Bōshi

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Bōshi (Caps/Hats)
Written by
Directed by
StarringKen Ogata


Yūko Tanaka

Tetsuji Tamayama
Ittoku Kishibe
Maho Tomita








Ryuji Yamamoto

Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
Production
Running time90 minutes
Release
Original networkNHK
Original releaseAugust 2, 2008 (2008-08-02)
External links
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Bōshi (帽子) was a Japanese television special about an elderly man who runs an old haberdashery in Kure. The drama was produced by NHK Hiroshima in 2008 for their 80th anniversary[1] and received the valuable TV drama award at the 63rd Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival.[2]

Plot[]

In the port city of Kure, there is an old hat shop. Shunpei, the elderly shop owner, is proud of his career as a skillful hatter, with famous clients such as fleet admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. However, as time goes on, the number of orders decreases and his memory begins to fail him. Shunpei occasionally has to ask his security guard, Goro, to help him find his scissors.

One day, Shunpei discovers that his childhood friend, Setsu, is Goro's mother. She left Goro due to an issue with her husband, and now she is in the end stages of cancer. Setsu had been physically weak since childhood, due to radiation exposure from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Shunpei had thought of Setsu as a sister, but he couldn't ask her to live with him in Kure, so she left to earn a living in Hiroshima. He missed her ever since.

Shunpei decides to reunite Goro with his mother. Shunpei knows that Setsu has been living in Tokyo, suffering discrimination as a radiation exposure victim. But when Shunpei finds Setsu, she seems to be living quite happily. Setsu still has a small sailor hat which Shunpei made for her years ago, and which always cheers her up in the face of hardship. Setsu showed the hat to Shunpei, to encourage him and renew his pride. Upon seeing the hat, Shunpei's mind is restored and his forgetfulness disappears.

Cast[]

  • Ken Ogata as "Shunpei Takayama", an older gentleman living alone in port city Kure as a hatter.
  • as 28-year-old "Shunpei", working hard, helping Setsu, and loves her.
  • as 6-year-old "Shunpei", likes his father.
  • Yūko Tanaka as "Setsu Takemoto", an older lady living in Tokyo with her family, Shunpei's childhood friend, Goro's real mother.
  • as 19-year-old "Setsu", in delicate health, loves Shunpei.
  • Tetsuji Tamayama as "Goro Kawahara", Shunpei's security agent and Setsu's son.
  • Ittoku Kishibe as "Masayuki Kawahara", Goro's father and Setsu's ex-husband, a doctor and runs his hospital in Hiroshima.
  • Maho Tomita as "Yu Takayama", Shunpei's granddaughter living in Tokyo.
  • as "Mikazu Kawahara", Goro's stepmother and Masayuki's wife.
  • as "Aki Kawahara", Goro's stepsister.
  • as "Katsuto Takemoto", Setsu's husband, runs his laundry with her.
  • as "Haruko Takemoto", Setsu's daughter.
  • as a chief "Todoroki", Goro's boss.
  • as "Fukuzo", Shunpei's friend.
  • as Fukuzo's grandchild.
  • as "Futoyama", principal of Kure Sanjyo junior high school, will order student caps to Shunpei.
  • Ryuji Yamamoto as "Ichimura", a chairman of the PTA of Sanjyo junior high school.
  • as general "Isoroku Yamamoto",
  • as "Reikichi Takayama", Shunpei's father made the cap for Isoroku Yamamoto.

Theme song[]

The theme song is titled Inochi no Uta / (Songs can change the world) and was written for NHK's 80th anniversary. The lyrics invite the public to join the song to collect their messages of life and peace.[3]

  • / (Flowers bloom in the sky)
    • Sung by Chitose Hajime
    • Written by (selected from 1,904 submissions)[4]
    • Supported by
    • Composed by and
    • Arranged by

The Inochi no Uta Project continued in 2009.[5]

See also[]

  • Japanese television programs
  • Kure was the home port of the battleship Yamato, and there was the largest naval port in Asia.

References[]

  1. ^ NHK Hiroshima Drama Bōshi Archived March 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ List of Awarded works of ACA 2008 Archived April 19, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Inochio No Uta, a song from Hiroshima to the world with peace Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The theme song by Chitose Hajime for Inochi no Uta Concert on July 5 2008 Archived October 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Inochi no Uta 2009 (Songs can change the world 2009) - NHK Hiroshima Archived February 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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