (ep7)
• Rei Okamoto – Kazuko Funaki (ep7)
• Mayuko Nishiyama – (ep8)

Episode information

Episode	Title	Writer	Director	Original airdate	Ratings (Kanto)
1	New prison officers to move hearts and condemned "bonds" story (新人刑務官と死刑囚心動かす“絆”物語)	Daisuke Habara	Akimitsu Sasaki	Oct 18, 2010 22.00 - 23.09	5.8
2	Instruction execution (死刑執行命令)	Daisuke Habara	Akimitsu Sasaki	Oct 25, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	3.8
3	Give flowers to the condemned (死刑囚へ贈る花)	Shizuka Oki	Makito Murakami	Nov 1, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	4.6
4	Wedding Bride prison (獄中結婚の花嫁)	Daisuke Habara	Makito Murakami	Nov 8, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	4.3
5	Capital punishment against the families? (極刑反対の遺族!?)	Shizuka Oki	Tomoyuki Furumaya	Nov 15, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	4.1
6	Gray man 33 years of false accusation (冤罪33年の白髪男)	Daisuke Habara	Munenobu Yamauchi	Nov 22, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	3.2
7	Father's death row prison guard rookie!! (新人刑務官の父の死刑囚!!)	Daisuke Habara	Munenobu Yamauchi	Nov 29, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	2.2
8	Visits last miracle (最期の面会の奇跡)	Shizuka Oki	Tomoyuki Furumaya	Dec 6, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	3.0
9	To the final chapter! Siblings Cry of the Soul Secrets (最終章へ! 魂の叫び兄妹の秘密)	Tago Akihiro Shizuka Oki	Akimitsu Sasaki	Dec 13, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	2.2
10	Only to one person familiar with the last ... (たった一人の親友へ最後の…)	Shizuka Oki	Akimitsu Sasaki	Dec 20, 2010 22.00 - 22.54	2.9
Viewership ratings: 3.6%

References

1. ^ "2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards" (in Japanese). Japan Media Arts Plaza, Agency for Cultural Affairs. http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/2007/. Retrieved October 3, 2010. 
2. ^ "Gantz, Maria-sama, Mori no Asagao Promos Streamed". Anime News Network. October 2, 2010. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-02/gantz-maria-sama-mori-no-asagao-promos-streamed. Retrieved 2010-10-03. 

External links

• TV drama official website at TV Tokyo