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Dear Sister

This article is about the Japanese television series. For the SNL Digital Short, see SNL Digital Short § The Shooting. For the Claire Lynch album, see Dear Sister (album).

Dear Sister (ディア・シスター) is a 2014 Japanese love comedy drama series starring Satomi Ishihara and Nao Matsushita.[1] It aired on Fuji Television from October 16, 2014, to December 18, 2014, every Thursday at 22:00 (JST). The theme song is "Happiness", by Che'Nelle from her album @Che'Nelle World.[2][3]

Dear Sister
Promotional poster
GenreDrama
Written byMayumi Nakatani
Directed byRyō Tanaka
Shin Hirano
Osamu Sekino
StarringSatomi Ishihara
Nao Matsushita
Opening theme"BF" by Moumoon
Ending theme"Happiness" by Che'Nelle
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducerToshiyuki Nakano
Running time54 minutes
Original release
NetworkFuji Television
ReleaseOctober 16 (2014-10-16) –
December 18, 2014 (2014-12-18)

Summary

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One day, when Hazuki comes home to the apartment where she lives alone, at the entrance she finds shoes that don't belong to her. Though she thought her mother was there, when she came into the room, she found it in a mess. Sensing someone's presence in the back bedroom, she opened the door to find Misaki, whom she had not had contact with for six years, sharing a bed with a man Hazuki didn't know. After that, Misaki decides to freeload in Hazuki's room without permission. Hazuki, who, up until then, had been disturbed in what she wanted to do by Misaki, tries to kick her out several times, but it ends in failure. Also, Hazuki finds her fiancé and Misaki sleeping together in her bed, and the ward office where Hazuki works receives a document about Hazuki through fax. On the other hand, Misaki lives while hiding that she is pregnant, and she writes in a letter ten "Things I Want to Do Before I Die", which she makes progress on. Hazuki fights with Misaki nearly every day, but it later turns out that everything Misaki had done for Hazuki so far was with Hazuki in mind. Hazuki's own love affair, marriage, her sister's pregnancy, childbirth, illness, marriage and more are discovered and broken out one after another, and the relationship between the sisters gradually deepens.

Cast

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  • Satomi Ishihara as Misaki Fukazawa / Misaki Sakuraba
    • Honma Aizaki as young Misaki Fukazawa
27 years old. Hazuki's younger sister. She is sloppy in relationships with men, and her room is messy and untidy. Having crushed every milestone in her sister's life, she ends up at her sister's house, whom she hasn't seen in years, with a certain goal to achieve. When she was in high school, she had a platonic male friend Soichiro with whom she reunited a few years later. She had one relationship and became pregnant. After she became pregnant, she thought about the baby in her womb, and despite working at a cabaret club, she refrained from drinking. She confesses to her best friend Nagano that Soichiro is the father of her child, and she has a disease called systemic lupus erythematosus. After she loses consciousness due to symptoms of the disease, Hazuki and Nanae find out about the disease she had hidden until then. She later marries Eito. Her condition worsens during her pregnancy, and she gives birth by caesarean section. She names her child Hana.
  • Nao Matsushita as Hazuki Fukazawa / Hazuki Hagiwara
    • Runa Ozawa as young Hazuki Fukazawa
29 years old. Misaki's older sister. She is a service staff at Ward Office Citizens' Life Department Citizen Service Department; she later becomes wedding dress studio Ryo's apprentice designer. She excels at advancing things systematically and has a methodical personality. Ever since she was a child, she has been embroiled in troubles caused by her sister, and her peaceful life is completely changed when her sister, who is a troublemaker, appears again. She lost her father when she was young, but it was because her father had an accident on the way to go shopping for Hazuki. However, her mother Nanae did not tell Hazuki the truth, and she has kept it hidden until now. She is shocked when he hears about Misaki's pregnancy from Soichiro but is purely happy that her sister will have a child. Learning of her sister's illness, she vows to never let Misaki die and announces to her family that she will marry Yohei.

Fukazawa family

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55 years old. Mother of Hazuki and Misaki.
  • Otomo Noa as Hana Sakuraba
Misaki's daughter with Soichiro. Her stepfather is Eito, who is also her uncle.
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27 years old. Misaki's best friend. He is called Hachi by Misaki because his name is Eito which sounds like Eight in English. Misaki thought he was gay, but in fact he was just lying to build a good friendship with Misaki. He proposed to Misaki, whom he had been in love with since the day they met, and they later got married.
42 years old. Hidemitsu seminar lecturer. Hazuki's former high school homeroom teacher. Father of Misaki's child, Hana. The school and parents found out about his sleepover with Masaki, and he had to resign from the high school he worked at. After that, he worked as a cram teacher in Shizuoka, but came back to Tokyo due to personnel changes. He ignored Masaki, who contacted him many times, for her sake. He had one romantic relationship, with Misaki, whom he met for the first time in many years, but that caused Misaki to become pregnant. He still likes Misaki, and really wants to date her.
30 years old. Hazuki's best friend.

