Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel.
Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."
Unbeknownst to Yukichi, Takuro is working as an apprentice pottery maker in Biei—a town located 50km away from Furano. His father hasn't spoken a word to him since the accident.
One day, Takuro meets Azusa, the lovely Forest Clock employee who has a habit of accidentally breaking the shop's plates and cups. It doesn't take long for the two to fall in love.
Will the wall of ice between father and son ever melt?
Adding color to the drama are the conversations between Yukichi and the tourists and café-goers who drop in the shop.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/drama/5oVVwc.jpg", "genre": [ "drama", "Romance", "family" ], "contentRating": "PG-13", "datePublished": "Jan 13, 2005", "dateModified": "2014-07-28", "startDate": "Jan 13, 2005", "endDate": "Mar 24, 2005", "actor": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Otake Shinobu", "alternateName": "大竹しのぶ", "birthDate": "July 17, 1957", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Shinobu Otake is a Japanese film and stage actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Go (2001), and Like Asura (2003).
She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress (Jiken) and Best Supporting Actress (Seishoku no ishibumi). She also won the award for Best Actress at the 12th Hochi Film Award for Eien no 1/2. At the 25th Moscow International Film Festival, she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Owl. She has received a total of 12 nominations.
She was the favored lead actress of director Kaneto Shindo after his previous lead actress, Nobuko Otowa, died in 1994, and was featured in several of his films from A Last Note in 1995 to Postcard in 2011.
She was previously married to Sanma Akashiya and Seiji Hattori.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/QZgdQ_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kunimura Jun", "alternateName": "國村隼, 米村喜洋, くにむら じゅん, Jun Kunimura, Yonemura Yoshihiro, Yoshihiro Yonemura", "birthDate": "November 16, 1955", "nationality": "Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/kunimura-jun.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ninomiya Kazunari", "alternateName": "二宮和也", "birthDate": "June 17, 1983", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Ninomiya Kazunari, often called Nino, is a singer-songwriter, actor, presenter, and radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi and portrayed Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima.
Ninomiya began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, in 1996 at the age of 13. He didn't leave the agency until 2023. Prior to his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, Ninomiya started his acting career when he was cast as Chris in the stage play "Stand by Me," which was based on the film of the same name. Since then, he has gone on to appear in numerous television drama, movie, and stage productions, making him known as the actor of Arashi. Described as an actor who can act with his mouth and eyes, Ninomiya has won a number of awards and nominations for his roles.
In November 2019, he married former announcer Ito Ayako, two years his senior. Their first daughter was born in March 2021, their second on November 19, 2022.
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In 2002, her appearance in the Nabisco CM earned her the title of "The Pretty Girl from the Nabisco CM" in magazines and TV shows, as her name was not yet well-known at the time.
In 2003, she had her very first leading role in the movie, Robokon and Masami commented that it was this movie that first brought out her acting skills and that it remains one of her favourite works to this day.
In 2004, Masami starred as the heroine of the story, a teenage girl who died of leukemia, in the big hit movie, Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World. The movie was a box office hit in Japan, earning 8.5 billion Yen in total. It was in this movie that she decided to shave off all her hair to accommodate her role as a leukemia patient. Her outstanding performance in this movie gave her recognition as an actress and earned her numerous awards including the Best Supporting Actress Prize (the youngest ever) in the 28th Japanese Academy Awards.
Nagasawa graduated from Horikoshi High School, which also counts among alumni performers like Hamasaki Ayumi, Haruka Ayase, Ueto Aya, Matsumoto Jun, Yuya Tegoshi, Yamashita Tomohisa, Toma Ikuta and Koki Tanaka.
For three consecutive years since 2005, she has been the cover girl for Toho Calendar, which has a history of over 50 years.
In April 2007, she co-starred with Yamashita Tomohisa for the second time in the fantasy love comedy, Proposal Daisakusen (first time was in Dragon Zakura), featuring the former model Eikura Nana. The show enjoyed high ratings, and the cast also swept the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Awards for Spring of 2007, winning in all 5 categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Drama.
