Haikei, Chichiue sama (Dear Father) 拝啓、父上様

Title: Haikei, Chichiue Sama
O.A. period: 11 Jan 07 - 22 Mar 07 (Winter 07 season)
Broadcasted by: FujiTV
Theme songs: 1) Papie 2) Te (both by Moriyama Yoko)
Scriptwriter: Kuramoto Sou
Narration: Ninomiya Kazunari







Cast:

Tawara Ippei (Ninomiya Kazunari)
Tawara Yukino (Takashima Reiko)
Nakagawa Tokio (Yokoyama Yu)
Karasawa Naomi (Kuroki Meisa)
Sakashita Eri (Fukuda Saki)
Komiya Ryuji (Umemiya Tatsuo)
Ukiha (Kimura Tae)
Hanjiro a.k.a. Shakuhan (Matsushige Yutaka)
Kotoe (Ikeritsu Shoko)
Kumazawa Seijirou (Kobayashi Keiju)
Sanada Kosei (Ono Takehiko)
Fortune teller (Yo Kimiko)
Sayoko (Kaga Mariko)
Mrs. Kumazawa (Mori Mitsuko)
Tsuyama Fuyuhiko (Okuda Eiji)
Sakashita Tamotsu (Takahashi Katsumi)
Sakashita Ritsuko (Kishimoto Kayoko)
Sakashita Yumeko (Hachigusa Kaoru)

Ratings:

1) 12.9%
2) 14.1%
3) 12.4%
4) 13.2%
5) 14.1%
6) 12.8%
7) 12.1%
8) 12.3%
9) 12.4%
10) 14.3%
11) 14.5%
Average: 13.19%

Trivia:

1) This story is somewhat like the sequel of the two-instalment 1975 hit drama "Zenryaku Ofukuro-sama" (Dear Mother) written by Kuramoto Sou. Both Umemiya Tatsuo and Hachigusa Kaoru got to reprise their roles as the chef and lady owner of the restaurant respectively.

2) The script was written with the image of Ninomiya in the lead role of Ippei. Just like Ippei, Ninomiya is also left-handed.

3) After the drama was shown, Kagurazaka became a hot spot. Posters of the drama were pasted around the streets and the theme song played in many of the shops within the area.

4) In the story, Ippei is supposed to be older than Tokio but in actual fact, Yokoyama Yu who plays Tokio, is older than Ninomiya.