Boogie Woogie (Japanese TV series)

*Boogie Woogie*
Boogie Woogie
Genre	Drama
Written by	Shin Adachi; Tsuyoshi Sakurai
Directed by	Yoshihiro Fukui; Daisuke Futami; Izumi Keimoto; Kou Suzuki; Makoto Bunkohara;
Starring	Shuri; Koshi Mizukami; Kodai Kurosaki; Kazuki Tsubasa; Kurumi Shimizu; Yuki Katayama; Rikka Ihara; Miu Tomita; Rinko Kikuchi; Koyuki; Hana Kino; Katsuhisa Namase; Asami Mizukawa; Yū Aoi; Tsuyoshi Kusanagi; Toshirō Yanagiba;
Narrated by	Kozo Takase
Opening theme	"Happy☆Boogie" by Yoshie Nakano, Sakaiyuū, Shuri
Composer	Takayuki Hattori
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	126
Production
Producer	Kuniomi Hashizume;
Running time	15 minutes
Production company	NHK Osaka
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	October 2, 2023 –; March 29, 2024

Boogie Woogie (Japanese: ブギウギ, Hepburn: Bugi Ugi) is a Japanese television drama series and the 109th Asadora series, following Ranman. It premiered on October 2, 2023 and concluded on March 29, 2024. The drama is modeled after the Japanese singer and actress Shizuko Kasagi, but it is produced as fiction and is an original drama work.

Plot

Cast

Hanada's family

Shuri^[1] as Suzuko Hanada
- Rioka Sawai as young Suzuko
Toshirō Yanagiba^[2] as Umekichi Hanada, Suzuko's father
Asami Mizukawa^[2] as Tsuya Hanada, Suzuko's Mother
Kodai Kurosaki as Rokuro Hanada, Suzuko's brother
Kyoko Mitsubayashi as Toshi Onishi, Suzuko's Grandmother

Osaka

Umemaru Shoujo Kagekidan (USK)

Kazuki Tsubasa as Aoi Tachibana
Yū Aoi^[3] as Reiko Yamato
Kurumi Shimizu as Sachiko Shirakawa / Lily Shirakawa
Yuki Katayama as Tatsumi Sakuraba
Rikka Ihara as Mitsuki Akiyama
Yuuki Morinaga as Yoshio Matano
Jun Hayashi as Hayashi
Takeshi Masu as Okuma, Umemaru company CEO

Public bath "Hanayu

Takeshi Nadagi as Ekisha
Takashi Okabe as stupid old man
Shohei Uno as Gonbei
Kaoru Kusumi as Asa
Kazuo Senoo as enthusiastic schoolteacher

Tokyo

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Zenichi Hatori, Composer. He is modeled after Ryōichi Hattori
Miwako Ichikawa as Mari Hatori, Zenichi's wife
Rinko Kikuchi as Ritsuko Ibarada, singer. She is modeled after Noriko Awaya

Others

Koshi Mizukami as Aisuke Murayama, Suzuko's husband
Koyuki as Tomi Murayama, Aisuke's mother. She is modeled after Sei Yoshimoto, the co-founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo.
Noriko Nakagoshi as Kinu Nishino, Suzuko's real mother.
Natsumi Kon as Yoshiko Yamaguchi (Li Hsiang-lan)
Katsuhisa Namase as Kenji "Tanaken" Tanahashi. He is modeled after Ken'ichi Enomoto.
Miu Tomita as Sayo Kobayashi
Jack Kennedy as Sam
Sakura Kiryu as Ayumi Mizuki, Yoshio Matano and Reiko Yamato's daughter
Takashi Naito as a detective
Ryota Miura as Takeshi Shibamoto
Hana Kino as Akiko Ōno

Music

Many songs were used.^[4] The arrangement of all songs in the drama is by Takayuki Hattori, grandson of Ryōichi Hattori.

Tokyo Boogie Woogie [ja]

Suzuko Fukurai sings on stage at the Japanese Imperial Theater. The lyrics were written by Masaru Suzuki and the music was composed by Ryōichi Hattori.

The bugle and daughter [ja]

Suzuko Fukurai sings on stage at the Japanese Imperial Theater. The lyrics were written and composed by Ryōichi Hattori.

Shopping Boogie Woogie [ja]

Suzuko Fukurai sings on stage at the Japanese Imperial Theater. The lyrics were written and composed by Ryōichi Hattori.

Farewell Blues

Ritsuko Ibarada sings in concert.