In summer 2007, Masami was ranked 9th in 2007 Most Influential People In Japan and was the only female in the ranking. The order is as follows: Takuya Kimura, Takeshi Kitano, Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Monta Mino, Sanma Akashiya, Shingo Katori, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Nagasawa Masami, Masahiro Nakai, according to magazine Flash.
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Terao was born in Yokohama (Kanagawa prefecture) in Japan, son of the actor and film director Jukichi Uno. He was married to Bunjaku Han from 1973 to 1974 (ending in divorce).
As a singer, Terao was known mostly for his 1981 album Reflections (リフレクションズ?), which sold more than one and a half million copies in Japan with the hit song "Ruby No Yubiwa" (ルビーの指環?).
In 1985, Terao started to work with Akira Kurosawa in Ran. Five years later he appeared as "I" in Kurosawa's Dreams. He has worked with director Takashi Koizumi in After the Rain and The Professor's Beloved Equation. As for dramas, Terao has acted with Kazunari Ninomiya in Yasashii Jikan as well as in the latest Takuya Kimura-helmed drama, Change (2008).
He won the award for best actor at the 47th Blue Ribbon Awards for "Half a Confession". (wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/Lp1nyc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yo Kimiko", "alternateName": "余貴美子", "birthDate": "May 12, 1956", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "Yo Kimiko is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She was given Best Supporting Actress awards at the 2004 and the 2009 Yokohama Film Festival ceremonies. She won the award for the best supporting actress at the 32nd and at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Departures and Dear Doctor respectively.
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In 2006, she made her film directorial debut with " Chek Laccio !! ".
In the 2008 drama " Wind Garden ", she directed all 11 episodes by herself. It is unusual in the world of television dramas usually shared by a couple of directors. Through the production of this work, she received the 63rd (FY2009) Cultural Agency Arts Festival Broadcast Individual Award. Also won the 2008 WWM award.
Through the organization Production Department drama production center director in charge of Director , 2012 June 28, incumbent dated.
In 2013, it won an art prize freshmen prize by directing " second love from the end " . Director who is familiar with the characteristics that can image the fine (drowning) fluctuation of the air between people and people, and expresses the danger of human relations with magnificence " . Father Yamada Taichi also won the same prize in " each autumn " in 1974, becoming a winner of two parents and two children. --source ja wikipedia", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/nEdeNc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tajima Daisuke", "alternateName": "田島大輔", "birthDate": "", "nationality": "Japanese", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/4JmmZ_5c.jpg" } ], "trailer": { "@type": "VideoObject", "name": "Trailer for Yasashii Jikan", "embedUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/", "thumbnailUrl": "https://img.youtube.com/vi//0.jpg" }, "productionCompany": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Fuji TV", "description": "JOCX-DTV, branded as Fuji TV and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the Fuji Television Network, Inc. it is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the Fuji Network System.", "logo": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/network/fuji-tv.png" } ], "countryOfOrigin": { "@type": "Country", "name": "Japan" }, "numberOfEpisodes": "11", "episode": [ { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 11", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-11.html", "episodeNumber": 11, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 10", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-10.html", "episodeNumber": 10, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 9", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-9.html", "episodeNumber": 9, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 8", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-8.html", "episodeNumber": 8, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 7", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-7.html", "episodeNumber": 7, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 6", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-6.html", "episodeNumber": 6, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 5", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-5.html", "episodeNumber": 5, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 4", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-4.html", "episodeNumber": 4, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 3", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-3.html", "episodeNumber": 3, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 2", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-2.html", "episodeNumber": 2, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" }, { "@type": "TVEpisode", "name": "Episode 1", "url": "https://ww5.kissasian.video/watch/yasashii-jikan/episode-1.html", "episodeNumber": 1, "datePublished": "2014-07-28" } ]
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