Suna no Utsuwa (TV series)
2004 Japanese TV series or program
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Vessel of Sand (砂の器, Suna no Utsuwa)[1] is a 2004 Japanese television drama series. It is based on a Japanese novel Suna no Utsuwa.[2]
| Suna no Utsuwa | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Vessel of Sand |
| Starring | Masahiro Nakai Ken Watanabe Yasuko Matsuyuki Kotomi Kyono |
| Theme music composer | Akira Senju |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS |
| Release | January 18 – March 28, 2004 |
Cast
- Masahiro Nakai as Eiryo Waga/Hideo Motoura
- Ken Watanabe as Shuichiro Imanishi (named Eitaro Imanishi in the original book)
- Yasuko Matsuyuki as Asami Naruse (Rieko Naruse)
- Masaru Nagai as Masaya Yoshimura (Hiroshi Yoshimura)
- Shinji Takeda as Keisuke Sekigawa (Shigeo Sekigawa)
- Kotomi Kyono as Ayaka Tadokoro (Sachiko Tadokoro)
- Yoshinori Okada as Makoto Miyata (Kunio Miyata)
- Hitomi Satō as Reiko Ogihara (Emiko Miura)
- Yoko Moriguchi as Junko Imanishi
- Hidekazu Akai as Kenichi Miki
- Masachika Ichimura as Yuzuru Aso (gender flipped from Akiko Sugiura)
- Isao Natsuyagi as Shigeyoshi Tadokoro
- Yoshio Harada as Chiyokichi Motoura
Awards
7th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix[3]
- Won: Best Drama
- Won: Best Actor - Masahiro Nakai