TV schedule

Week	Episodes	Title	Directed by	Original airdate	Rating
1	1–5	"Wate Utaude" (ワテ、歌うで!, I'll sing)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	October 2–6, 2023	16.0%
2	6–10	"Waraukadonihahukukitaru" (笑う門には福来る, laughter is the key to happiness)	Keishin Izuminami	October 9–13, 2023	15.6%
3	11–15	"Momoirosougiya" (桃色争議, A pink dispute!)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	October 16–20, 2023	15.7%
4	16–20	"wate kagawaheikue" (ワテ、香川へ行くで, I'll go to Kagawa)	Wataru Suzuki	October 23–28, 2023	15.8%
5	21–25	"Honmanokazokuya" (ほんまの家族や, A real Family)	Wataru Suzuki	October 30–November 3, 2023	15.4%
6	26–30	"Badojizttenanya" (バドジズってなんや?, What is Badjiz)	Makoto Bonkobara	November 6–10, 2023	16.3%
7	31–35	"Giri to Koi to wate" (義理と恋とワテ, Duty, love and me)	Keishin Izuminami	November 13–17, 2023	16.3%
8	36–40	"Wate no Okaachan" (ワテのお母ちゃん, My mom)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	November 20–24, 2023	15.5%
9	41–45	"Kakashimitainawate" (カカシみたいなワテ, I'm like a scarecrow)	Keishin Izuminami	November 27–December 1, 2023	15.7%
10	46–50	"Oozora no Otouto" (大空の弟, Younger brother of the sky)	Makoto Bonkobara	December 4–8, 2023	16.2%
11	51–55	"Wateyorimojyumositaya" (ワテよりも十も下や, Ten years old below me)	Daisuke Hutami	December 11–15, 2023	15.6%
12	56–60	"AnatanoSuzuko" (あなたのスズ子, Your Suzuko)	Daisuke Hutami	December 18–22, 2023	15.9%
13	61–64	"ImagaIttchanSiawaseya" (今がいっちゃん幸せや, I'm the happiest I've ever been)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	December 25–28, 2023	15.2%
14	65–66	"Sensou to Uta" (戦争とうた, War and Songs)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	January 4–5, 2024
15	67–71	"Waterahamoujiyuuya" (ワテらはもう自由や, We are free now)	Makoto Bonkobara	January 8–12, 2024	16.1%
16	72–76	"Watehawatedasu" (ワテはワテだす, I am me)	Makoto Bonkobara	January 15–19, 2024	16.2%
17	77–81	"Honma ni Hanaretounai" (ほんまに離れとうない, I really don't want to leave)	Keishin Izuminami	January 22–26, 2024	16.1%
18	82–86	"Anta to isshoniikirude" (あんたと一緒に生きるで, I'll live with you)	Daisuke Hutami	January 29–February 2, 2024	16.1%
19	87–91	"Tokyo Bugiugi" (東京ブギウギ, Tokyo Boogie Woogie)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	February 2–5, 2024
20	92–96	"Watekatehissiya" (ワテかて必死や, I'm desperate)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	February 12–16, 2024
21	97–101	"Anata ga Waraeba, Watashi mo warau" (あなたが笑えば、私も笑う, If you laugh, I will laugh too)	Makoto Bonkobara	February 19–23, 2024
22	102–106	"A, Shindo" (あ〜しんど♪, Hey, Shindo)	Toyo Kojima	February 26–March 1, 2024	16.2%
23	107–111	"Mamii no Mamiiya" (マミーのマミーや, Mummy's mummy)	Daisuke Hutami	March 4–8, 2024	16.2%
24	112–116	"Mogottsuieekoya" (ものごっついええ子や, What a complicated child)	Daisuke Hutami	March 11–15, 2024	15.9%
25	117–121	"Zukizuki suru wa" (ズキズキするわ, It's throbbing)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	March 18–22, 2024	15.7%
26	122–126	"Seiki no Uta, Kokoro no Uta" (世紀のうた心のうた, Song of the Century, Song of the Heart)	Mitsuhiro Fukui	March 25–29, 2024
Average rating 15.9 - Rating is based on Japanese Video Research (Kantō region).^[5]

References

^ "2023年度後期朝ドラ『ブギウギ』ヒロインは趣里オーディション上限年齢が重なり「最後のチャンスだと思った」". ORICON NEWS. oricon ME. October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "朝ドラ『ブギウギ』第1弾キャストに水川あさみら菊地凛子が趣里の生涯のライバル歌手役に". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド映画部. blueprint. February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
^ "蒼井優、『ブギウギ』で朝ドラ初出演ヒロイン鈴子が憧れるトップスターに". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド映画部. blueprint. June 23, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
^ "『ブギウギ』幻の曲『大空の弟』がよみがえる…ほぼ15分間"歌のみ"で魅せたスズ子の魂の叫び（エンタメNEXT）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved January 22, 2024.
^ "ブギウギ:最終回視聴率17.2％期間平均15.9％を記録趣里主演の朝ドラ". Mantan-web. April 1, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

External links

Official website

Preceded by Ranman	Asadora October 2, 2023 – March 29, 2024	Succeeded by The Tiger and Her Wings

[1] "2023年度後期朝ドラ『ブギウギ』ヒロインは趣里オーディション上限年齢が重なり「最後のチャンスだと思った」". ORICON NEWS. oricon ME. October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.

[sound202302-2] "朝ドラ『ブギウギ』第1弾キャストに水川あさみら菊地凛子が趣里の生涯のライバル歌手役に". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド映画部. blueprint. February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.

[3] "蒼井優、『ブギウギ』で朝ドラ初出演ヒロイン鈴子が憧れるトップスターに". Real Sound｜リアルサウンド映画部. blueprint. June 23, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.

[4] "『ブギウギ』幻の曲『大空の弟』がよみがえる…ほぼ15分間"歌のみ"で魅せたスズ子の魂の叫び（エンタメNEXT）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved January 22, 2024.

[5] "ブギウギ:最終回視聴率17.2％期間平均15.9％を記録趣里主演の朝ドラ". Mantan-web. April 1, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.

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