Complete [J-Drama] Yamada Taro Monogatari

Title: 山田太郎ものがたり

Title (romaji): Yamada Taro Monogatari

Also known as: The Story of Yamada Taro

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Comedy

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-6 to 2007-Sep-14 (ep9 Sep 7)

Air time: Friday 22:00

Theme song: "Happiness" by Arashi

Synopsis

Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters.

Cast

Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro

Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya

Kikuchi Momoko as Yamada Ayako

Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Kazuo

Oshinari Shugo as Sugiura Keichi

Fukiishi Kazue as Torii Kyoko

Otsuka Chihiro as Nakai Masami

Shibata Rie as Ikegami Maria

Musaka Naomasa as Ikegami Ryunosuke

Tabe Mikako as Ikegami Takako

Utsui Ken as Ichinomiya

Yoshizawa Hisashi as Ehara Makoto

Fukui Hiroaki as Osaki Shinosuke

Yamada Shintaro as Ando Masaki

Kojima Haruna as Usui Kotone

Takahashi Ryosuke as Okubo Shin

Ogata Sayaka as Kashiwagi Honoka

Yarita Akihiro (鎗田晟裕) as Yamada Jiro

Shimizu Naoya (清水尚弥) as Yamada Saburo

Muranaka Haruna (村中暖奈) as Yamada Yoshiko

Yoshida Riko as Yamada Itsuko

Shibuya Takeru as Yamada Mutsumi

Ayata Toshiki (綾田俊樹) as Isogai Shitsuji

Maro Akaji as Mimura Hijirichi

Nishida Naomi as Mimura Tsuyuko

Mizukawa Asami as Kotani

Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Ume

Ohno Satoshi (ep10)

Nekoze Tsubaki as House maid

Hankai Kazuaki (ep10)