Suna no Utsuwa (TV series)

is a 2004 Japanese television drama series. It is based on a Japanese novel Suna no Utsuwa.

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

• Won: Best Drama
• Won: Best Actor - Masahiro Nakai

References