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Taro no To
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title TAROの塔) is a 2011

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. Directed by NHK employees Yoshihiko Nagikawa and Mitsuhiro Fukui, it stars

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Overview

The drama aired on Saturdays beginning at 9:00 on February 26, 2011, a special 4-episode series to commemorate 100 years since the establishment of NHK. The broadcast was disrupted and schedule changed due to the Tohoku earthquake on March 11th that year.

Cast

* ''Okamoto Taro'' - Matsuo Suzuki * ''Okamoto Toshiko'' -

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- Taro's wife * ''Okamoto Ippei'' - Tanabe Seiichi - Taro's father, a famous writer and

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* '' Okamtoto Kanako'' - Terashima Shinobu - Taro's mother, a writer * ''Okazaki Kozo'' - Nishida Toshiyuki * '' Tange Kenzo'' - Kohinata Fumiyo - famous architect * '' Togo Seiji'' - Nakao Akira

Staff

* Script - Ohmori Sumio * Producers - Kitamura Nobuhiko * Directors - Yoshihiko Nagikawa and Mitsuhiro Fukui * Camera - Soma Kazunori * Soundtrack - Haishima Kuniaki * Kappore director - Sakuragawa Pinsuke

External links

NHK link
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NHK Archives
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Taro no To
(Japanese ) '' Japanese television specials Japanese historical television series NHK television dramas''