The Tiger and Her Wings (虎に翼, Tora ni Tsubasa)[1] is a Japanese television drama series and the 110th Asadora series, following Boogie Woogie. The drama is modeled after one of Japan's first female lawyers, Yoshiko Mibuchi, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.[2]
| The Tiger and Her Wings | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Erika Yoshida |
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| Narrated by | Machiko Ono |
| Opening theme | "Sayonara, Mata Itsuka!" by Kenshi Yonezu |
| Composer | Yūta Mori |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
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| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company | NHK |
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| Network | NHK |
| Release | April 1, 2024 |
Plot edit
The story begins in the 1930s. Tomoko Inotsume is striving to become an unprecedented female lawyer in Japan by dedicating herself to her studies. However, she faces the obstacles of Japan's laws and society, which often disregard women.
Cast edit
Inotsume's family edit
- Sairi Ito as Tomoko Inotsume
- Yuriko Ishida as Haru Inotsume, Tomoko's mother
- Takashi Okabe as Naokoto Inotsume, Tomoko's father
- Shūsaku Kamikawa as Naomichi Inotsume, Tomoko's older brother
- Ryoki Miyama (Be First) as Naoaki Inotsume, Tomoko's younger brother
- Misato Morita as Hanae Inotsume (née Yonetani), Naomichi's wife
- Taiga Nakano as Yūzō Sada, a lodger
Meiritsu University edit
- Shiori Doi as Yone Yamada
- Ikoi Hayase as young Yone
- Yuki Sakurai as Ryōko Sakuragawa
- Kami Hiraiwa as Umeko Ōba
- Ha Yeon-soo as Choi Hyang-suk (Sai Kou-shuku)
- Ryoko Kobayashi as Satoko Kubota
- Wako Ando as Chiharu Nakayama
- Junki Tozuka as Taichi Todoroki
- Takanori Iwata as Satoru Hanaoka
Yonetani's family edit
- Mariko Akama as Nobuko Yonetani, Hanae's mother
- Etsuo Yokobori as Shin'ichi Yonetani, Hanae's father
- Mayumi Tanaka as Ine
Sakuragawa's family edit
- Mariko Tsutsui as Hisako Sakuragawa, Ryōko's mother
- Ikuji Nakamura as Yūjirō Sakuragawa, Ryōko's father
- Nagi Hasegawa as Tama
Others edit
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Shigechika Hodaka. He is modeled after Shigetō Hozumi, a grandson of Eiichi Shibusawa.[3][a]
- Kenichi Matsuyama as Tōichirō Katsuraba
- Masaki Okada as Kōichi Hoshi
- Kinari Hirano as Kei Shiomi
- Ikki Sawamura as Yoriyasu Kudō
- Kenichi Takitō as Kōshirō Takigawa
- Yōji Tanaka as Sasayama
- Tsutomu Takahashi as Jirō Takenaka
- Muga Tsukaji as Rokurō Unno
- Hideo Kurihara as Tanaka, a chief judge
- Hiroaki Hirata as Takei, a chief judge
- Jirō (Sissonne) as a lawyer
- Shinobu Hasegawa (Sissonne) as a lawyer
- Yūsuke Hirayama as Masuno
- Kohji Moritsugu as Mizunuma
- Bin Furuya as Takekichi Wakashima
- Tsutomu Isobe as Rikitaro Nishikida, a lawyer
- Keisuke Horibe as Hiwada, a prosecutor
TV schedule edit
| Week | Episodes | Title | Directed by | Original airdate | Rating |
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| 1 | 1–5 | "Onnasakashite Ushi Urisokonau?" (女賢しくて牛売り損なう?) | Yoshirō Nagikawa | April 1–5, 2024 | 16.2% |
| 2 | 6–10 | "Onna Sannin Yoreba Kashimashii?" (女三人寄ればかしましい?) | April 8–12, 2024 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | 11–15 | "Onna wa Sangai ni Ie Nashi?" (女は三界に家なし?) | Mayo Hashimoto | April 15–19, 2024 | 16.5% |
| 4 | 16–20 | "Kagami-onna ni Sori-otoko?" (屈み女に反り男?) | Yoshirō Nagikawa | April 22–26, 2024 | 16.3% |
| 5 | 21–25 | "Asaame wa Onna no Udemakuri?" (朝雨は女の腕まくり?) | Daisuke Andō | April 29–May 3, 2024 | 15.8% |
| 6 | 26–30 | "Onna no Ichinen, Iwa omo Tōsu?" (女の一念、岩をも通す?) | May 6–10, 2024 | ||
| 7 | 31–35 | "Onna no Kokoro wa Neko no Me?" (女の心は猫の目?) | May 13–17, 2024 |
Notes edit
- ^ Kobayashi once played the role of Eiichi's father in a Taiga drama series.
References edit
- ^ "The Tiger and Her Wings". NHK Enterprises. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "解説:おさえておきたい「虎に翼」のこと タイトルの意味、寅子の名前の由来、"モデル"三淵嘉子の人生". Mantan-web. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "小林薫が『虎に翼』に与えるこの上ない説得力 "真の役者"が司るアンサンブル". Real Sound. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
