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99-nen no Ai ~Japanese Americans~ [99年の愛~JAPANESE AMERICANS~]



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Title:99-nen no Ai ~Japanese Americans~
99年の愛~JAPANESE AMERICANS~
Telecast:2010-11-03 to 2010-11-07

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TV Station:TBS
Duration:5 Episodes
Genre(s):Drama
Historical



Synopsis
The story follows a family of Japanese immigrants who crossed over to America 99 years ago.

When the war breaks out the Japanese immigrants face racism and segregation. Ichiro pledges his alliance to America and gets sent to Europe, second son Jiro stays back with Ichiro's beloved Shinobu (who he has a crush on) and tries to protect his parents' farm. Their two sisters Shizu and Sachie are sent back to Japan and have to experience the horrors of war, one in Hiroshima and the other in Okinawa.

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Actor/Actress Cast (14)
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi 草なぎ剛Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
草なぎ剛

Hiramatsu Chokichi (young) and Hiramatsu Ichiro
Nakama Yukie 仲間由紀恵Nakama Yukie
仲間由紀恵

Hiramatsu (Matsusawa) Shinobu
Yachigusa Kaoru 八千草薫Yachigusa Kaoru
八千草薫

Hiramatsu Shinobu (present day)
Nakai Kiichi 中井貴一Nakai Kiichi
中井貴一

Hiramatsu Chokichi
Izumi Pinko 泉ピン子Izumi Pinko
泉ピン子

Hiramatsu Tomo
Matsuyama Kenichi 松山ケンイチMatsuyama Kenichi
松山ケンイチ

Hiramatsu Jiro
Kamijo Tsunehiko 上條恒彦Kamijo Tsunehiko
上條恒彦

Hiramatsu Jiro (present day)
Terashima Saki 寺島咲Terashima Saki
寺島咲

Hiramatsu Shizu
Kawashima Umika 川島海荷Kawashima Umika
川島海荷

Hiramatsu Sachie
Kishi Keiko 岸惠子Kishi Keiko
岸惠子

Hiramatsu Sachie (present day)
Oizumi Yo 大泉洋Oizumi Yo
大泉洋
Kobayashi Nenji 小林稔侍Kobayashi Nenji
小林稔侍
Sasano Takashi 笹野高史Sasano Takashi
笹野高史
Nakao Akiyoshi 中尾明慶Nakao Akiyoshi
中尾明慶
 

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1. Comments by gaijinmark [Rating: 7/10]
A more correct title would have been "What Japanese think it was like to immigrate to America". This script has more holes in it than I can remember, let's hope that Nisei (or Sansei, Yonsei or Gosei) never see it.

But, some good actors did their best with what they had to work with. Kusanagai proves once again that even if he's not as popular as Kimtaku, he's every bit his equal as an actor. Also good performances from Pinko Izumi as Tomo and Kiichi Nakai as Chokichi.
2. Comments by Sun_Shang_Xiang [Rating: 7/10]
Unbalanced yet interesting account which focuses mainly on WWII, A huge gap of 30 years is left out of the story between 1910 and the outbreak of the Great Pacific War.
3. Comments by russia [Rating: 9/10]
japanese american history revisited; 442 infantry; american racism
4. Comments by ct_subang [Rating: 8/10]
very historical drama...& informative...
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