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Title (romaji): Bara no nai Hanaya
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama, romance
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan to 2008-Mar
Air time: Monday 21:00




Synopsis


"Bara no nai Hanaya" tells the story of Shiomi Eiji, the manager of a small flower shop. His wife has passed away, leaving him to raise their daughter Shizuku on his own. The drama depicts their various interactions with the people around them.


Cast




Katori Shingo as Shiomi Eiji
Takeuchi Yuko as Shiroto Mio
Shaku Yumiko as Ono Yuki
Matsuda Shota as Kudo Naoya
Terajima Susumu as Shijo Kengo
Ikeuchi Junko as Hishida Keiko
Miura Tomokazu as Anzai Teruo

Sounds like an interesting drama. Can't wait to watch since Matsuda Shota is in it. Go Shota!!!!

Anticipating this. This can be the rating winner next season because of the names Shingo Katori & Yuko Takeuchi attached to it.

I wanted to say YAY a drama with Shota but the plot sounds like such a drag. Pictures?
Hope that Shota at least has good hair in this one, finally.

This maybe in Fuji TV's golden Monday slot but it sounds horribly dull.

Official website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/rose/index.html

The press conference for the drama was held on 18 December at Fuji TV's bay studio at Seikai, Tokyo, and attended by Katori Shingo, Takeuchi Yuko and the rest of the main cast. The scriptwriter for Bara No Nai Hanaya is Nojima Shinji, who was also responsible for the scripts for Pride, Koukou Kyoshi, Hitotsu Yane no Shita, Aikurushi, Strawberry on the Shortcake, Golden Bowl, etc. Bara No Nai Hanaya is a human love story that revolves around Shiomi Eiji, a flower shop owner who is single-handedly raising his 8-year-old daughter, and Shiroto Mio, a blind woman, illustrating various types of love - between siblings, parent and child, neighbours.

The drama will start airing on Mondays from 14 January 2008, 9:00 - 9:54.

I'm really looking forward to this drama.. since Matsuda Shota is in it. Has the role for the daughter, Shizuku been casted yet? or what's her character going to be like? j/w.

15s CM
http://www.mediafire.com/?4nx0jqrlzfd

Shizuku is played by Yagi Yuki. She didn't appear during the press conference. Character information seems scanty at the moment.

YAYAYA!! another drama of Matsuda...I've been missing him ever since Liar Game (didn't like Jotei)...thouh I miss his look from HYD..
And another Shingo....this guy cracks me up.

Hopefully it'll be good

Episode 1 Synopsis

Eiji raises his 8-year-old daughter, Shizuku, while running a flower shop. Lately, he's been bothered that Shizuku has, for some reason, started wearing a hood. One rainy day, he meets Mio, a blind woman who is seeking shelter from the rain, in front of his shop. Eiji's heart is moved by her forthright words. Mio comes again some days later and hits it off well with Shizuku. Meanwhile, the doctor Anzai starts monitoring Eiji secretly.

Source: Shukan The Television

Something mysterious seems to be going on in this drama.

Bara no Nai Hanaya CM: http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=gsk9YPTCoRY

Oooh...I wonder if anything romantic would develop between Shingo and Takeuchi's characters! And I am secretly hoping that Takeuchi Yuko would go on SxS...so I can finally see her and Kimura together on screen again! LOL

thte trailer looks good so far. I'm really looking forward to this drama.

I'm looking forward to this drama, does anyone knows if some group will be subbing this?

OMG, I must see this. Shingo Katori is the mini cooper . And Shota Masuda is also a great actor....ah I can't wait for this to come out.

I heard that Love Song is subbing this one.

From Japan Times:

SMAP band member Shingo Katori, whose last TV drama job was playing a monkey, gets to be more than human in the new series "Bara no Nai Hanaya (A Florist Without Roses)" (Fuji, Monday, 9 p.m.). Katori plays Eiji, a young widower with an 8-year-old daughter, Shizuku. He saves his money for years to fulfill his dream, which is to open a flower shop.

In the opening episode, the various characters who will change Eiji's and Shizuku's lives are introduced. A blind woman named Miou (Yuko Takeuchi) waits out a rain shower under the awning in front of Eiji's shop, and he invites her in for a cup of tea. Shizuku's teacher, Yuki (Yumiko Shaku), comes by to tell Eiji that his daughter is very popular in class, which surprises Eiji since Shizuku is very shy and tends to always hide her face. What Eiji doesn't know is that his middle-aged neighbor, Keiko, has told Shizuku the truth of her mother's death. However, the most important new friend that Eiji makes is Kudo, a host at a nightclub where Eiji delivers flowers.

o.O interesting I want to watch this!!! The cast is great too!!!

yuko takeuchi looks pretty in this drama. i can't seem to see shingo in any kind of serious role. to me he always has a comedic image. newho, i want to see this drama. i would totally appreciate it if someone was willing to sub this drama. i'd still watch it without subs tho.

is there a clubbox that i can download this from?

it's in kangjegu's clubbox:
http://down.clubbox.co.kr/kangjegu/o8d7g

To me, THE BEST FIRST EPISODE OF THE ENTIRE SEASON so far! Nope, Hachikuro can't even come close, let alone One-Pound Gospel. It's THAT GOOD!

