Yell (TV series)
Yell (エール) is a Japanese television drama series and the 102nd Asadora series, following Scarlet. It premiered on March 30, 2020. It was the first Asadora to be recorded in 4K, and the first since Musume to Watashi to be broadcast in only five 15-minute episodes per week Monday through Friday, with omnibus airings on Saturday mornings instead of a fresh episode.
| Yell | |
|---|---|
| Original title | エール |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Kōji Hayashi |
| Written by | Yukako Shimizu Ureha Shimada |
| Directed by | Teruyuki Yoshida Takehiro Matsuzono |
| Starring | Masataka Kubota Fumi Nikaidō |
| Narrated by | Kenjiro Tsuda |
| Opening theme | "Hoshikage no Yell" by GReeeeN |
| Composer(s) | Eishi Segawa |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Katsuhiro Tsuchiya |
| Producer(s) | Chieko Konishi Yasuko Kobayashi Miki Doi |
| Running time | 15 minutes |
| Production company(s) | NHK |
| Release | |
| Original network | NHK |
| Original release | March 30 – September 25, 2020 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Plot
In 1909, a long-awaited baby boy was born to a family which has run a dry goods store for generations in Fukushima Prefecture. He would later become the talented composer Yuichi Koyama who wrote many famous songs. Although Yuichi was brought up as the heir of the business, he was rather dreamy and considered a child with no redeeming traits by the people around him.
However, when he encountered music, it sparked joy and unleashed his gift in composing music through self-study. As a youth, Yuichi secretly put his name down for an overseas songwriting competition. This would change his destiny. He won runner-up for the song he entered for the competition. As a result, he got to know a female student who wanted to be a singer. Despite the long distance between them – Fukushima and Toyohashi – the two of them tied the knot. When they came to Tokyo, they met all sorts of people and weathered a dark period to produce a number of hit songs. However, war broke out and Yuichi had to compose wartime songs at the army’s request. It pained him that young men died in battle after singing the songs he had written. After the war, the country began to recover amid the chaos. The couple made a new era of music in an attempt to encourage the wounded through the power of music.
Cast
Koyama's family
- Masataka Kubota as Yūichi Koyama (based on Yūji Koseki)
- Sera Ishida as young Yūichi
- Toshiaki Karasawa as Saburō Koyama, Yūichi's father
- Momoko Kikuchi as Masa Koyama, Yūichi's mother
- Takara Sakumoto as Kōji Koyama, Yūichi's brother
- Morio Kazama as Mohei Gōndō, Yūichi's uncle and Masa's older brother
Sekiuchi's family
- Fumi Nikaidō as Oto Sekiuchi, Yūichi's wife (based on Kinko Koseki)
- Kaho Shimizu as young Oto
- Ken Mitsuishi as Yasutaka Sekiuchi, Oto's father
- Hiroko Yakushimaru as Mitsuko Sekiuchi, Oto's mother
- Rena Matsui as Gin Sekiuchi, Oto's older sister
- Toito Honma as young Gin
- Nana Mori as Ume Sekiuchi, Oto's younger sister
- Chise Niitsu as young Ume
Fukushima people
- Ikusaburō Yamasaki as Hisashi Satō, Yūichi's classmate and childhood friend (based on Hisao Itō)
- Taiki Yamaguchi as young Hisashi
- Aoi Nakamura as Tetsuo Murano, Yūichi's classmate and childhood friend (based on Toshio Nomura)
- Taiga Komie as young Tetsuo
- Naotarō Moriyama as Kiyoharu Tōdō, Yūichi's school teacher
Kitaichi kimono shop
- Daichi Sugawara as Takahiko Ōgawara, the owner
- Shin Shimizu as Hiroto Kuwata, the shop clerk
- Taketo Tanaka as Shizuo Oikawa, the shop clerk
Kawamata people
Kawamata Bank
- Kazuyuki Aijima as Gorō Ochiai, a bank branch manager
- Satoru Matsuo as Renpei Suzuki, a bank clerk
- Keiko Horiuchi as Shōko Kikuchi, a bank clerk
- Ayumu Mochizuki as Kanda Matsuzaka, a bank clerk
Others
- Mayu Hotta as Suzu
Tokyo people
Columbus Records
- Arata Furuta as Homare Hatsukaishi, the company's director
- Yojiro Noda as Masato Kogarashi, a composer (based on Masao Koga)
- Kayano as Akane Sugiyama, the company's secretary
Bamboo
- Tooru Nomaguchi as Tamotsu Katori, the owner
- Riisa Naka as Megumi Katori, Tamotsu's wife
Others
- Ken Shimura as Kōzō Oyamada (based on Kosaku Yamada)
- Ko Shibasaki as Tamaki Futaura (based on Tamaki Miura)
- Takahiro Miura as Takashi Tanaka
- Nozomi Inoue as Fujimaru, a singer
- Hayato Kakizawa as Tarō Yamafuji, a singer (based on Ichirō Fujiyama)
- Mayuko Kominami as Chizuko Natsume
Production
On April 1, 2020, NHK announced that filming schedules for both Kirin ga Kuru and Yell were cancelled until April 12 to consider the safety of performers and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] By April 7, NHK extended the cancellation of shooting for both series after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proclaimed a one-month state of emergency for Tokyo and other prefectures.[2]
References
- "NHK 朝ドラ「エール」と大河「麒麟がくる」収録一時休止を発表 放送に影響ない見込み". Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- "ＮＨＫ、「麒麟がくる」「エール」の収録中止さらに延期". The Sankei News (in Japanese). The Sankei Shimbun. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
| Preceded by Scarlet |
Asadora March 30, 2020 – September 25, 2020 |
Succeeded by Ochoyan |
Category:2020 Japanese television series debuts Category:2020 Japanese television series endings Category:Asadora Category:Television productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic