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Kaitakushatachi [開拓者たち]

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Title:Kaitakushatachi
開拓者たち
Pioneers
Telecast:2012-01-01



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TV Station:NHK
Duration:6 Episodes
Genre(s):Drama
Period drama



Synopsis
The story is set in the region formerly known as Manchuria and is based on the groups trying to resettle there in the years after the Manchurian Incident. The central characters are a family of four siblings who live there, but who are forced to flee due to the Soviet invasion of the region and Japan's defeat in World War II. As a result, they return to Japan and attempt to forge a new life on a farm in the Tochigi prefecture.

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Actor/Actress Cast (21)
Mitsushima Hikari 満島ひかりMitsushima Hikari
満島ひかり

Abe Hatsu
Ishida Takuya 石田卓也Ishida Takuya
石田卓也

Abe Shiro
Ayano Go 綾野剛Ayano Go
綾野剛

Abe Kinji
Yamashita Rio 山下リオYamashita Rio
山下リオ

Abe Tomie
Arai Hirofumi 新井浩文Arai Hirofumi
新井浩文

Asano Hayao
Kobayashi KatsuyaKobayashi Katsuya
Kidoura Shinsaku
Tokunaga Eri 徳永えりTokunaga Eri
徳永えり

Kidoura Chie
Kanai Yuta 金井勇太Kanai Yuta
金井勇太

Konno Riki
Ashina Sei 芦名星Ashina Sei
芦名星

Konno Umeko
Hira Takehiro 平岳大Hira Takehiro
平岳大

Shoji Morimitsu
Maeda Ai 前田愛Maeda Ai
前田愛

Shoji Tsuruko
Satsukawa Aimi 佐津川愛美Satsukawa Aimi
佐津川愛美

Keiko
Kinoshita Hoka 木下ほうかKinoshita Hoka
木下ほうか

Sakamoto Juzo
Yamanaka Takashi 山中たかシYamanaka Takashi
山中たかシ

Endo Shoji
Nikaido Satoshi 二階堂智Nikaido Satoshi
二階堂智

Yoshizaki Chiaki
Tanaka Misato 田中美里Tanaka Misato
田中美里

Yoshizaki Junko
Tanaka Tetsushi 田中哲司Tanaka Tetsushi
田中哲司

Ono Seisuke
Daichi YasuoDaichi Yasuo
Hayasaka Gohei
Ueda Koichi 上田耕一Ueda Koichi
上田耕一

Fujita Incho
Emoto Akira 柄本明Emoto Akira
柄本明

Sou Teruhiko
Ishida Hoshi 石田法嗣Ishida Hoshi
石田法嗣

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1. Comments by occultangle [Rating: 7/10]
The first half of this was so good. It was one of the best things I have ever seen, but then they had to F it up, and F it up bad.

It starts simple enough, and when it gets to the point where the Japanese are fleeing through China where everyone wants them dead, it's obviously very dramatic, and it can handle that very well considering the subject matter. But once things calm down they try to drag it on with melodramatic garbage at a point when frankly they should be winding down to a close. At this point they're switching between too many characters scattered around the world. The primal fight to survive is now replaced by overdone personal issues that they try to present as heavy as the former stuff, and it turns into a mess. Then after I was thoroughly disillusioned and thought it couldn't possibly get any worse, they decide to pull out the cheese, and dress everyone up in bad, old people makeup, and go out with sappy fake conversations with ghosts.

This was such a huge disappointment. You should literally just watch the first half and then shut it off and pretend that's all of it. That way this would be one of the best dramas ever.
2. Comments by Sun_Shang_Xiang [Rating: 8/10]
The most interesting Sino-Japanese war drama I've yet seen.Yamashita Rio was good in this.
3. Comments by RISAKO [Rating: 7/10]
4. Comments by xploring [Rating: ?/10]