Really looking forward to this drama. I am a fan of both Shingo and Takeuchi.

Agreed. I already found myself tearing up during the first episode. It's a beautiful story.

wow.really?i'm going to give a try..even the rating's quite high..i heard it's 22.4% or something

has anyone subbed the first ep yet? I saw Takeuchi Yuko and Matsuda Shota on SMAPXSMAP and it was so hillarious.

Don't you know if there's any link where i can watch it online? i mean a live streaming link (sorry, my English is awful.)

It's true, the first episode is 22.4%

And you guys can go download it on D-Addicts with sub now, Love Song has finished subbing it. And I think it won't be long before it's uploaded to Veoh. Watch out for that too!

The first episode is subbed in English and out. It's very good. A few shocking parts, and it sort of leaves you very sad a little confused. I can't wait to see episode two.

Definitely best drama this season. I like watching Yuko's drama, but I am not a fan of her. I don't find her that pretty and sometimes she can get annoying, but there is something about her that I can't name. I like watching her despite her annoying quality.
This is Shingo's first drama for me (other than the parody and one episode of Galileo). I have to agree that I think he is going to laugh or make a joke any minute, but it doesn't bother me much and he is such a nice guy (for now).

I know.. and I actually thought she was really blind but she was just putting up an act with the other guy(forgot his name) but I really want to know what is the purpose why they're doing that to Shiomi Eiji. Now, I want to watch ep. 2.

Matsuda shota is in it!!finally a drama which had him inside..though he will not be the main lead.& the story plot somehow shows like its an inspiring drama.

I just got done watching ep. 2 and I didn't know that Matsuda Shota is also behind the plan as a spy. I didn't expect this coming but the storyline is so twisted. I wonder what's going to happen next.

a friend of mine started watching this (with korean subtitles), and bugged me everyday to watch it. i said no because i'm not so fluent in korean, and would need english subtitles. then she went out and found english subs for me! >_>

so currently downloading the first episode via bittorrent. hope it doesn't disappoint!

there are 3 english hardsubbed released by Love Songs (working with SARS team). So far so good. I haven't seen Shingo acts in such a long time. The last one was in Love Letter with Etsushi Toyokawa. I must say that i like his character in Bara No Nai Hanaya.
the girl who acted as Shingo's daughter is really cute...she made me cry in the first episode =___=

and it didn't! first episode was fab!! there's something different about this drama that i can't quite articulate...

i cant believe dat this thread is so quiet.. this has gt to be de best show dis season... its beautifully filmed.. im at episode 5 rite now.. de story is really getting very sad..

^Ep. 5 already. I'm just on ep 2. Anyone know if ep 3 is subbed yet? I'm getting really into this drama.

get them at d-addicts.com. definitely agree with the others, best show this season, and quite possibly the best this year.

^I even think it's the best show in recent years. It has a real oldies feel which got me into j-dramas in the first place. The plot gets better and better by the episode.

^ SERIOUSLY. everyone put it in your signatures!

This show is absolutely great! (sounds like Tony The Tiger...)

I was so surprised when I realized that she may not be blind because her acting, as a blind person, was fantastic. Then, when it was revealed that she wasn't blind, I was even more impressed by the way she switches back and forth between seeing and blind. Her character also switches back and forth, too. In reality, she's playing two different characters at the same time.

And, the rest of the cast are also superb; especially the little girl and Shota. The story is mysterious and intriguing.

There's no complaint with this drama.

Actually, it was pretty obvious she's not blind even in the first episode. When she walked into her room. The first thing she did was turn on the light. Do blind people really need light? If she was blind, she would take off her shoes and coat first etc before reaching for the light, that's if she even needed it. She can't see

Right now, I'm d/l ep 3 and 4 so I'm still looking forward to this drama. I still wondering why the doctor is taking revenge on Shiomi Eiji. I think his daughter is Shiomi Eiji's old lover.. that's why I'm thinking he's taking revenge on him because of her death.

im very much in love with this drama <33
the cast is great & the story has much depth and intensity to it.

the daughter is really cute =D

ewww hehehe that guy is old enough to be her dad. He's like 50-60's and she's only around 20ish.

^What are you talking about? Eiji's not that old.

ahh okay I misread. I thought she said the doctor was the dead girl's old flame. I was like eh?

i just finish watching ep.7 omg i am loving it more and more by each episode!! i have been watching since day 1!!