Ward office

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30 years old. Hazuki's ex-fiancée. Health Insurance Division employee. Due to Misaki's influence, his relationship with Hazuki breaks down.
32 years old. A colleague of Hazuki. Every time she opens her mouth, she says to Hazuki that she is offended, and enjoys annoying her. There is some useful information in it.

APPLESEED

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36 years old. Kaori's younger brother. His regular customer Hazuki, who visits him at lunch, is a favorite of his, and he cherishes her; they eventually get married.
  • Keiko Horiuchi [ja] as Kaori Uesugi
40 years old. Yohei's older sister. She is married, has three sons and works.
  • Kento Muto [ja] as Souta
Employee.
  • Kyoichi Mikuriya [ja] as Shunsuke
Employee.
  • Sou Yamanaka [ja] as Naohisa Uesugi
Kaori's husband.
  • Kishou Inoue [ja] as Kagetora Uesugi
Eldest son of the Uesugi family. The son of Naohisa and Kaori.
  • Riku Oonishi [ja] as Masatora Uesugi
Second son of the Uesugi family.
  • Rento Ooyama [ja] as Terutora Uesugi.
Third son of the Uesugi family.
  • Ryusei Ota as Kenshin Uesugi
Fourth son of the Uesugi family. He is the same age as Hana, daughter of Misaki and Eito.

Other

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Cameos

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Episode 1

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Newlywed couple.
  • Hideaki Kabumoto [ja] as Kento
Newlywed couple.

Episode 2

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Nanae's fiancé.
Cabaret club customer, Yokohama Chuo University Hospital physician.
  • Shinnosuke Yokotsuka as Hiroshi Also: Ep. 3–5, 8
Cabaret clubber wearing black clothes.
  • Kinya Kikuchi [ja] as Saionji Also: Ep. 4, 9
Cabaret club customer, Saionji Construction president

Episode 3

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  • Yujiro Kazama [ja] as Hikaru
  • Kinari Hirano [ja] as Yuta

Episode 5

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  • Satomi Nagano [ja] as Takahashi Also: Ep. 9–10
Obstetrician, gynecologist, Misaki's doctor.

Episode 6

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  • Kyouko Yanagihara as Kyoko Also: Ep. 7–8
Apparel shop owner, Misaki's employer.
Eito's college friend

Episode 7

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Kazuko's matchmaking partner.
  • Shige Uchida [ja] as Tsuchida
Kazuko's work colleague, Hirose's friend.
  • Yuuta Tanokura [ja] as Yoshiki
Lawyer, Eito's college friend.

Episode 8

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Wedding dress designer, Hazuki's employer.
  • Kei Okotsuki [ja] as Takako Aso Also: Ep. 9-10
Soichiro's ex-wife.
  • Daisuke Yamazaki [ja] as Iwamoto Also: Ep. 9
Collagen disease physician, Misaki's doctor.
  • Yukiko Shinohara [ja] as Reika
Wedding dress workshop craftsman.

Episode 9

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Eijin's senior, professional skateboarder.

Episode 10

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  • Kouji Shimizu [ja] as Eiichiro Sakuraba
Soichiro and Eito's father.
  • Rumi Maruyama [ja] as Satoko Sakuraba
Soichiro and Eito's stepmother.

References

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  1. ^ 自由奔放な“妹”石原さとみと真面目な“姉”松下奈緒が織り成すラブコメディ [Romantic comedy that free-spirited "little sister" Satomi Ishihara and serious "big sister" Nao Matsushita weave]. WEB the television (in Japanese). 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  2. ^ "Che'Nelle to sing the theme song for drama 'Dear Sister'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  3. ^ シェネルが「木１０」主題歌！石原さとみ＆松下奈緒をバックアップ. sanspo.com (in Japanese). October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  4. ^ 片平なぎさ、珍しい母親役に喜び「とても楽しみ！」 石原＆松下と共演 [Katahira Nagisa is delighted with her unusual role as a mother "I'm really looking forward to it!" Co-starring with Ishihara & Matsushita]. ORICON NEWS. 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  5. ^ 「EXILE」NAOTO、ドラマ「ディア・シスター」に出演！ 岩田剛典は「照れくさい」 ["EXILE" NAOTO to appear in drama "Dear Sister"! Takanori Iwata is "embarrassed"]. cinemacafe.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-12-26.
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