Edison's Mother (2008)

The series focuses on Ayukawa Noriko, the teacher of a class of first-graders. One day, a boy named Kento transfers into her class from another school, where he was treated as a problem child. In reality, the inquisitive Kento actually displays the potential of being a prodigy, and it's up to Noriko to figure out how to handle him. The story draws inspiration from the childhood of famous inventor Thomas Edison, who was also considered a problem child by most adults around him.
- First aired
- 2008-01-11
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Seasons
- 1 (10 episodes)
- Status
- Ended
- Directed / written by
- Mika Ohmori, Jun Mutô, Masatoshi Yamaguchi
- TMDB rating
- 5.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Misaki Itō as Ayukawa Noriko
- Maki Sakai as Hanafusa Aoi
- Shosuke Tanihara as Miura
- Yuya Shimizu as Hanafusa Kento
- Kaoru Sugita as Mizuki
- Yuki Matsushita as Kagami
- Yoji Tanaka as Iwai Yuuzou
- Yoshihiko Hosoda as Kubo sensei
- Masayuki Itô as Noguchi Shouhei
- Kyoko Kamimura as Hanafusa Chie
- Seigo Agatsuma as Hiyama Ryusei