Hoshi no Kinka
Hoshi no Kinka －Die Sterntaler－ (星の金貨, "Stars' Coins") is a 1995 Japanese television drama series. The series revolves around Aya Kuramoto (倉本 彩, Kuramoto Aya), a deaf and mute girl from Hokkaido who is in love with a doctor named Shūichi Nagai (永井 秀一, Nagai Shūichi). After Shūichi leaves for Tokyo, he has an accident and loses his memory. Aya travels to Tokyo and encounters Takumi Nagai (永井 拓巳, Nagai Takumi), Shūichi's brother.
The sequel series, Zoku Hoshi no Kinka (続・星の金貨), aired in 1996,[1] continues where the previous series left off.
The third series, Shin Hoshi no Kinka (新・星の金貨), which ran for 11 episodes in 2001, uses a new set of characters, starring Mari Hoshino as the deaf heroine.[1]
The song Aoi Usagi by Noriko Sakai (who also starred in the show) was used as the opening theme.
Characters
Hoshi no Kinka
- Aya Kuramoto – Noriko Sakai[1]
- Shūichi Nagai – Takao Osawa[1]
- Takumi Nagai – Yutaka Takenouchi[1]
- Miwa Koizumi (小泉 美和, Koizumi Miwa) – Minako Tanaka[1]
- Shōko Yūki (結城 祥子, Yūki Shōko) – Naomi Hosokawa[1]
- Seiichirō Nagai (永井 誠一郎, Nagai Seiichirō) – Raita Ryū
- Sonoko Endō (遠藤 園子, Endō Sonoko) – Tomomi Nishimura[1]
Zoku Hoshi no Kinka
- Aya Kuramoto – Noriko Sakai
- Shūichi Nagai – Takao Osawa
- Takumi Nagai – Yutaka Takenouchi
- Keiko Kawamura (川村 景子, Kawamura Keiko) – Naho Toda
- Toshiaki Yagami (矢上 俊明, Yagami Toshiaki) – Ikki Sawamura
- Miwa Koizumi – Minako Tanaka
- Shōko Yūki – Naomi Hosokawa
- Rika Sawai (沢井 梨花, Sawai Rika) – Mai Hōshō
References
- Jonathan Clements; Motoko Tamamuro (1 November 2003). The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-1-880656-81-5.