Ranman (TV series)
2023 Japanese TV series or program
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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 life of Japanese botanist Tomitaro Makino, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.
GenreDrama
Created byIkue Osada
Directed by
- Yoshio Watanabe
- Atsuko Tsuda
- Takashi Fukagawa
Starring
- Ryūnosuke Kamiki
- Minami Hamabe
- Jun Shison
- Yui Sakuma
- Aoi Nakamura
- Riko Narumi
- Mamoru Miyano
- Hiroshi Miyama
- Emma Miyazawa
- Tetsuhiro Ikeda
- Shunsuke Daito
- Kou Maehara
- Mizuki Maehara
- Tetsushi Tanaka
- Yasufumi Terawaki
- Ryōko Hirosue
- Mayu Tsuruta
- Jun Kaname
- Seiichi Tanabe
- Seikō Itō
- Eiji Okuda
- Keiko Matsuzaka
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Ikue Osada |
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| Narrated by | Aoi Miyazaki |
| Opening theme | "Ai no Hana" by Aimyon |
| Composer | Umitaro Abe |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
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| Running time | 15 minutes |
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| Network | NHK |
| Release | April 3 – September 29, 2023 |
Plot
Cast
Makino's family
- Ryūnosuke Kamiki[1][2] as Mantarō Makino
- Yurito Mori as young Mantarō
- Masahito Kobayashi as 9-to-12-year-old Mantarō
- Minami Hamabe[3] as Sueko Nishimura, Mantarō's wife
- Sakura Endō (Nogizaka46)[4] as Chitose Makino, Mantarō and Sueko's daughter and Kotetsu's wife
- Kōdai Matsuoka[4] as Momoki Makino, Mantarō and Sueko's son
- Miyu Honda[4] as Chizuru Makino, Mantarō and Sueko's youngest daughter
- Keiko Matsuzaka as old Chizuru
Mineya people
- Yui Sakuma[5][6] as Aya Makino, Mantarō's sister
- Jun Shison[5][6] as Takeo, son of the clerk of the sake brewery "Mineya"
- Show Kasamatsu[5][6] as Kōkichi, a brewer at "Mineya"
- Riho Nakamura[5][6] as Tama, a maid at "Mineya"
- Ryōko Hirosue[5][6] as Hisa Makino, Mantarō's mother
- Keiko Matsuzaka[5][6] as Taki Makino, Mantarō's grandmother
Kochi version
- Wakako Shimazaki[5][6] as Kie Kusuno, a civil rights movement supporter
- Yasufumi Terawaki[5][6] as Rankō Ikeda, head of the academic institution "Meikyoukan"
- Dean Fujioka[7] as Tengu / Sakamoto Ryōma
- Mamoru Miyano[7] as Itsuma Hayakawa, a freedom and civil rights activist in Kochi
- Ryudo Uzaki[7] as Nakahama Manjirō
- Hiroshi Miyama[7] as Gihei Hamamura, owner of "Sengokuya", a kimono merchant in Kochi
Tokyo version
- Riho Makise[8] as Matsu Nishimura, Sueko's mother
- Mansaku Ikeuchi[8] as Bunta Abe, confectioner at Hakubaido
- Aoi Nakamura[8] as Yūichirō Hirose, Mantaro's schoolmate who working in the Ministry of Engineering.
