Inu o Kau to Iu Koto (犬を飼うということ, My Dog, My Happiness) is a Japanese television series which premiered on TV Asahi on April 15, 2011. Its full title is Inu o kau toyuu koto〜 sukai to wagaya no 180-nichi〜 (犬を飼うということ〜スカイと我が家の180日〜, The Story of Keeping a Dog〜180 Days that the Dog Named "Sky" Stayed in our Home).
| Inu o Kau to Iu Koto | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | My Dog, My Happiness[1] |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Release | 15 April 2011 |
Cast
edit- Ryo Nishikido as Yuji Hongo [2]
- Asami Mizukawa as Sachiko Hongo
- Kokoro Kuge as Mako Hongo
- Ryutaro Yamasaki as Masaru Hongo
- Tetsu Watanabe as Resident Association leader
- Takao Toji as the apartment complex building manager
- Mai Tachihara
- Kojiro Kawai
- Mayu Harada
- Junnosuke Taguchi as Katsuhiko Hotta
- Kohei Takeda as Hideki Kawashima
- Yuki Shikanuma as Yukiko Azumi
- Shingo Kazami as Keisuke Nakao
- Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Seigo Nozaki
- Tetta Sugimoto as Soichi Narahashi
- Shigeru Izumiya as Matsuo Kubota
- Akemi Omori as Hatsue Kubota
- Eriko Moriwaki as Yoshiko Hatakeyama
- Ryoka Ihara as Shizuka Hatakeyama
- Yoko Oshima as Sachiko's co-worker
- Masahiro Kohama as the manager of the supermarket
Episodes
edit| Episode title | Romanized title | Translation of title | Broadcast date | Ratings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ep. 1 |
貧乏家族、小さな命を拾う!? |
Binbō kazoku, chiisana inochi o hirou!? |
A poor family picking up a small life!? |
April 15, 2011 |
9.3%
|
Ep. 2 |
一緒に、生きよう |
Issho ni, ikiyou |
Living together |
April 22, 2011 |
8.3%
|
Ep. 3 |
大切な家族の失踪 |
Taisetsuna kazoku no shissō |
The disappearance of an important family member |
April 29, 2011 |
7.8%
|
Ep. 4 |
泣いてたまるか!! |
Naite tamaru ka!! |
Crying! |
May 6, 2011 |
8.6%
|
Ep. 5 |
初めてのさよなら |
Hajimete no sayonara |
First Goodbye |
May 13, 2011 |
9.4%
|
Ep. 6 |
スカイを助けて! |
Sukai o tasukete! |
Sky needs help! |
May 20, 2011 |
7.4%
|
Ep. 7 |
君がくれた奇跡 |
Kimi ga kureta kiseki |
You gave me a miracle |
May 27, 2011 |
8.1%
|
Ep. 8 |
最終章〜君の命 |
Saishū Akira〜-kun no inochi |
The Final Chapter of Your Life |
June 3, 2011 |
8.3%
|
Ep. 9 |
拾われたのは僕たち家族のほうでした |
Hirowa reta no wa boku-tachi kazoku no hōdeshitai |
I was picked up by your family |
June 10, 2011 |
9.0%
|
| Ratings for Kanto region (average rating 8.47%) [3] | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Tv asahi Buyer's Catalogue".
- ^ "Nishikido Ryo stars as father in drama series "Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto"". Sankei Sports, Tokyograph. February 21, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
- ^ "Inu o Kau to Iu Koto". Audience Rating Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-06-08.