Aikotoba wa Yūki

*Aikotoba wa Yūki*
Aikotoba wa Yūki
Genre	Drama, comedy-drama
Written by	Kōki Mitani
Theme music composer	Edward Elgar
Opening theme	Pomp and Circumstance Marches No. 1
Composer	Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	11
Production
Producers	Ken Hatano, Jun Shimoyama
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	Fuji Television
Release	June 6 –; September 14, 2000

Aikotoba wa Yūki (合い言葉は勇気, The Password is "Courage") is a Japanese television drama that ran on Fuji Television every Thursday at 10:00 to 10:54 PM from July 6 to September 14, 2000. Its opening theme is "Pomp and Circumstance Marches No. 1", performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

The complete DVD boxset was released on April 20, 2010.^[1]

Plot

Tomashi village is a small village, well known for its abundance of nature and beautiful surroundings. When a development company called Funamushi plans to build an industrial waste treatment facility in the area, the villagers are unhappy with the effects it will have on the environment, and seek an injunction. The village chief goes to Tokyo and finds a young lawyer to represent them in court, the one lawyer in the city who has actually lived in the village. The man, however, knows of the company's crafty lawyer, Tanomo Aboshi...

Tarō Akihito, a once highly renowned actor who happens to play a lawyer in a TV drama, is mistaken for a real lawyer by the villagers in a freak coincidence. He finally works up his courage to begin the fight, and they convince him to represent them.^[2]

Cast

Kōji Yakusho as Tarō Akihito
Shingo Katori as Tadashi Daiyama
Kyōka Suzuki as Shino Inuzuka
Masahiko Tsugawa as Tanomo Aboshi
Kunie Tanaka as Moritaka Inuzuka
Akira Terao as Teīchirō Kotoidani
Jun Kunimura as Kagetora Anzai
Akio Kaneda as Kakukura Kamoda
Kōichi Yamadera as Chikō Keno
Zen Kajiwara as Gisuke Kawakita
Narushi Ikeda as Teizō Kotoidani
Akaji Maro as Kingo Tenba
Toshiya Tōyama as Asao Seta
Kenji Matsutani as Hachirō Hayashi
Hajime Inoue as Michio Daiyama
Kōta Ishii as Yoshikichi Yamane
Nanae Akasawa as Otoya Miyata
Yōichi Nukumizu as Hikita
Midoriko Kimura as Naoko Satō
Kazuko Shirakawa as Setsuko Daiyama
Toshiaki Karasawa as Kazushige Hatoyama
Norito Yashima as Rei Saitō
Naoki Sugiura as Kazutaka Akaiwa

Staff

Planning: Takashi Ishihara
Writer: Kōki Mitani
Director: Shunsaku Kawake, Daisuke Tajima, Takayoshi Nakayama
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Producer: Ken Hatano, Jun Shimoyama

Episode list

Episode #	Broadcast date	Title	Audience rating
#1	July 6, 2000	Leap of Faith (奇跡を呼ぶ男, Kiseki o Yobu Otoko)	15.9%
#2	July 13, 2000	The Worst Saviour (サイテーの救世主, Saitei no Kyūseishu)	12.7%
#3	July 20, 2000	First Victory (初めての勝利, Hajimete no Shōri)	10.8%
#4	July 27, 2000	The Village Headman was Killed! (村長は殺された!, Sonchō wa Korosareta!)	11.0%
#5	August 3, 2000	Declaration of War (宣戦布告, Sensen Fukoku)	11.3%
#6	August 10, 2000	Betrayed Hero (裏切ったヒーロー, Uragitta Hīrō)	7.4%
#7	August 17, 2000	Setting Traps (仕掛けられた罠, Shikakerareta Wana)	10.4%
#8	August 24, 2000	Last Gamble (最後の賭け, Saigo no Kake)	10.1%
#9	August 31, 2000	Falling in Love (恋におちたら, Koi ni Ochitara)	10.3%
#10	September 7, 2000	Last Chance (最後のチャンス, Saigo no Chansu)	10.5%
#11	September 14, 2000	Pomp and Circumstance (威風堂々, Ifūdōdō)	13.3%

Averate ratings: 11.2%

References

^ "Sony Music Shop: Aikotoba wa Yūki DVD Box" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-25.
^ "Official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-25.

External links

Aikotoba wa Yūki at Fuji TV's official site

[1] "Sony Music Shop: Aikotoba wa Yūki DVD Box" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-25.

[2] "Official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-25.

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