- Seiichi Tanabe[8] as Motoyoshi Noda, a botanist
- Seikō Itō[8] as Yoshio Satonaka, a botanist
related persons the restaurant “Misato”
- 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
- Kou 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
- Eiji Okuda[7] as Gihei Ōhata, factory owner of Ohata Printing Office
- Mayu Tsuruta[7] as Ichi Ōhata, Gihei's wife
- Meimi Tamura[10] as Kayo Ōhata, Gihei and Ichi's daughter
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
- Daisuke Ono[14] as Sengokuya
- Hisahiro Ogura[14] as Nakao, a pawn shop owner
- Kazu Murakami as Matsuya
- Masahiro Sato as Ikedaya
- Satoshi Hashimoto[15] as Mori Arinori, first Minister of Education, a benefactor of Akihisa Tanabe
- Yasuyuki Sakai as a doctor
- Nasubi as a package delivery man
- Naomasa Musaka as Isobe, a debt collector
- Tatsuomi Hamada[4] as Kotetsu Yamamoto
- Kokoro Terada as young Kotetsu
- Taishi Nakagawa[4] as Tōru Nagamori
TV schedule
| Week | Episodes | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–5 | "Baikaōren" (バイカオウレン, Coptis quinquefolia) | Yoshio Watanabe | April 3–7, 2023 | 15.4% |
| 2 | 6–10 | "Kinseiran" (キンセイラン, Calanthe nipponica) | April 10–14, 2023 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | 11–15 | "Jōrōhototogisu" (ジョウロウホトトギス, Tricyrtis macrantha) | April 17–21, 2023 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | 16–20 | "Sasayuri" (ササユリ, Lilium japonicum) | Atsuko Tsuda | April 24–28, 2023 | 15.8% |
| 5 | 21–25 | "Kitsunenokamisori" (キツネノカミソリ, Lycoris sanguinea) | May 1–5, 2023 | 14.4% | |
| 6 | 26–30 | "Dokudami" (ドクダミ, Houttuynia cordata) | Yoshio Watanabe | May 8–12, 2023 | 16.5% |
| 7 | 31–35 | "Botan" (ボタン, Paeonia suffruticosa) | May 15–19, 2023 | 16.3% | |
| 8 | 36–40 | "Shirotsumekusa" (シロツメクサ, Trifolium repens) | Atsuko Tsuda | May 22–26, 2023 | 16.3% |
| 9 | 41–45 | "Hirumushiro" (ヒルムシロ, Potamogeton distinctus) | Takashi Fukagawa | May 29 – June 2, 2023 | 16.1% |
| 10 | 46–50 | "Noazami" (ノアザミ, Cirsium japonicum) | June 5–9, 2023 | 16.5% | |
| 11 | 51–55 | "Yūgao" (ユウガオ, Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida) | Tetsuya Watanabe | June 12–16, 2023 | 17.1% |
| 12 | 56–60 | "Marubamannengusa" (マルバマンネングサ, Sedum makinoi) | Yoshio Watanabe | June 19–23, 2023 | 17.3% |
| 13 | 61–65 | "Yamazakura" (ヤマザクラ, Cerasus jamasakura) | June 26–30, 2023 | 17.0% | |
| 14 | 66–70 | "Hōraishida" (ホウライシダ, Adiantum capillus-veneris) | Takashi Fukagawa | July 3–7, 2023 | 17.0% |
| 15 | 71–75 | "Yamatogusa" (ヤマトグサ, Theligonum japonica Okubo et Makino) | Shin'ichirō Ishikawa | July 10–14, 2023 | 17.1% |
| 16 | 76–80 | "Kōrogiran" (コオロギラン, Stigmatodactylus sikokianus Maxim. ex Makino) | Atsuko Tsuda | July 17–21, 2023 | 16.3% |
| 17 | 81–85 | "Mujinamo" (ムジナモ, Aldrovanda vesiculosa) | Tetsuya Watanabe | July 24–28, 2023 | 16.8% |
| 18 | 86–90 | "Himesumire" (ヒメスミレ, Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis) | Yoshio Watanabe | July 31 – August 4, 2023 | 16.8% |
| 19 | 91–95 | "Yakkosō" (ヤッコソウ, Mitrastemon yamamotoi Makino) | August 7–11, 2023 | 16.8% | |
| 20 | 96–100 | "Kirengeshōma" (キレンゲショウマ, Kirengeshoma palmata) | Takashi Fukagawa | August 14–18, 2023 | 17.1% |
| 21 | 101–105 | "Nojigiku" (ノジギク, Chrysanthemum japonense) | Atsuko Tsuda | August 21–25, 2023 | 17.4% |
| 22 | 106–110 | "Ōgyōchi" (オーギョーチ, Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang) | Naoki Kobayashi | August 28 – September 1, 2023 | 17.5% |
| 23 | 111–115 | "Yamamomo" (ヤマモモ, Morella rubra) | Shin'ichirō Ishikawa | September 4–8, 2023 | 17.8% |
| 24 | 116–120 | "Tsuchitorimochi" (ツチトリモチ, Balanophora japonica) | Hiroshi Kaida and Takashi Fukagawa | September 11–15, 2023 | 17.1% |
| 25 | 121–125 | "Murasakikatabami" (ムラサキカタバミ, Oxalis debilis) | Yoshio Watanabe | September 18–22, 2023 | 17.3% |
| 26 | 126–130 | "Suekozasa" (スエコザサ, Sasaella ramosa var. suwekoana) | September 25–29, 2023 | 17.6% | |
| Average rating 16.6% - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).[16] | |||||