Shimokita Sundays (2006)

This drama portrays the nostalgia of "the good old days" and youthful hopes and dreams. Yuika Satonaka (Aya Ueto) is a freshman in university who came to live in Tokyo to continue her studies. Although she had a brand new start before her eyes, she was somehow at a loss. Nothing seemed to interest her and her hopes and dreams were distant. One day at the school orientation, her eyes are glued to a sudden performance of a group of unsuccessful actors, "Shimokita Sundays". Their unique play made her laugh, something she had forgotten for a long time. Yuika takes a chance to visit Shimokita and goes to see their play only to find how unpopular and how very few audiences they had. But still, their performance touches Yuika’s soul. She does an audition to become a member of Shimokita Sundays.
- First aired
- 2006-07-13
- Genres
- Drama
- Seasons
- 1 (9 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Directed / written by
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Hisashi Kimura
- TMDB rating
- 4.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Aya Ueto as Yuika Satonaka
- Taisuke Fujigaya as Shin Sato
- Yuma Ishigaki as Seiichi Yagami
- Kuranosuke Sasaki as Tsubasa Akutagawa
- Sayaka Yamaguchi as Akiko Emoto
- Kyōko Yanagihara as Reiko Terashima
- Miyuki Oshima as Yoshida Candy
- Cunning Takeyama as Sanpo
- Suwaru Ryû as Maki
- Mayumi Hori as Pui
- Kazuaki Hankai as Juro Satonaka
- Ai Takabe as Futaba Tadokoro