is a

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consisting of eleven episodes, which aired on the

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from October 13 to December 22, 2005.

Premise

The program centers on a mother and three sons, living together and supporting one another since their father died when they were young; much of the plot centers around their romances, and various situations at work and at home. It is something of a reworking or revival of the 1995 TV drama '' Second Chance'', which had much the same premise of a mother working at a supermarket and living with her three sons;

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stars in both shows as the mother. Though the rest of the characters and cast are different, and ''Brother Beat'' is not intended to carry on the same plot as a true sequel, there are a number of connections and references to ''Second Chance''. For example, in this show Tanaka plays Harue Sakurai, where in ''Second Chance'' her character's name was Haruko Sakurai; Hidekazu Akai plays the husband or chief love interest of Tanaka's character in both shows, though that character's name and role differ. In many parts of Japan, the full run of ''Second Chance'' was re-aired in 2005 preceding the premiere of ''Brother Beat''. Though the plot of this series was meant to involve the development of a relationship between Harue and Hideki Noguchi, played by

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, ending in their marriage, Namase's schedule interfered with this. However, it was arranged that the two would play the main character's parents in a 2006 TV drama called '' 14-year-old Mother''.

Cast

*Harue Sakurai -

(mother, works at a supermarket) *Tsutomu Sakurai - Hidekazu Akai (father, dies when his sons are young) *Tatsuya Sakurai -

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(oldest brother, works as a

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) **Child Tatsuya - Yūki Izumisawa *Riku Sakurai -

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(middle brother, swim instructor at a gym) **Child Riku -

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*Junpei Sakurai -

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(youngest brother, college student) *Hideki Noguchi -

(Harue's manager at the supermarket; main love interest for her) *Chisato Tamura - Ryoko Kuninaka (works at the supermarket with Harue; main love interest for Tatsuya) *Ai Kudō -

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*Miyuki Aizawa -

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*Section Chief Yamaguchi -

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(Tatsuya's boss) *Azuma - Hideo Tsubota *Yoshii -

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*Saori Tsukahara - Minami Ōtomo *Yumiko Toda - Miyako Takeuchi *Megumi Nomura - Hiroko Yamashita *Kyōko Nishihara - Naoko Miya *Keiko - Kazusa Matsuda *Aki & Rie Yoshihara -

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*Fusako Tamura - Kyōko Uemura (Chisato's mother) *Shōgo Tamura - Takuzō Kadono (Chisato's father) *Kei Tamura -

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(Chisato's younger brother)

Staff

*Writer - Eriko Komatsu *Directors - Kanji Takenoshita, Shin Katō,

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*Producer - Hitohiro Itō *Broadcaster -

*Music - Def Tech (main themes "Broken Hearts" and "My Way")

External links

*{{imdb title, 0759800
Official Site (Japanese)
Japanese drama television series TBS Television (Japan) dramas 2005 Japanese television series debuts 2005 Japanese television series endings