Atashinci No Dashi

Genre
Drama/Comedy/Family
Starring
* Maki Horikita
* Osamu Mukai
* Yoshinori Okada
* Yusuke Yamamoto
* Koji Seto
* Tomoki Okoyama
 

Plot summary

Maki Horikita stars as Chisato Mineta, a 20-year-old homeless girl who moves about from parks to net cafes. Her mother died of illness, and when her father disappears after earning an incredible 100 million Yen debt, she is chased out of her home. Chisato spends her life running from debt collectors, but one day, she meets the president of a huge toy company who agrees to pay off her debts and then tricks her into marrying him. She then finds out that he only has one month to live. If she stays married him then she doesn't have to pay back the debt but if she leaves then all the money has to be returned.
A month later, she finds out that the president actually has more conditions than to just being his wife. She must also live with his six sons; all adopted as successors to the company by the president. However, each son has hidden himself away from the rest of the family and none are eager to welcome their new mother. Will Chisato be able to open up their hearts and turn these strangers into a loving family?
 

Cast

Chisato Mineta

 

# 20 years old.

# Chisato lost her mother to illness at a young age.

# Her father, an impulsive gambler, has disappeared, leaving her with a 100 million Yen debt.

# After marrying Shinzo Okura, she becomes the stepmother of his six sons.

# Over time, she comes to get along with all six sons, but later discovers that she is actually Shinzo's daughter and that she was never legally his wife.

# Chisato seems to have a crush on Sho Okura after episode 7.

# Portrayed by Maki Horikita

Yutaka Kokudo

#Works at a Net Cafe.

# He has a crush on Chisato and is always helping her with her problems.

# Portrayed by Takeshi Tsuruno

 

Mineta Toru

 

# He is Chisato's father.

#He racked up a 100 million Yen debt and ran away, leaving Chisato to deal with the debt.

# It is revealed that he gambled to raise money to pay for Chisato's mother's medical bills.

# He truly loves Chisato's mother.

Fuu Okura

# 30-years-old.

# The first son

# Fū is a free person, but unemployed.

# His real father is Shinzo Okura.

# His mother was a hostess at a bar, so his father could not publicly reveal that Fū was his son.

# At one point, Fū wanted Chisato to become his girlfriend, but the real purpose of it was to keep his many girlfriends at bay.

# He has fifty different licenses, including one for boxing.

#Portrayed by Jun Kaname

Takeru Okura

 

# 27 years old.

# The second son

# Takeru is a member of a delinquent bike gang, yet is kind-hearted.

# When Chisato was being bullied by kids inside of her tent, Takeru came to her rescue, albeit not knowing it was Chisato he was helping at the time.

# Originally, Takeru believed that his father wanted him to become Shinzo's son so that Takeru could inherit money and send it to his father, but in time, it becomes apparent that was not the real reason why Takeru's father sent him to the Okura household.

# Portrayed by Yoshinori Okada

Sho Okura

# 25 years old.

# The third son,

# Sho works as a host who moves from establishment to establishment to maintain his status as number one host based on his outward appearance and his conversational abilities.

# Initially living outside the Ōkura household, he cares for Riki, his son, and works as door-to-door salesman at day and as host in night.

# He is the mastermind of the Ōkura brothers.

# Sho began to have feelings toward Chisato after Episode 7, particularly after they accidentally kissed.

# He revealed his true feelings when he kissed her of his own will in Episode 8.

# Portrayed by Osamu Mukai

Masaru Okura

 

# 22 years old.

# The fourth son

# Masaru is the charismatic model of an exclusive magazine.

# He is very popular among the ladies, but something in his past caused him to have a phobia of women.

# Because his parents died after rescuing from a fire when he went in to retrieve a toy, he believes that he killed them. His sister also survived.

# Masaru develops feelings toward Chisato after curing his phobia of women.

# Portrayed by Yusuke Yamamoto (山本 裕典 Yamamoto Yūsuke^?).

Satoru Okura

#17 years old.

#The fifth son

#Satoru is a high school student and seems to be one of the more aggressive brothers.

#At a young age, he was marked as a genius magician, but because of something in his past, he locked himself up in his room for a year.

#Eventually, Chisato lured him outside, and after a few episodes, he started to develop feelings for her.

#Portrayed by Koji Seto

 

Akira Okura

# 12 years old.

# The sixth son.

# He is extremely intelligent and has no interest in the family inheritance because he makes plenty of money via the stock market.

# He always falls asleep at exactly nine P.M.

# In one episode, he entered a contest so that his mom could find him on her   birthday.

# Although she was able to see him on television, his mom was leaving Japan and could not meet him.

# He is the only one of the six sons who actually feels Chisato is his mother,

# Portrayed by Tomoki Okayama (岡山 智樹 Okayama Tomoki).

Trivia

• The theme song, "Infinity," was performed by Japanese dance-pop group Girl Next Door.
  
• Nearly 21 months passed since Maki Horikita 2007's Ka-Kyo (Tuesday 9:00 p.m. period) drama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e before she returned to the drama competition for this time slot.
  
• Beside Horikita Maki, there are three more actors that also played in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hana Kimi). They are Yusuke Yamamoto(Ohkura Masaru; as Kayashima Taiki in Hana Kimi) Yoshinori Okada (Ohkura Takeru; as Ashiya Shizuki in Hana Kimi) and Mitsuomi Takahashi (Nakao, one of Chisato's Bodyguards; as Daikokuchō Mitsuomi, one of first dorm students in Hana Kimi)
  
• Jun Kaname is the tallest one in the cast at 185 centimeters (slightly over 6 feet).
  
• Hard Gay makes a guest appearance in episode 6.
  
• The house they live in is Lockheart Castle, an amusement park in Gunma Prefecture.

  

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