Official Website
www.nhk.or.jp/drama/konya
Broadcast
Tuesdays, 11.15 – 11.45 p.m. from 4 March 2014
Station
NHK BS Premium
Story
47-year-old Aso Toko is asked by her ex-husband Masaoka Ryosuke to take their 17-year-old daughter Miu under her care because he is leaving for an overseas assignment in London. Toko who had wanted to take custody of her daughter, has her long-cherished wish fulfilled and her old friend Suga Yohei is happy for her. However, Toko does not have the confidence to live with Miu who is now a high school student. Although Miu also has no intention of living together with the mother who had abandoned her, the two of them meet again for the first time in 12 years in order to have a discussion. On the very day that mother and daughter are reunited, Miu’s impertinent behaviour angers Toko, and they reach an agreement to live separately with Miu staying at a friend’s house. However, Toko and Miu get trapped in the lift they took right after that and then the lift suddenly plunges. The shock from this incident causes their souls to swap bodies. As a result, the two of them have no choice but to live together. They are forced to witness each other’s daily life and secrets. While mother and daughter sling long-held feelings at each other, they try to undo the situation through a process of trial and error. With an age gap of 30 years, Toko finds it difficult to deal with youth while Miu is bewildered by old age. And yet, they are one in body and soul. Theirs is a delicate relationship. And then, the two of them experience the tremulous excitement of love that is age inappropriate. Before long, Toko and Miu get a better understanding of being female and face what it is to be parent and child again.
Characters
Tanaka Misako as Aso Toko
A translator of romance novels. She divorced her husband Masaoka Ryosuke 12 years ago, but has to take charge of their daughter Miu in an unexpected turn of events. Although she has been single ever since the divorce, lately she has been feeling concerned about her old age and hopes to develop a relationship with a younger man. She wanted to take custody of Miu and live with her all along, but is thrown off balance to suddenly be living together with her.
Tsuchiya Tao as Masaoka Miu
Because she hates following her father on his overseas assignments, she chooses to remain in Japan and live together with Aso Toko, her biological mother who abandoned her. A lift accident causes her soul to swop with Toko’s. She is taken aback by her sudden transformation from a high school student to an old woman. Although she likes Motomiya Toru, she agonises over being unable to confess her feelings … …
Nakagawa Taishi as Motomiya Toru
A third year high school student who works part-time at the cafe, Garage. He is liked by Masaoka Miu but is oblivious to her crush on him, and instead takes a romantic interest in Toko who has swopped souls with Miu.
Iida Kisuke as Masaoka Ryosuke
Aso Toko’s ex-husband and Miu’s father. Miu refuses to relocate overseas with him. So he has no choice but to ask Toko to take care of her.
Inoue Waka as Masaoka Makiko
Masaoka Miu’s step mother. She showered Miu with love just like her own child, but she has a secret which she cannot tell her.
Murata Takehiro as Suga Yohei
The president of a small publishing company which has had a long-term relationship with Aso Toko. Although he likes Toko and pokes his nose into her business, he does not have the courage to tell her about his feelings.
Otomo Kohei as Fukao Yukio
A former motorbike racer and owner of the cafe Garage. He is dating the younger Hotta Michiru but starts to feel an attraction to Aso Toko who is of a similar age.
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Tagged: Tanaka Misako, Tsuchiya Tao
