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The Ghost Writer's Wife

is a Japanese television drama series and the 113th Asadora series, following Anpan. This is a work of fiction modeled after the life of Setsu Koizumi, wife of the Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn, known for works such as '.

Plot

Toki Matsuno is born into a prestigious samurai family, but the Meiji Restoration brings an end to the age of the samurai. Her father's new business ventures fail, and the family is forced into poverty. She finds a job as a maid to a foreign English teacher named Heavin. Though there are barriers of language and culture between them, they grow close through their shared interest in "Kaidan" (Japanese ghost stories).

Cast

Principal

Matsuno family

  • Takashi Okabe as Tsukasanosuke Matsuno, Toki's adoptive father
  • Chizuru Ikewaki as Fumi Matsuno, Toki's adoptive mother
  • Fumiyo Kohinata as Kan'emon Matsuno, Toki's adoptive grandfather

Ushimizu family

Others

  • Ryo Yoshizawa as YÅ«ichi Nishikōri
  • Rairu Sugita as Joe Nishikōri
  • Kanichiro as Ginjiro Yamane
  • Wan Marui as Sawa Nozu
  • Honami Sato as Nami
  • Shirō Sano as Yasumune Etō, the Governor of Shimane Prefecture
  • Kana Kita as Riyo Etō, Yasumune's daughter
  • Anna Kurasawa as Chiyo
  • Kono Adachi as Sen
  • Kenji Iwaya as Zentaro Moriyama, debt collector
  • Mizuki Maehara as Zenitaro Moriyama, Zentaro's son
  • Katsuhisa Namase as Heita Hanada
  • Nobue Iketani as Tsuru Hanada
  • Maru Nouchi as Ume
  • Udai Iwasaki as Goro Kajitani
  • Mayumi Asaka as Tatsu Ueno
  • Taisei Sakai as Morimichi Nakamura
  • Tokio Emoto as Saiji Yamahashi
  • Yukito Hodaka as Seiichi Masaki
  • Kyohei Shimokawa as Haruo Kotani
  • Charlotte Kate Fox as Eliza Belsland
  • Shogo Hama as Takichi Shoda
  • Hosaki Tanaka as Hatsuemon Kanenari
  • Meisha Brooks as Martha, Lefkada Heavin's first wife

Voice cast

  • Eriko Watanabe as the Snake
  • Miho Kimura as the Frog

Production

Akari Takaishi was chosen for the lead role of Toki Matsuno from among 2892 auditionees.The role of Toki's husband, Lefkada Heavin, was also filled through an audition rather than a direct offer. The casting call was announced in Japan, as well as in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, attracting 1767 participants. Ultimately, British actor Tommy Bastow was selected for the part. He heard about the audition from his co-star on the American TV series Shōgun, Moeka Hoshi.

TV schedule

Notes

References

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