Ranman (TV series)

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Ranman
Genre Drama
Created byIkue Osada
Directed by
  • Yoshio Watanabe
  • Atsuko Tsuda
  • Takashi Fukagawa
Starring
Narrated by Aoi Miyazaki
Opening theme"Ai no Hana" by Aimyon
ComposerUmitaro Abe
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
Production
Producers
  • Maiko Itagaki
  • Toshinobu Asanuma
  • Norihisa Fujiwara
Running time15 minutes
Original release
Network NHK
ReleaseApril 3 (2023-04-03) 
September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)

Ranman (らんまん) is a Japanese television drama series and the 108th Asadora series, following Maiagare! . It premiered on April 3, 2023. The drama is modeled after the Japanese botanist Tomitaro Makino, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Makino's family

Mineya people

Kochi version

Tokyo version

  • Emma Miyazawa [8] as Mie Kasazaki, Sueko's aunt and Matsu's sister
  • Sarutoki Minagawa as Yanosuke Iwasaki, an industrialist
  • Koen Kondo as Tadanori Onda, an army colonel
  • Ryū Morioka as Keiichi Aijima, Ministry of Communications Railway Agency bureaucrat
  • Sōma Suzuki as Michinari Kakegawa, a politician

The University of Tokyo Persons

  • Jun Kaname [7] as Akihisa Tanabe, a founding professor of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyo
  • Tetsushi Tanaka [7] as Seiichi Tokunaga, an associate professor at the Department of Botany, University of Tokyo
  • Hiroki Konno [9] as Shozaburo Ōkubo, an Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Tokyo
  • Ko Maehara [9] as Yasuhisa Hatano, an student in the Department of Botany, University of Tokyo
  • Mizuki Maehara [9] as Jiro Hujimaru, an student in the Department of Botany, University of Tokyo
  • Hiroshi Yamamoto as Hideyoshi Mimasaka, a professor at the University of Tokyo

Jiitoku row house

  • Shunsuke Daito [8] as Hayato Kuraki, former elite samurai
  • Riko Narumi [8] as Ei Kuraki, Hayato's wife
  • Tetsuhiro Ikeda [8] as Fukuji Oikawa
  • Tamae Ando [8] as Rin Eguchi, manager of Jutoku Nagaya
  • Kasumi Yamaya [8] as Yū Usami, maid at small restaurant
  • Tatsuya Yamawaki [8] as Jōnosuke Horii, a failed student who attends the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo.
  • Takashi Sumida [8] as Ushikutei Kyubei, a storyteller who lives in Jutoku Nagaya.

Ohata Printing Office

People around Sueko

  • Kanata Irei [11] as Masanori Takatō, former Satsuma samurai businessman
  • Ariei Umefune as Yae Takatō, Masanori's wife
  • Takeshi Kongochi as Kashima, Masanori's secretary
  • Ananda Jacobs as Clara Lawrence, Sueko's music and dance teacher
  • Seina Nakata as Satoko Tanabe, Akihisa's wife, Sueko's friend
  • Atsuko Fukuda as a maid of the Tanabe family

People of Shibuya

  • Tateto Serizawa as Satarō Aratani, The owner of the pub "Aratani". [12]
  • Masayo Umezawa as Kane Aratani, Satarō's mother
  • Jun Inoue as Hiroshi Sato,"Kōbō-yu" owner
  • Noriko Iriyama as Toyoka, former Yanagibashi geisha [13]
  • Rion Misaki as Hazuki, former Yanagibashi geisha
  • Naoto Kaihō [4] as Ichizo Kobayashi, an industrialist
  • Zen Ishikawa as Ryōtarō Saeki, a senior government official
  • Ichirō Mikami as Eiken Shirakawa, former councillor
  • Mizuki Machida as Masamune Nasukawa, director of the Japan Orchestra Association

Others

TV schedule

WeekEpisodesTitleDirected byOriginal airdateRating
11–5"Baikaōren" (バイカオウレン, Coptis quinquefolia)Yoshio WatanabeApril 3–7, 202315.4%
26–10"Kinseiran" (キンセイラン, Calanthe nipponica)April 10–14, 202315.1%
311–15"Jōrōhototogisu" (ジョウロウホトトギス, Tricyrtis macrantha)April 17–21, 202315.8%
416–20"Sasayuri" (ササユリ, Lilium japonicum)Atsuko TsudaApril 24–28, 202315.8%
521–25"Kitsunenokamisori" (キツネノカミソリ, Lycoris sanguinea)May 1–5, 202314.4%
626–30"Dokudami" (ドクダミ, Houttuynia cordata)Yoshio WatanabeMay 8–12, 202316.5%
731–35"Botan" (ボタン, Paeonia suffruticosa)May 15–19, 202316.3%
836–40"Shirotsumekusa" (シロツメクサ, Trifolium repens)Atsuko TsudaMay 22–26, 202316.3%
941–45"Hirumushiro" (ヒルムシロ, Potamogeton distinctus)Takashi FukagawaMay 29–June 2, 202316.1%
1046–50"Noazami" (ノアザミ, Cirsium japonicum)June 5–9, 202316.5%
1151–55"Yūgao" (ユウガオ, Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida)Tetsuya WatanabeJune 12–16, 202317.1%
1256–60"Marubamannengusa" (マルバマンネングサ, Sedum makinoi)Yoshio WatanabeJune 19–23, 202317.3%
1361–65"Yamazakura" (ヤマザクラ, Cerasus jamasakura)June 26–30, 202317.0%
1466–70"Hōraishida" (ホウライシダ, Adiantum capillus-veneris L.)Takashi FukagawaJuly 3–7, 202317.0%
1571–75"Yamatogusa" (ヤマトグサ, Theligonum japonica Okubo et Makino)Shin'ichirō IshikawaJuly 10–14, 202317.1%
1676–80"Kōrogiran" (コオロギラン, Stigmatodactylus sikokianus Maxim. ex Makino)Atsuko TsudaJuly 17–21, 202316.3%
1781–85"Mujinamo" (ムジナモ, Aldrovanda vesiculosa)Tetsuya WatanabeJuly 24–28, 202316.8%
1886–90"Himesumire" (ヒメスミレ, Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis)Yoshio WatanabeJuly 31–August 4, 202316.8%
1991–95"Yakkosō" (ヤッコソウ, Mitrastemon yamamotoi Makino)August 7–11, 202316.8%
2096–100"Kirengeshōma" (キレンゲショウマ, Kirengeshoma palmata Yatabe)Takashi FukagawaAugust 14–18, 202317.1%
21101–105"Nojigiku" (ノジギク, Chrysanthemum japonense)Atsuko TsudaAugust 21–25, 202317.4%
22106–110"Ōgyōchi" (オーギョーチ, Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang)Naoki KobayashiAugust 28–September 1, 202317.5%
23111–115"Yamamomo" (ヤマモモ, Morella rubra)Shin'ichirō IshikawaSeptember 4–8, 202317.8%
24116–120"Tsuchitorimochi" (ツチトリモチ, Balanophora japonica)Hiroshi Kaida and Takashi FukagawaSeptember 11–15, 202317.1%
25121–125"Murasakikatabami" (ムラサキカタバミ, Oxalis debilis Kunth 1822)Yoshio WatanabeSeptember 18–22, 202317.3%
26126–130"Suekozasa" (スエコザサ, Sasaella ramosa var. suwekoana)September 25–29, 202317.6%
Average rating 16.6% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region). [16]

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Preceded by Asadora
April 3, 2023 – September 29
Succeeded by